(a) A shopping center or mall in this district shall be designed and developed as a unified and well organized arrangement of buildings and services, containing not less than 50,000 square feet of enclosed sales area within the City. Vehicular traffic shall be planned so as to minimize interference with major pedestrian movements. Delivery and rubbish disposal facilities shall be located so as not to interfere with movements of pedestrians and vehicles to the extent possible, and shall be screened from public view and be located not less than 150 feet from a residential district.
(b) The ground area occupied by the buildings shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the total area of the lot. Plans shall include well defined areas of planting, grass and landscaping.
(c) All buildings shall be set back from any public street or highway at least 300 feet, except that the yard may be developed for parking facilities to within a minimum of twenty-five feet of a street line and to within twenty feet of a property line in a nonresidential district.
(d) Side and rear yards where adjoining a residential district, within the City, shall be at least 150 feet, except that such yards may be developed for parking facilities to within a minimum of fifty feet of a residential district line, such fifty foot area shall not be used for any purpose whatsoever, other than for landscaping, screening and the location of a fence. The Planning Commission shall require from each applicant for its approval, a plan depicting the design of the installation of a fence, wall, hedge or other suitable screening or planting at side and rear property lines.
(e) Height of building shall not exceed four stories.
(Ord. 13-1973. Passed 6-25-73.)