1139.01 PURPOSE.
   Creation of Commercial Districts (C-1, C-2, C-3, and C-4) and the regulation thereof are adopted in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
   (a)   To promote desirable land use and safe and efficient traffic patterns in accordance with the objectives of the City of Chardon Comprehensive Plan;
   (b)   To provide sufficient areas, in appropriate and convenient locations, for business activities and the exchange of goods and services;
   (c)   To protect residential neighborhoods adjacent to business uses by regulating commercial activities and reducing or eliminating congestion, noise or other objectionable effects and byproducts of commercial activity with requirements that apply at the common boundaries;
   (d)   To maintain the existing commercial density and pattern of development and accommodate future growth in the "Original Chardon" area identified in the City's Comprehensive Plan.
   (e)   Editor’s Note: This subsection is reserved for future legislation.
   (f)   C-1 Restricted Business District. To provide for development of roadway corridors of a scale, intensity, and style that minimizes land use conflicts with adjacent uses; reinforces, enhances and preserves the City's small Western Reserve community image, and allows a variety of commercial service and retail uses; and provide employment opportunities. To reinforce the Western Reserve community image with architectural design sensitive to City scale, adjacent architecture, and architectural characteristics of Western Reserve building types. The Planning Commission shall evaluate the building design and adhere to this objective by applying the design review guidelines adopted in this Chapter.
   (g)   C-2, Chardon Square Mixed Use District. To provide a central business district that preserves, maintains, and promotes Chardon Square as a core area for retail sales; and promotes and enhances the existing historic environment with a pedestrian orientation on Chardon Square by permitting buildings close to the street and one another.
   (h)   C-3, Traditional Classic Commercial District. To allow for new development, redevelopment, renovation, and expansion of buildings and uses in developed commercial areas compatible with existing uses, scale, mass, density, and architectural style; and to preserve and enhance property values, reinforce City heritage, and accommodate small business development opportunities.
   (i)   C-4, General Commercial District. To accommodate a variety of intense contemporary retail and service commercial uses serving the community and surrounding trade area in locations where convenient and efficient access is provided and where such use will not conflict in scale or intensity with historic development patterns.
      (Ord. 2635. Passed 1-13-11.)