§ 6.04.1201. Purpose.

1.

The purpose of this section is to achieve the following:

A.

The intent of the Business Park District is to provide an area in the community within which office, commercial and industrial firms can locate with an assurance of a high permanent level of design quality, extensive site amenities, open space and environmental protection. The restrictions and conditions applied to this district shall be designed to promote the development of park like atmosphere which will be conducive to the construction of buildings and parking lots which are pleasing in appearance and which harmonize with the surrounding built and natural environments.

B.

In addition, these regulations are designed to promote flexibility in building design, to promote efficient use of land, to provide both active and passive open space, and to insure a quality of construction commensurate with the community's appearance standards as set forth herein and as are from time to time established by the city.

C.

When the planning commission and city council determine that it is in the city's best interest, established standards for building heights and area regulations may be varied to promote design flexibility and the community standards as provided.

D.

The granting of approval under this category establishes an approved site plan and appropriate supporting documents as the sole use or uses and site arrangement allowed under within the Business Park District.

E.

The Business Park District consists of two zones to allow for a combination of light and medium industrial uses together with certain retail/commercial uses as follows.

2.

The purpose and allowable uses for each of the business park zoning districts are as follows:

A.

BP-1 (Business Park-1) Zone.

(1)

This zone within the Business Park District is intended to provide for a variety of campus-like retail and commercial uses and light industrial uses, intended to establish the area as a focus of future employment in the city, as well as to enhance the highway commercial corridor along Highway 126.

B.

BP-2 (Business Park-2) Zone.

(1)

This zone within the Business Park District is intended to provide for a variety of light and medium industrial uses and certain retail/commercial uses, which support or are incidental to the industrial uses intended to establish the area as a focus of future employment in the city, as well as to complement the adjacent BP-1 zone.