It shall be the duty of the Planning Commission to investigate and ascertain whether the location, size and other characteristics of the site, and the proposed plan, comply with the following conditions.
(a) Site adequacy. That the proposed shopping center is adequate, but not excessive, in size to provide adequate shopping facilities for the population which reasonably may be expected to be served by the proposed shopping center.
(b) Traffic congestion. That the proposed shopping center is at a location where traffic congestion does not exist at present on the streets to be utilized for access to the proposed shopping center, and where such congestion will not likely be created by the proposed center; or where such existing or possible future congestion will be obviated by presently projected improvement of access thoroughfares or by demonstrable provisions in the plan for proper entrances and exits, and by internal provisions for traffic and parking.
(c) Thoroughfare access required. That any neighborhood shopping center will abut and front a street designated in the official major street plan as a secondary or primary thoroughfare or designated by the Planning Commission as a local or collector street as defined in the subdivision regulations; and any community shopping center shall abut and front on a street designated in such plan as a primary thoroughfare.
(d) Integrated design. The plan provides for a shopping center consisting of one or more groups of establishments in buildings of integrated and harmonious design, together with adequate and properly arranged traffic and parking facilities adequate provisions for drainage and landscaping. The project shall be arranged in an attractive and efficient manner, convenient, pleasant and safe to use, and fitting harmoniously into surrounding properties.
(Ord. 2046, passed 4-11-1968)