§ 22.18.010. Intent.

The intent of the neighborhood commercial (NC) zone district is to:

A.

Establish and preserve areas suitable for transitional uses between more intensive commercial activities and residential uses. The uses are intended to be those which provide professional and personal services, and general retail sales which generate small numbers of people and small volumes of traffic;

B.

Ensure that development in this district is characterized by human scale buildings, low traffic generation, considerable walk-in-trade and quiet operations;

C.

Protect existing neighborhood retail districts and permit new establishments where local economic demand and appropriate design can ensure compatibility with the neighborhood;

D.

Limit the size, scale and expansion of neighborhood commercial uses in order to minimize traffic volumes and congestion, and other adverse impacts on the neighborhoods in which such establishments are located.

(Ord. 11274 § 2 (part), 1996)