12920 Chippewa Rd, Brecksville, OH 44141

Local Business Districts

Office Building, Local Business, Shopping Center, Commercial Service and Motor Service Business Districts are hereby established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes: (a) To provide in appropriate and convenien t locations, zoning districts of sufficient size to serve and to promote the economic development of the community, more specifically: (b) To provide Office Building Districts wh ich, by restricting the types of business, office and institutional uses, do not create large parking needs or generate large volumes of traffic; (c) To provide Local Business Districts to serve the needs for convenience goods in proximity to the immediate neighborhood, and which do not generate large volumes of traffic; (d) To provide Shopping Center Districts of sufficient size and in highly accessible locations to encourage the development of planned, integrated shopping centers within the community; (e) To provide Commercial Service Districts in which business uses may locate which may require larger land areas, generate large traffic volumes and/or which may not be permitted in the other business districts of this Zoning Code; (f) To provide Motor Service Districts in convenient areas directly related to the freeway interchanges to serve the needs of through and local motorists; (g) To protect adjacent residential and commercial properties by restricting the type of uses, particularly at the common boundaries, which would create hazards, noise, odors or other objectionable influences; (h) To provide for landscaped settings for such developments in order to protect adjacent residential areas and areas of less intense usage; (i) To relieve traffic congestion on the st reets by requiring off-street parking and loading facilities; and (j) To promote the desirable and beneficial use of the land based upon the Master Plan and directed to bring about eventual conformity with the Master Plan as it may be amended.