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A. Function. To provide for an auto-oriented, primarily non-retail commercial area that provides a wide range of commercial activities serving a community, citywide, or regional function, including uses such as manufacturing and warehousing that are less appropriate in more-retail-oriented commercial areas. B. Locational criteria. A Commercial 2 zone designation is most appropriate on land that is generally characterized by the following conditions: 1. Outside of regional, urban, and neighborhood centers or within regional, urban, and neighborhood centers on lots having a C2 designation and abutting a state highway; 2. Existing commercial areas characterized by heavy, non-retail commercial activity; 3. Readily accessible from a principal arterial; 4. Possibly adjacent to manufacturing/industrial zones; 5. Presence of edges that buffer residential or commercial areas of lesser intensity, such as changes in street layout or platting pattern; 6. Predominance of parcels of 30,000 square feet or larger; 7. Limited pedestrian and transit access. (Ord. 127375 , § 21, 2025; Ord. 122311 , § 14, 2006; Ord. 117430 , § 21, 1994: Ord. 112777 § 2(part), 1986.)