The specific purposes of the off-street parking and loading regulations are to:
(A) Ensure that off-street parking and loading facilities are provided for new land uses and for enlargements of existing uses in proportion to the need for such facilities created by each use.
(B) Establish parking standards for commercial uses consistent with need and with the feasibility of providing parking on specific commercial sites.
(C) Ensure that off-street parking and loading facilities are designed in a manner that will ensure efficiency, protect the public safety, and where appropriate, insulate surrounding land uses from adverse impacts.
(D) Contribute to a balanced transportation system with a choice or transit, bicycle, pedestrian, and private automobile modes.
(E) Encourage the use of bicycles by providing safe and convenient places to park bicycles.
(F) Facilitate the development of common parking area that serve multiple establishments or uses.
(G) Minimize the area of land consumed by parking by allowing reductions to the number of required spaces near major transit stations, for uses with lower parking demand characteristics, and for shared parking facilities serving uses with different peak demand times.
(Ord. 897-C-S, passed 10-25-94; Am. Ord. 2089-C-S, passed 6-24-14)