The business districts established in this article are designed to promote and protect the public health, safety and general welfare. More specifically, it is the purpose of the business districts:
(a) To provide sufficient space, in appropriate locations in proximity to residential areas, for local and neighborhood retail development catering to the regular shopping needs of the occupants of nearby residences, with due allowance for the need for a choice of sites;
(b) To provide, as far as possible, that such space will be available for use for commercial and related activities, and to protect residences by separating them from commercial activities;
(c) To provide appropriate space and in particular sufficient depth for a street, to satisfy the needs of modern local and neighborhood retail development, including the need for off-street parking spaces;
(d) To protect commercial development and nearby residences against congestion particularly in areas where the established pattern is predominantly residential, but includes local retail uses, by regulating the intensity of local and neighborhood retail development, by restricting those types and size of establishments which generate heavy traffic and by providing for off-street parking and loading facilities;
(e) To protect commercial development and nearby residences against fire, explosions, toxic and noxious matter, radiation and other hazards, and against offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust and other particulate matter, odorous matter, heat, humidity, glare and other objectionable influences connected with industrial development;
(f) To provide sufficient and appropriate space, and in particular sufficient depth from the street, to meet the needs of the City's central and community commercial center, including the need for off-street parking space in areas where a large proportion of customers come by automobile, with due allowance for the need for a choice of site, and to encourage commercial development to concentrate in continuous retail frontage within commercial areas, to the mutual advantage of both consumers and merchants;
(g) To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for all types of commercial and miscellaneous service activities, with due allowance for the need for a choice of sites;
(h) To promote the most desirable use of land and direction of building development in accordance with a well-considered plan; and
(i) To promote stability of commercial development, strengthen the economic base of the City, protect the character of the district and conserve the value of the land and buildings. (Ord. 0-290. Passed 6-26-84.)