A. General Rule. This Code rejects as outdated and inappropriate the concept of hierarchical and cumulative zoning districts and, except as noted below, is based on the concept that each district should be designed to accomplish a specific purpose, to encourage a particular type of development, and to protect that development from being encroached upon by incompatible types of development.
B. Special Rule. Within the foregoing philosophy, however, it is recognized that when different districts are juxtaposed, their differing characters may require special treatment to ameliorate incompatibilities that might otherwise result. For this limited purpose, this Code recognizes the concept of "more restrictive" and "less restrictive" districts. For this purpose, the districts established by this Code shall be considered "more restrictive" or "less restrictive" in accordance with the following rules:
1. The residential districts shall be deemed to be more restrictive than any non-residential districts.
2. The single family residential districts shall be deemed to be more restrictive than the R-D single/multiple family residential district.
3. The B-1 District shall be deemed to be a more restrictive business district than the B-2 District.