For purposes of this chapter the following units of measurement shall apply:
(a) Floor Area. In the case of offices, merchandising or service types of uses, "floor area" means the gross floor area used or intended to be used by tenants, or for service to the public as customers, patrons, clients or patients, including areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise. It does not include areas used principally for nonpublic purposes, such as storage, incidental repair, processing or packaging of merchandise, for show windows, for offices incidental to the management or maintenance of stores or buildings, for toilet or rest rooms, for utilities, or for dressing rooms, fitting or alteration rooms.
(.1:7) Hospital Bassinets. In hospitals, bassinets shall not be counted as beds.
(c) Places of Public Assembly; Benches. In places of public assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or other such seating facilities, each twenty inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one seat for the purpose of determining requirements for off-street parking facilities.
(Ord. 1420. Passed 2-28-66.)