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BYLAW:
Planned Unit Development
(PUD) 1

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MUNICIPALITY: Reading, MA

DATE ADOPTED: 2003

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS BYLAW CONTACT:
Reading Planning Office
(781) 942-6612

PURPOSE:
"... to encourage the construction of Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) in designated Districts within the Town. Planned Unit Developments shall:
a. Permit a mix of land uses, densities and building types in one development.
b. Facilitate high quality, integrated planning of large-scale developments beneficial to the Town and constructed in a manner which is highly responsive to specific sites and their surroundings.
c. Require more rigorous development standards than those found in other zoning districts. "

TEXT OF THE BYLAW: See Word file