§ 1101. Purposes and application

In order to alleviate progressively or to prevent traffic congestion and shortage of curb spaces, off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be provided incidental to new land uses and major alterations and enlargements of existing land uses. The number of parking spaces and loading berths shall be in proportion to the need for such facilities as created by the particular type of land use. Off-street parking and loading areas are to be laid out in a manner which will ensure their usefulness, protect the public safety and, where appropriate, insulate surrounding uses from their impact.

Provisions of this article are also intended to deal with problems, conditions and needs which are apparent in attempting to provide sufficient off-street parking facilities in areas of intense commercial development, including:

A.

The difficulty in assembling land by private means, including the often excessive time required;

B.

The varying financial capabilities and traffic generating characteristics among varying types of commercial enterprise;

C.

The importance of avoiding fragmented patterns of off-street parking facilities which may bear little relation to the needs of a commercial area as a whole;

D.

The importance of having regulations which will not inadvertently discourage private investment while alleviating or preventing traffic congestion; and

E.

The importance of achieving a reasonable distribution of financial burden among private interests and the public at large consistent with their individual and collective responsibilities to provide off-street parking facilities.

(Ord. No. 2015-01, § 1, 4-8-2015)