This section establishes off-street parking requirements as a necessary part of the development and use of land, to ensure the safe and adequate flow of traffic in the public street system, and to ensure that parking areas are designed to perform in a safe, efficient manner. It is also the intent of this section to manage the adverse visual, environmental, and economic impacts of parking areas. Specific purposes include to:
(a) Ensure that off-street parking, loading, and access demands will be met without adversely affecting nearby land uses and neighborhoods;
(b) Provide for vehicle and pedestrian circulation and safety in parking areas, and create a safe and more pedestrian-friendly environment;
(c) Improve the visual appearance of public street corridors by encouraging buildings and other attractive site features to become more prominent relative to parking areas;
(d) Provide for better pedestrian movement and encourage alternative modes of transportation by reducing the expanses of parking that must be traversed between destinations;
(e) Support a balanced transportation system that is consistent with cleaner air and water, greater transportation choices, and efficient infill and redevelopment; and
(f) Allow flexibility in addressing vehicle parking, loading, and access issues, including providing alternatives to standard required surface parking.
Notes
| 873 | Amended, Bill No. 120431 (approved June 27, 2012), effective August 22, 2012. |