Off street parking and loading requirements and regulations are established in order to achieve, among others, the following purposes:
(a) To relieve congestion so that streets can be utilized more fully for movement of vehicular traffic;
(b) To promote the safety and convenience of pedestrians and shoppers by locating parking areas so as to lessen car movement in the vicinity of intensive pedestrian traffic;
(c) To promote the general convenience, welfare and prosperity of business, service, research, production and manufacturing developments which depend upon off-street parking facilities; and
(d) To provide regulations and standards for the development of accessory off-street parking and loading facilities in accordance with the objectives of the Master Plan of the City of Bedford.
(Ord. 7139-99. Passed 7-6-99.)