(A) (1) This article is intended to provide for the location and design of off-street parking areas to accommodate motor vehicles, while balancing the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists and transit users.
(2) Parking areas are secondary and supportive to the primary land uses on the site, and parking lot design should emphasize the primary facade and orient pedestrians toward the principal entranceways and walkways.
(B) The provisions of this section are also intended to help protect the public health, safety and general welfare by:
(1) Helping avoid and mitigate traffic congestion;
(2) Encouraging multi-modal transportation options and enhanced pedestrian safety;
(3) Providing methods to reduce the amount of impervious surface in parking areas and adequate drainage structures to order to reduce the environmental impacts of stormwater runoff;
(4) Ensure that paving or alternate means of surfacing of parking areas will address dust abatement and improve air quality; and
(5) Providing flexible methods of responding to the transportation and access demands of various land uses in different areas of the town.
(Ord. 382, passed 7-8-2021)