A. Maintain the aesthetic attractiveness of the City;

B. Promote public safety and orderly movement of pedestrians and traffic within the City;

C. Protect the City’s business community by eliminating the inequity faced by stationary and permanent businesses that compete with itinerant and temporary businesses who may be operating without city business licenses and outside the regulatory authority of the City, which unfair competition threatens to erode city tax revenues and undermine the strength of its commercial life;

D. Reduce the potential for urban blight by encouraging development of permanent structures from which businesses can operate in the City;

E. Establish better record-keeping and data collection practices which can assist police in improving safety and reducing crime throughout the City; and

F. Promote compliance with relevant building, fire, health and safety codes by those who wish to conduct business in the City of Lakewood. [Ord. 610 § 5, 2015.]