For the purpose of determining accessory off-street parking requirements, definitions and measurement 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 and one-half feet in width and nineteen feet in length for ninety degree parking; nine and one-half feet in width and twenty-two feet in length for parallel parking; nine and one-half feet in width and nineteen feet in length for sixty degree parking; and nine and one-half feet in width and nineteen 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 measurement if the areas or floors, or parts thereof, are not open to the public. Areas such as stairs, hallways, restrooms, equipment rooms, furnace rooms, elevator shafts, etc., shall be excluded.
(c) "Gross floor areas," for the purpose of loading requirements, means the total floor areas used for the main and accessory activities and the storage areas of the building served.
(d) "Seat" means the number of seating units installed or indicated, each twenty-four linear inches of benches, or space for loose chairs or similar seating facilities. Spacing of rows shall be thirty inches on center.
(e) "Employee," for purposes of computing the parking requirements 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.
Where a computation results in a fractional unit, one additional space shall be provided.
(Ord. 254-91. Passed 12-16-91.)