The intent of the off-street parking and loading chapter is to provide the public with an adequate number of parking spaces, vehicular ingress and egress from a building or parking area to a public street, and access for emergency vehicles. The purpose of off-street parking requirements is also to provide convenient and safe access to property, avoid the negative impacts associated with spillover parking into adjacent neighborhoods (while at the same time avoiding the negative environmental and urban design impacts that can result from excessive parking), and, alleviate hazards with access to traffic generating business and industrial uses.

The intent is to control parking, internal circulation and access onto a public street and to provide adequate and safe parking for residents and business customers, to avoid and mitigate traffic congestion, and to provide aesthetically pleasing parking facilities, all in the interest of public safety and general welfare. The parking requirements specific to the CBD zoning district can be found in Section 17.24.130 of this title.

(Ord. No. 441 , Exh. A, 6-6-23)