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(1) The purpose of the Research and Business Park Support (R&BPS) zone is to provide an aesthetically attractive commercial development environment exclusively for the support of an adjacent R&BP zone. It is the intention of this zone to provide the users of the R&BP zone with close, convenient commercial activities i.e., sleeping accommodations, restaurants, banking facilities, limited commercial activities. The general categories of uses allowed within this zone are more limited than other commercial zones. The essential purpose of this district is to achieve commercial development in a park-like setting that will compliment and appear part of the R&BP zone it supports. It should also be an economic asset to the owners, neighbors, and the community. This zone is more restrictive than other commercial zones in the City in order to have buildings which have architectural excellence and similarity with the R&BP zone structures, grounds which have an abundance of landscaping, and land uses which do not create air, ground, noise, and water pollution. The zone may be located adjacent to quality residential development and must be properly screened and beautified to create the highest degree of compatibility with the neighborhood, as well as the R&BP zone. The zone should always be located adjacent to a R&BP zone and a collector or arterial streets. The zone is to be characterized by attractively designed buildings and off-street parking lots situated among lawns, shrubs, and trees which give a “park-like” appearance. It is not the intent of this Chapter that an R&BPS zone should become a strip commercial development. Unless the General Plan calls for a Commercial Center near the R&BP zone boundary, commercial development shall not be allowed, particularly where the R&BP zone is surrounded by residential development.

(2) Objectives. The purpose of this Chapter is to establish rules, regulations, standards, and procedures for approval of all Research and Business Parks Support zones in order to:

(a) Strengthen and sustain the economic potential of the City and to create jobs.

(b) Advance and promote sound growth and the general welfare.

(c) Implement the adopted policies of the Provo City General Plan.

(d) Ensure efficient, safe, and aesthetic land development.

(e) Provide a commercial development that is architecturally and aesthetically pleasing and compatible with the surrounding residential areas and R&BP zones.

(f) Reduce traffic in the area of the R&BP development by providing adjacent commercial services for users of the business park.

(g) Preserve existing natural resources and give proper consideration to the physical constraints of the land.

(h) Provide for safe and efficient vehicular and pedestrian circulation.

(i) Provide for compliance with appropriate design standards to ensure adequate light and air, proper building arrangements, and minimum adverse effect on surrounding property.

(j) Ensure the provision of adequate water supply, drainage and stormwater management, sanitary facilities, and other utilities and services.

(k) Develop proper safeguards to minimize the impact on the environment, including but not limited to air and water pollution, hazardous waste contamination, noise levels, soil erosion and sedimentation, and natural resources preservation.

(Enacted 1994-15)