Business and Industrial Districts and their regulations are established in order to achieve, among other things, the following purposes.
(a) To provide for orderly development and redevelopment of business and industrial uses in the City of Euclid.
(b) To provide sufficient areas, in appropriate and convenient locations, for business and industrial activities and the production, distribution and exchange of goods and services.
(c) To provide certainty to property owners, developers and neighbors on the limits of what is allowed in Business and Industrial Districts.
(d) To protect residential neighborhoods adjacent to business and industrial uses by regulating the types of establishments, particularly at the common boundaries, that would create congestion, noise or other objectionable influences and establishing performance standards.
(e) To protect and stabilize both residential and nonresidential developments from congestion by requiring off-street parking facilities.
(f) To carry out the following specific purposes:
(1) Neighborhood Retail and Service Districts (U-4). To provide sites for retail and service uses that typically serve a limited neighborhood area, or other retail uses that serve a more general market area but which can successfully operate in proximity to residential neighborhoods. Permitted uses are those that satisfy the types of basic shopping and service needs that occur frequently and that benefit from being located close to residential areas.
A. The character of these districts is intended to be compatible with that of surrounding residential neighborhoods, and hours of operation are limited.
B. Buildings in these districts are typically smaller in scale than those found in the general commercial districts.
C. Accommodation of pedestrians and multi-destination vehicle trips are encouraged.
(2) General Commercial Districts (U-5). To provide sites for a wide range of goods and services to a large consumer population coming from an extensive area. Permitted uses are those that service and sales in support of the primary business activities in the community. Their location is advantageous at specified points along major thoroughfares that can take advantage of the regional highway network. Outdoor storage is limited and properly screened from view from off the site.
(3) General Industrial Districts (U-6). To provide sites primarily for industrial uses that conduct most of their operations within completely enclosed buildings, yet also to allow as a conditional use limited accommodations for predominantly outdoor use and uses that generate heavy truck traffic.
(Ord. 201-2008. Passed 10-6-08.)