The purpose of this article is to provide commercial base districts along with separate and distinct uses to enable comprehensive plan implementation. These base districts are primarily intended to be established inside areas of city impact based on the availability of urban services, the surrounding land uses, and the applicable comprehensive plan designation for the area. Commercial base districts may also be established outside of areas of city impact on a limited basis. The purpose statement of each industrial base district is as follows:
A. Limited Office (LO) District: The purpose of the LO district is to provide administrative, professional, and business office uses near residential base districts.
B. Neighborhood Commercial (C1) District: The purpose of the C1 district is to establish commercial areas near residential areas that provide for the sale of limited merchandise and services required by the population primarily living within the immediate area.
C. Community Commercial (C2) District: The purpose of the C2 district is to establish areas for community shopping and clustered commercial activities along arterial streets that provide for the sale of a full range of merchandise and services required of persons living within several neighborhood service areas, as well as a rural trade area.
D. Regional Commercial (C3) District: The purpose of the C3 district is to establish areas for large scale commercial structures located in close proximity to interstate or principal arterial roadways that serve the Treasure Valley region. (Ord. 389, 6-14-2000; amd. Ord. 959, 10-11-2023)