Findings required

The Planning Board, after public hearing, may recommend the establishment of a P-District, and the Town Council, after public hearing, may by ordinance establish a P-District, provided that the facts submitted with the application and presented at the hearings establish that:

• A. The proposed P-District, or given unit thereof, can be substantially completed within four years of the establishment of the P-District.
• B. Each individual unit of development, as well as the total development, can exist as an independent unit capable of creating an environment of sustained desirability and stability or that adequate assurance will be provided that such objective will be attained; that the uses proposed will not be detrimental to present and potential surrounding uses, but will have a beneficial effect which could not be achieved under other zoning districts;
• C. The streets and thoroughfares proposed are suitable and adequate to carry anticipated traffic, and increased densities will not generate traffic in such amounts as to overload the street network outside the P-District;
• D. Any proposed commercial development can be justified economically at the location proposed to provide for adequate commercial facilities of the types proposed;
• E. Any exception from standard chapter requirements is warranted by the design and amenities incorporated in the general development plan;
• F. The area surrounding said development can be planned and zoned in coordination and substantial compatibility with the proposed development;
• G. The P-District is in conformance with the general plan of the Town of Glocester; and
• H. Existing or proposed utility services are adequate for the population densities proposed.