The General Business (GB) and Shopping Center (SC-1) districts and their regulations are established herein in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(a) To provide appropriate and convenient locations of sufficient size for the exchange of goods and services and other business activities.
(b) To provide retail business districts, which may be open in evenings, that serve the need for shopping and convenience goods and services for the entire community.
(c) To accommodate a variety of retail and service commercial uses serving the community and surrounding trade area in locations where convenient and efficient access is provided.
(d) To protect adjacent residential neighborhoods by regulating the types and spacing of business uses, particularly at the common boundaries, which would create hazards, noise, odors or other or other objectionable influences.
(e) Shopping Center District (SC-1). The Shopping Center District is established in order to provide regulations for areas requiring large amounts of land and involving uses generating large volumes of traffic and serving the shopping needs of a large area. (Ord. 2023-029. Passed 4-18-23.)