1177.011 GENERAL INTERPRETATIONS.

   In the interpretation of this Chapter, the following rules shall govern:

      A.   Floor area means the gross floor area of the specified use.

      B.   Parking spaces for other permitted or conditional uses not listed in this Chapter shall be determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals upon an appeal from a decision by the Zoning Inspector.

      C.   The parking space requirement for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as that required for a use of similar nature.

      D.   Fractional numbers shall be increased to the next whole number.

      E.   Where there is an adequate public transit system or where, for any other reason, parking demand is unusually low, then the parking space provisions cited above may be reduced proportionately by the Board upon an appeal from a decision of the Zoning Inspector.

      F.   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 (20") of such seating facilities shall be counted as one (1) seat for the purpose of determining requirements for off-street parking facilities.