Review `get_business_patterns()` and `get_lodes()`

[wcurrangroome]

• For each script:
  • Check out a new branch, e.g., bchen-business-patterns
  • Review the imitra_branch for existing comments on the script
  • Test various combinations of function arguments--make needed adjustments to fix and improve the function
  • Review the function documentation and improve it, as applicable
  • Open a pull request with the proposed improvements -- tag Kam and Will to review