(A) General.
(1) The creation of new lots and of improvements in commercial areas involves features unique to these areas. To promote efficiency in the internal and external function of commercial areas as well as to promote visual attractiveness, certain elements should be incorporated in commercial subdivisions.
(2) Two factors are significant to commercial areas:
(a) Because of the typical pattern of multiple ownerships, the coordination of elements such as driveways, drives, and pedestrian ways becomes critical; and
(b) As commercial development requires specific commercial zoning, a careful review of zoning boundaries is necessary to ensure that unusable or mixed areas are not created.
(B) Commercial area design.
(1) When rear parking is not provided, off- street parking should also create an access and service drive with as few driveways as possible.
(2) Private streets (places) should not be encouraged. Where required, they can provide access to lots which would otherwise be inaccessible from a commercial street, or they can serve multiple building developments, where allowed by zoning. Normally, this condition will be necessary only with Planned Unit Developments (PUD).
(3) All commercial uses should be accessible only from major streets or from commercial streets as defined by the Planning Commission. Traffic for main commercial districts should not be required to travel on local streets. Neighborhood commercial centers or areas should be served by collector or arterial streets.
(4) Excessively deep lots should be avoided. Commercial uses should not project into residential areas, nor should unusable rear areas be created.
(5) When buildings are being sited whose businesses could involve pedestrian use, their orientation should consider walkway, sidewalk, and court systems.
(6) In a commercial subdivision where a proposed industrial development is in a park setting, public sidewalks are required only on arterial and collector streets as specified in the transportation section of the Bowling Green master plan. Public sidewalks along interior, local streets are not required.
(1980 Code, § 151.38) (Ord. 3704, passed 6-5-1978; Am. Ord. 6525, passed 9-20-1999)