To provide sufficient space for the transaction of all types of commercial and miscellaneous permitted service activities in a beneficial relationship to one another.

To protect commercial development against the establishment of uses which would create hazards, offensive noise, vibrations, smoke, dust, odors, glare and other objectionable influences.

To provide appropriate space and particularly sufficient depth from the street to satisfy the needs of modern retail development including the need for off-street parking space and areas to which the majority of shoppers come by automobile.

To require that the zone be developed as a group or groups of properly related business and compatible facilities comprising a single architectural scheme with appropriate landscaping.

To insure a comprehensive set of design requirements governing such things as land use, building placement, building coverage, off-street parking, buffering and screening.