§ 47-6.2. Intent and purpose of each district.

A.

CB - Community Business District is intended to meet the shopping and service needs of the community. The size and scale of development and allowable uses within the CB district are intended to limit impact on the surrounding residential neighborhoods to be served by the commercial business. The CB district is located on collector and arterial streets, providing for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic.

B.

B-1 - Boulevard Business District is intended to provide for the location of commercial business establishments dependent upon high visibility and accessibility to major trafficways, in a manner which maintains and improves the character of the major arterials of the city through landscaping and setback requirements. The B-1 district limits certain uses which could have a detrimental effect on abutting residential neighborhoods if these uses were permitted to exist without certain standards being met. The B-1 district is located primarily on major trafficways.

C.

B-2 - General Business District is intended to provide for the location of commercial business uses which cater infrequently to households but are necessary for the city's economic vitality and to meet the general business needs of the community. The B-2 district limits certain uses which could have a detrimental effect on abutting land uses if these uses were permitted to exist without certain standards being met. The B-2 district is located on sites concentrated on or around major trafficways.

D.

B-3 - Heavy Commercial/Light Industrial Business District is intended for heavy commercial business uses, wholesale, warehousing, storage operations and establishments conducting activities of the same general character. The B-3 district is located along major transportation arterials which have convenient access to the interstate yet are limited in their accessibility to local streets thereby limiting high traffic generating commercial business uses at such locations. The B-3 district is also located on sites concentrated around other major transportation draws, such as airports, ports and railways.

E.

PCC - Planned Commerce Center District (see Section 47-6.30).

(Ord. No. C-97-19, § 1(47-6.2), 6-18-97; Ord. No. C-99-38, § 1, 5-18-99)