The Retail Business District and its regulations are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(a) To provide sufficient but not excessive land area for the business needs of the Village.
(b) To foster the continuation of retail business and similar establishments now present within the community in conformance with recognized and reasonable standards in order that they may be compatible with the residential areas of the Village.
(c) To allow, where appropriate, for the expansion and development of retail business and similar uses, thereby meeting the future needs within the Village for such activities.
(d) To prohibit retail business and similar development which would create conditions detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare and which would be incompatible with and detrimental to adjacent and surrounding uses, by regulating and controlling the types of uses which would create substantial hazards, noise, odors, traffic and other objectionable influences.
(e) To insure the availability of suitable areas for retail business and similar uses by discouraging any undesirable uses in such areas.
(f) To protect permitted development from congestion by limiting the bulk and density of development in relation to adjacent buildings and available land, by requiring sufficient off- street parking and loading facilities, and by requiring buffers and screening to protect adjacent areas from objectionable influences.
(g) To promote the most desirable use of land and buildings in accordance with a well considered plan in order to stabilize residential and business development and enhance property values.
(h) To encourage the tendency of business to group in centers for the mutual advantage of customers and retail establishments.
(Ord. 73-94. Passed 10-4-94.)