Planned Development Districts

(a)A PD District enables the unified development of a substantial land area with such combination of uses as shall be appropriate to an integrated plan for the area. The procedure for establishing a PD District is the same as that for the rezoning of an area, providing that a detailed plan be submitted to and discussed with the Guam Land Use Commission. The application shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee and the detailed plan, or revision thereof.

(b)The Guam Land Use Commission may approve the detailed plan and rezoning, following the required hearing, upon findings that the plan, considering structures, uses, access, regulations and layout fixed in it, comprises:

(1)An area of sufficient acreage to constitute a large planning unit having special attributes for integrated development;

(2)An appropriate development of the area from the viewpoints of its natural features, location and suitability for particular uses;

(3)A combination of structures and uses which are in reasonable association and proportion to make a harmonious unit and likely to continue compatibly with one another;

(4)All structures, including accessory structures, shall not cover more than thirty percent (30%) of the area; CH. 61 ZONING LAW OF GUAM

(5)A project adequately serviced by the necessary public services, existing or proposed;

(6)A project consistent with an appropriate development of adjacent areas and not unreasonably detrimental to the existing structures and uses in such areas; and

(7)An appropriate evolution of the comprehensive plan for that portion of Guam.

(8)All impermeable surfaces considered as a structure constituting gardens, sidewalks, fences, barrier walls, retaining walls, open air recreational facilities exposed to sunlight, swimming pools, and all subterranean structures located beneath grade and covered by earth shall be considered as an open area.

(c)In approving a detailed development plan, the Guam Land Use Commission may impose such regulations of yards, open space, lot coverage, density, and height as are reasonably required to permit the foregoing findings.