The commercial zoning districts are intended to ensure a wide range of office, retail, service, industrial, and related uses necessary to meet resident and visitor needs, and more specifically to:
A. Provide appropriately located lands for the full range of business uses needed by the Town's residents, businesses, and workers, consistent with the goals, objectives, and policies in the Town's adopted policy guidance;
B. Strengthen the Town's economic base, and provide employment opportunities close to home for residents of the Town and surrounding areas;
C. Create suitable environments for various types of business uses, and protect them from the adverse effects of incompatible uses;
D. Provide safe and efficient access to alternative forms of transportation like public transit facilities, sidewalks, trails, and greenways;
E. Preserve the unique character and historic resources of the downtown area while increasing opportunities for urban development in areas already well-served by infrastructure; and
F. Minimize the impact of business development on residential districts and sensitive natural environments.
(Ord. 2020-36, passed 12-2-2019)