"Net floor area" means a measure of floor area used for purposes of calculating off-street parking and off-street loading requirements. Net floor area is the sum of the gross horizontal area of space contained on all floors measured in square feet from the exterior faces of the exterior walls of each building or from the centerline of party walls separating two buildings. Net floor area includes floor area in cellars, basements, attics and accessory buildings and excludes only:
(a) Areas devoted to off-street parking or off street loading, including aisles, ramps, and maneuvering space.
(b) Areas devoted primarily to storage and not located within selling or working spaces, except for facilities such as warehouses where the principal use is storage.
(c) Basement or cellar areas not devoted to retailing activities, offices or production or processing of goods.
(d) Elevator shafts, stairs and stairwells.
(e) Maintenance shafts and rooms.
(f) Washrooms.
(g) Display windows.
(h) Fitting rooms.
For structures devoted to bulk storage of materials, every ten feet of building height shall be considered as one floor for purposes of this definition.
(Ord. 96-82 AC. Passed 9-16-96.)