The general purpose of this commercial district is to provide areas
within the City to accommodate intense retail and wholesale commercial,
office and warehousing. These uses are appropriately located in areas
with good access to primary transportation routes. The use of property
for commercial uses along most of the city's major traffic corridors
has intensified over time, with changes from small-lot, single, one-family
residential use to general business uses as a component of that transition.
This trend is encouraged. It is specifically the intent of the district
to encourage the consolidation of small, underutilized parcels with
small frontages, and to promote the creation of larger properties
with more extensive frontages, thus allowing for more intensive and
appropriate commercial uses.