Planned village development general requirements

10.1.1. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to promote development that:

• • A. Incorporates residential, commercial, and public uses in a compact, walkable environment;

  • B. Includes housing units providing long-term housing affordability to low or moderate-income households;

  • C. Reflects traditional New England village development in terms of its physical design, scale, mix of uses, and visual character;

  • D. Supports environmental sustainability by providing for pedestrian access and circulation, compact design, and open space preservation through transfer of development rights; and

  • E. Implements "A Vision for Exeter" as described in the comprehensive plan.

10.1.2 Establishment of a planned village overlay district. Planned village development (PVD) can only occur in the Town of Exeter through the establishment of a planned village overlay district (PVOD) in accordance with the provisions of this article.

• • A. Applications for a PVD may be submitted to the Town of Exeter for land within an existing PVOD or as part of a new district. Applications for a new district shall be accompanied by a proposed comprehensive plan future land use map amendment (if necessary) and a zoning map amendment consistent with the comprehensive plan.

  • B. Where a change to the zoning map is required, application to the planning board for the zoning map amendment shall be accompanied by site plans depicting the proposed development within the full extent of the district. The site plans shall include all information that would be required for a master plan submittal for a PVD major land development project.

10.1.3. Eligibility. Locations eligible for PVOD shall meet all of the following criteria:

• • A. At least one lot within a proposed PVOD shall have adequate frontage on and access to an arterial street as defined in the article I, section 1.2 of this ordinance.

  • B. The location of the proposed PVOD shall be consistent with areas identified as potential village sites in the comprehensive plan.

  • C. For newly proposed PVOD districts, the minimum aggregate lot size shall be no less than ten acres.

  • D. Land that abuts an existing PVOD may also be considered for PVOD zoning change where the property will be integrated by design into the existing PVOD. Where an abutting property may be added on to an existing PVD, there shall be no minimum area requirement for that abutting property.

10.1.4. Permit procedures.

• • A. Any application for PVOD that requires a change to the zoning map shall be reviewed as a major land development project.

  • B. Approval of a PVD master plan submission by the planning board shall be conditional upon subsequent changes to the future land use map and the zoning map to establish the PVOD.

  • C. Where a PVOD is already established on the zoning map, but the development proposed as part of the initial zoning map change was not constructed per the conditions of the approved master plan within the required timeframe allowed by state law, new proposals or revisions to that first proposal shall require review as a new major land development project.

  • D. Any change to restrictions or conditions placed on the original zoning map amendment including, but not limited to, deed restrictions, covenants, maintenance agreements, design standards, and limits on commercial square footage, shall require a formal re-submittal of the master plan.

  • E. Where a PVOD zoning district is already established and substantial construction conforming to the plans approved as part of the initial zoning map change has taken place, applications for additional development or changes within the district that meet or exceed the following criteria shall be submitted as a major land development projects in accordance with the procedures of the land development and subdivision regulations:

    • 1. Any new commercial use with a building footprint that exceeds 4,000 square feet;

    • 2. Any proposed use that requires transfer of development rights;

    • 3. The creation of new development or the expansion of existing development that would increase the amount of parking by more than ten spaces.

10.1.5. Relationship to other sections of the zoning ordinance. Where the provisions set forth in this section of the zoning ordinance govern the procedures or standards found elsewhere in the zoning ordinance that would otherwise apply, including but not limited to those that apply to the underlying districts, the provisions of the PVOD shall govern. Where this section of the zoning ordinance may be silent on procedures found elsewhere in the zoning ordinance, and which are otherwise applicable, those standards found elsewhere in the zoning ordinance shall govern.

(Ord. of 9-27-12, Exh. 1; Ord. of 12-4-2023(1))