For the purpose of this chapter, "floor area," in the case of commercial and industrial uses, shall mean the gross building area used or intended to be used for services to the public as customers, patrons, clients or patients, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise. It shall not include areas used principally for nonpublic purposes, such as storage, incidental repair, processing or packaging of merchandise, show windows, offices incidental to the management or maintenance of stores or buildings, toilets or restrooms, utilities, or dressing, fitting or alteration rooms. In stadiums, sport areas, churches and other places of assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or other similar seating facilities, each twenty inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one seat.
(Ord. 182. Passed 5-12-98.)