(A) The owner or owners of any tract of land, comprising an area of more than four acres, may submit to the Plan Commission a plan for the use and development of the land primarily for commercial purposes. The proposed development plans shall be submitted to the Village Plan Commission for examination, study and report and for a public hearing.
(B) If the Village Plan Commission approves the development plan, the plan, plot and plat, together with the recommendations of the Village Plan Commission, shall be embodied in a report to the Village Board stating the reasons for the approval of the plan and application and specific evidence and facts showing that the proposed commercial development plan has considered and made provisions for the following essential elements:
(1) The commercial uses included in the plan are limited to those permitted in the Commercial District;
(2) The entire development is designed as a single architectural unit, with appropriate landscape architectural treatment of the entire unit area;
(3) At least twice the gross floor area of the stores to be included within the development, plus one vehicle parking space for each five seats in any theater, bowling alley or other place of congregation included within the plan, is provided in off-street parking area, which are integral parts of the design of the unit plan;
(4) The appropriate use of property adjacent to the area included in the plan will be fully safeguarded; and
(5) The plan is consistent with the intent of this part, to promote the public health, safety and general welfare.
(C) If the Village Board approves the proposed commercial development plan, permits shall be issued, even though the use of the land, the location of the buildings to be erected in the area and the yards and open spaces provided in the plan do not conform in certain respects to the regulations for the district in which the development is to be located.
(Prior Code, § 9B-8-1)