18.105.010 Specific purposes.
The specific purpose of this chapter is to provide standards for parking and loading facilities to accommodate the various land uses permitted by this code. It is the intent of this chapter to require the minimum number of on-site parking and loading spaces with maneuvering areas, driveways, and surface materials for the efficient movement of vehicular traffic and also to provide flexibility in meeting these requirements for sites with special needs. Additional purposes of this chapter include:
A. Ensuring the provision of safe and convenient places to park bicycles and motorcycles;
B. Providing paved surfaces and alternative dust control measures to control and reduce the amount of dust and particles released to the atmosphere;
C. Limiting the area of land consumed by parking by allowing reductions to the number of required parking spaces and sharing of parking spaces among multiple uses where appropriate;
D. Minimizing conflicts between pedestrian and vehicular circulation; and
E. Reducing the scale of paved surfaces and shading these surfaces, both of which are intended to reduce heat gain that contributes to the urban heat island effect. [Res. 21-09; Ord. 21-05 § 2; Res. 14-36 § 407.01; Ord. 14-12 § 1.]