§ 1. Purpose.

Several planned overlay districts (PODs) have been established for the purpose of promoting and implementing the goal of the city's comprehensive community plan, which is to be a family-oriented community of predominantly single-family neighborhoods supported by a unique, well planned commercial-retail business sector.

The overlay districts provide a process for permitting and regulating uses located in the areas designated as "overlay" on the future land use map. These districts are the Manchester Rd. revitalization overlay district (MRD), the conservation subdivision overlay district (CSD), the neighborhood residential overlay district (NRD) and the neighborhood commercial overlay district (NCD). The PODs establish a mechanism to allow additional or alternate developmental regulations to be applied in conjunction with the underlying zoning districts to facilitate greater flexibility in the site planning process than is allowed by the underlying zoning requirements. The intent of the PODs is to improve the quality of life and economic sustainability in Ballwin by promoting development and/or redevelopment in underutilized or aging commercial and residential areas.

The establishment of a POD requires a petition review and public hearing before the planning and zoning commission and final approval by the board of aldermen via the passage of a governing ordinance. Such ordinances will specify development controls and the land uses allowed in the associated development. The approved uses will be from those allowed in the underlying district. Uses allowed only by a special use exception in the underlying district may be allowed by appropriate language in a POD governing ordinance subject to the procedures of establishing and/or amending a POD district.

(Ord. No. 09-03, § 1, 1-12-09)