17.90.060 Development and design standards.
A. The following performance standards of the underlying zoning district may be varied, subject to the criteria in this chapter, only as follows:
1. Lot Area and Lot Width. Lot area and lot width requirements may be reduced where the site plan is such that light, air and privacy are provided to the units in the PUD.
2. Setbacks. Structures located on the perimeter of the PUD shall be set back in accordance with the yard setbacks of the underlying zoning district.
3. Hard/Impermeable Surface Coverage. Hard/impermeable surface coverage of individual parcels may exceed the percentage of hard/impermeable surface coverage allowed in the underlying zone; provided, that overall hard/impermeable surface coverage of the PUD does not exceed the percentage permitted by the underlying zoning district.
4. Height. Building height may exceed the maximum permitted by code; provided, that the design protects the views and privacy of properties inside and outside of the project, but in no case shall the maximum height exceed 45 feet, except that in B-2 and C-1 zones the height shall not exceed 60 feet for peaked roof buildings and 45 feet for buildings with flat roofs. Variances from the city height restriction area map, as adopted by Chapter 17.62 GHMC, shall not be allowed. For perimeter buildings exceeding the maximum height of the underlying zone, the distance between such buildings and the perimeter of the PUD shall not be less than the front yard setback of the underlying zone plus five feet for each foot of excess height.
5. Gross Floor Area. The gross floor area in the underlying zone may be exceeded as provided in GHMC 17.90.090, as long as all of the criteria set forth in that section are satisfied.
B. The performance standards which may not be modified or altered in a PUD are:
1. Shoreline regulations when the property is located in an area under the jurisdiction of the Gig Harbor shoreline master program;
2. Standards pertaining to development in environmentally sensitive areas;
3. Regulations pertaining to nonconforming uses;
4. Standards pertaining to screening around outdoor storage areas;
5. Total coverage by hard and impermeable surfaces;
6. Height restrictions as identified on the adopted city of Gig Harbor height restriction area map and shoreline master program. (Ord. 1347 § 58, 2016; Ord. 866 § 6, 2001; Ord. 710 § 91, 1996; Ord. 573 § 2, 1990).