The purpose of this chapter is to protect the health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens, prevent traffic congestion and hazards, provide for proper traffic safety by preserving the public thoroughfares for the unimpaired movement of pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular traffic, provide for attractive, secure, properly lighted, and well screened off street parking facilities, assure the mobility and access of emergency vehicles, provide for appropriately designed parking facilities in proportion to the needs generated by the varying types of land use, and minimize the negative visual impacts of large expanses of parking by reducing glare from parking lots through open space and landscaping around the parking areas. (Ord. 876, 1-17-2008)