(a) Limited business, retail business, general business and office park/research districts and their regulations are established herein in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(1) To provide appropriate and convenient locations, for zoning districts of sufficient size for the exchange of goods and services and other business activities;
(2) To provide limited business districts to serve the need for office and quasi-public uses which do not attract large volumes of traffic;
(3) To provide retail business districts which may require larger land area, and which may be open in evenings and generate large volumes of traffic while serving the need for shopping and convenience goods and services of the entire community;
(4) To provide general business districts in proximity to the intersection of major arterial streets and freeway interchanges to serve the personal needs of motorists, and to provide facilities for the serving of vehicles;
(5) To establish criteria and procedures for planned business areas so they may be coordinated with surrounding developments;
(6) To protect adjacent residential neighborhoods by regulating the types and spacing of business uses, particularly at the common boundaries, which would create hazards, noise, odors or other or other objectionable influences;
(7) To promote the most desirable land use and traffic patterns in accordance with the objectives and the comprehensive plan.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11.)