Sec. 10-2.1401. Purpose of article.

        The provisions of this article are intended to provide off-street parking and loading standards to:

(a)    Provide for the general welfare and convenience of persons within the City by designating and reserving those areas that are needed for parking facilities to meet the needs generated by specific uses and thereby avoiding substantial impediments to public access to limited availability of parking spaces;

(b)    Provide accessible, attractive, secure, and well-maintained off-street parking and loading facilities and preventing public streets from becoming de facto used vehicle lots;

(c)    Increase public safety by reducing congestion on and reserving the primary purpose of public streets to facilitate traffic movement;

(d)    Ensure access and maneuverability for emergency vehicles;

(e)    Provide loading and delivery facilities in proportion to the needs of allowed uses.

(§ 3, Ord. 771, eff. February 13, 2004)