(A) The owner or owners of any tract of land, comprising an area of not less than four acres, may submit a development plan for a community shopping center, which shall be processed in the manner prescribed in § 156.375 of this chapter and may be approved if the report of the city’s Plan Commission shows that:
(1) The commercial uses included in the plan are limited to those permitted in the C-2 District and to the department stores;
(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 six 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 these zoning regulations to promote the public health, safety and general welfare.
(B) If the Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals approves the proposed development for a community shopping center, permits shall be issued as prescribed in this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 156.306)