1. Ensure that enough on-site vehicular parking spaces are available to accommodate the majority of traffic generated by the range of uses which might locate at a site over time;

2. Ensure that off-street parking, loading, and access demands associated with new development, or changes in use or capacity, will not adversely affect other nearby land uses and surrounding neighborhoods;

3. Maintain and enhance a safe and efficient transportation system within the community, including the maneuverability of emergency vehicles within a parking area, adequate ingress and egress, etc.;

4. Provide consideration to reducing environmental impacts caused by hard surface parking areas and minimize the visual impacts of traditional parking lots through landscaping, screening, and implementation of parking lot designs that break up the visual impact of large expanses of asphalt;

5. Promote a variety of transportation choices and incentives to reduce parking spaces through allowance of shared parking arraignments, transit-supportive developments, bicycle parking, and pedestrian accesses that connect to City trails or pedestrian routes.