The purpose of this classification is to provide for the location and development of planned shopping centers under standards and regulations which relate to the conditions of a modern shopping center, recognizing it to be distinctly different than an ordinary business area, in design, in ownership and management, and in community impact. Whereas an ordinary business area develops gradually and therefore is regulated in the public interest on a parcel by parcel basis or as each building is constructed, a planned shopping center is developed all at once or in large stages. It is the intent of this classification that the public interest shall be served by regulations and standards which will apply to the shopping center as a whole rather than applying the regular standards of other business zones to each individual business within the shopping center. It is further intended that through the provisions of this zone, shopping centers will be so located and internally arranged as to complement the existing or planned land use pattern in the immediate vicinity of the shopping center so that any adverse effect of the shopping center on nearby property will be minimized, and that safe and efficient access to the shopping center will be provided with the minimum of traffic congestion on public streets in the vicinity. It is also a purpose of this zone that the applicant or developer may be required to provide data to aid the planning commission and city council in determining if a change in the zoning map could be in the public interest. (Ord. 2441 § 15, 2003; Ord. 2020 § 20, 1994; Ord. 447 § 1, 1968)