For the purpose of determining accessory off-street parking requirements, definitions and standards shall be as follows:
(a) "Accessory parking space" means an open or enclosed area (garage) directly accessible from a public street for parking of motor vehicles of owners, patrons, occupants, employees, customers or tenants of the main building or use. Each space shall be directly accessible from a drive or aisle, and shall have a minimum rectangular dimension of not less than nine feet in width and eighteen feet in length for ninety degree parking; nine feet in width and twenty-two feet in length for parallel parking; ten feet in width and eighteen feet in length for sixty degree parking and twelve feet in width and eighteen feet in length for forty-five degree parking, exclusive of all drives, aisles, ramps and other circulation areas, and determined from an accurate plan of the area.
(b) "Floor area" means the total area of the floors of the building measured from the exterior faces of the building. Basement areas or other floors or parts thereof, designed, arranged or used exclusively for storage or similar uses may be excluded from the floor area if the areas or floors or parts thereof are not open to the public. Such areas as stairs, hallways, restrooms, equipment or furnace rooms, elevator shafts, etc. shall be excluded.
(c) "Seat" means the number of seating units installed or indicated, or each twenty-four lineal inches of benches, or space for loose chairs or similar seating facilities. Spacing of rows shall be thirty inches on center.
(d) Where the computation results in a fractional unit, one additional space shall be provided.
(e) "Employees", wherever the parking requirement is based on employees, means the maximum number of employees on duty on the premises at one time or on any two successive shifts, whichever is the greater.
(f) Floor area; loading requirements means the total floor area used for the main and accessory activities and the storage areas of the building served.
(Ord. 84-98. Passed 6-17-85.)