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Ithaca planning board backs citywide PUD allowance, asks council to revisit after zoning rewrite
Summary
The Ithaca City Planning and Development Board voted to recommend allowing Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) citywide while asking common council to reevaluate the policy after the ongoing zoning rewrite, citing guardrails in the process and a desire to protect neighborhood fit.
Ithaca, N.Y. — The Ithaca City Planning and Development Board on April 28 recommended that common council allow Planned Unit Developments citywide while urging a formal reevaluation after the city's zoning rewrite is complete.
Lisa Nicholas, director of planning and development, told the board that a PUD creates site-specific zoning that must be compatible with the comprehensive plan and deliver long-term, measurable community benefits. She said the common council retains sole discretion to adopt PUD zoning and that the planning board becomes lead agency for environmental and site-plan review when a PUD application advances.
"A PUD is for a specific project," Nicholas said, explaining the difference from variances and why the…
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