The primary purposes of this Planning and Zoning Code are to encourage proximity in the development of compatible and related uses of land and buildings and to discourage development of uses which are incompatible or detrimental to each other and to adjacent areas.
(a) District regulations are established in this Title to carry out the purposes which are stated in Title One and especially to achieve the following objectives:
(1) To provide sufficient but not excessive land area for the business and commercial needs of the community.
(2) To foster the continuation of commercial, business and similar establishments now present within the community in conformity with recognized and reasonable standards in order that they be compatible with the primarily residential character of the community.
(3) To allow, where appropriate, for the expansion and development of commercial, business and similar uses, thereby meeting future needs within the community for such activities.
(4) To prohibit commercial, business and similar development which would create conditions detrimental to the public health, safety and general welfare and which would be incompatible with and detrimental to adjacent and surrounding uses, by regulating and controlling the types of commercial uses which would create hazards, noise, odors or other objectionable influences.
(5) To insure the availability of suitable areas for commercial, business and similar uses by discouraging any undesirable mixture of unrelated uses in such areas.
(6) To protect permitted development from congestion by limiting the bulk and density of development in relation to adjacent buildings and available land, by requiring sufficient off-street parking and loading facilities and by requiring buffers and screening to protect adjacent areas from objectionable influences.
(7) To promote the most desirable use of land and buildings in accordance with a well considered plan in order to stabilize residential and business development and enhance property values.
(8) To encourage the tendency of business to group in centers for the mutual advantage of customers and commercial establishments.