Pursuant to the general purposes of this chapter, the intent of parking exempt overlay
districts is to provide relief from the off-street parking requirements for certain
uses so as to facilitate the development and redevelopment of economically depressed,
older, urban commercial districts characterized by a substantial number of vacant
and deteriorated structures. With the exception of certain high intensity uses, off-street
parking is generally not needed for most uses in these areas because of high vacancy
rates, availability of on-street parking, considerable walk-in trade due to proximity
to residential areas and available public transportation. As these economically depressed,
older, urban commercial districts undergo revitalization, consideration should be
given to re-establishing appropriate parking requirements.
(Code 2004, § 114-960.1; Ord. No. 2003-185-132, § 1, 5-27-2003)
