1141.01 INTENT AND PURPOSE.

   Off-street parking and loading requirements are established to promote the general convenience, welfare and prosperity of the community. More specific purposes are:

   (a)   To relieve congestion on streets so that streets can be utilized more fully for the movement of traffic;

   (b)   To promote the safety and convenience of pedestrians and shoppers by locating parking areas and access drives so as to lessen car movements in the vicinity of intensive pedestrian and motor vehicle traffic;

   (c)   To protect adjoining and neighboring residences and business from the glare, unsightliness, noise and traffic congestion caused by nearby on-street and off-street parking of motor vehicles;

   (d)   To promote the general welfare, convenience, and prosperity of institutional, residential, business, and industrial developments, which depend upon off-street parking and loading facilities and provisions; and

   (e)   To promote the construction and maintenance of attractive and safe off-street parking facilities that include requirements and standards for adequate lighting, landscaping, buffers, drainage, pavement material and striping.

      (Ord. 43-1996. Passed 2-11-97.)