(a)

The owner of any tract of land comprising an area of not less than 2 ½ acres and not lying within a business district may submit a development plan for a neighborhood shopping center. Such application shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of section 150-20.

(b)

The city planning commission may recommend to the city commission that such application be approved if the application conforms to the following:

(1)

The uses permitted in the center shall be limited to those of the B-1 neighborhood business district as listed in section 150-8.

(2)

The entire development is designed as a single architectural unit with appropriate landscape and architectural treatment of the entire area.

(3)

At least four times the gross floor area of the stores included in the development is provided in off-street parking areas, which are integral parts of the design of the unit plan.

(4)

The appropriate use of property adjacent to the area included in the plan will be fully safeguarded, and to this end, the city commission may make such requirements as it deems necessary.

(5)

Satisfactory evidence shall be submitted that the automobile parking areas and the landscaped areas will be properly constructed and maintained.

(6)

The plan is consistent with the intent and purposes of this chapter to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare.

(Ord. No. 2018-02, § II, 2-6-2018)