18-9-101. PURPOSES.

A Commercial Zone (C) is established as a zone in which the principal use of the land is for various types of commercial activities which provide the outlets for commodities, personal services, professional services and other business uses related to the needs of the particular section of the community in which it is located.

In order that a Commercial Zone shall further promote the general purpose of this Title, the specific intent of this Title is:

1. To protect commercial development, as far as is possible and appropriate in each area, against the establishment of uses which would create hazards, offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, orders, heat, glare, or other objectionable influences, or heavy trucking traffic;
2. To protect commercial development against congestion, so far as is possible and appropriate in each area by limiting the bulk of buildings in relation to the land around them to one another;
3. To provide sufficient space in appropriate locations for the transaction of all types of commercial and miscellaneous service activities in beneficial relation to one another, and thus to strengthen the economic base of the community;
4. To provide appropriate space, and in particular sufficient depth from the street, to satisfy the needs of modern commercial development, including the need for off-street parking, in areas where a large proportion of customers come by automobile;
5. To encourage the tendency of commercial development to concentrate, to the mutual advantage of both customers and merchants;
6. To promote the most desirable use of land in accordance with a well-considered plan, to promote the beneficial and appropriate development of all land, to promote stability of commercial development to protect the character and established pattern of desirable development in each area, to conserve the value of the land, and thus to promote public safety, convenience, prosperity and welfare.