§ 143-257. Legislative intent.

It is the intent of the Ridge Pike Business District (RPBD) to provide regulations to improve the overall appearance and safety of Ridge Pike as well as allow for continuing commercial use opportunites. Specifically, it is the intent of the district to:

A. 

Minimize the potential for increased traffic congestion, by providing incentives that require shared access points, cross-access easements, shared parking areas, and quality public spaces.

B. 

Increase the number of pedestrian and vehicular connections between adjacent properties to provide complementary and coordinated development of adjacent properties.

C. 

To provide regulating standards which require orderly, well-planned development and to ensure that new buildings and additions enhance the surrounding streetscape, including incentives for burial of existing utilities within the right-of-way.

D. 

Use scale, building orientation and landscaping to establish community identity.

E. 

Effectively and efficiently regulate the establishment and maintenance of businesses requiring outdoor storage of vehicles, types and heights of signage, equipment or merchandise.

F. 

Establish a walkable streetscape by promoting a pedestrian orientation of streets and buildings and providing a safe and convenient interconnected sidewalk network.