Definitions and standards are hereby established for determining required parking and loading facilities, as follows:
(a) “Off-street parking space” means an open or enclosed area directly accessible from a public street, directly accessible from a drive or aisle, and not less than nine feet six inches wide by twenty feet long, exclusive of all drives, aisles, ramps and turning space.
(b) “Gross floor area” for determining the parking requirements, means the sum of the horizontal floor areas of all floors of the building or structure and of all accessory buildings, except buildings or structures used for parking, measured from the exterior face of the exterior walls of each building and/or structure.
(c) “Seats” for places of assembly, means the number of seating units indicated on approved plans or based on six square feet of floor area per seat, exclusive of all aisles.
(d) “Off-street loading space” means an open or enclosed part of a building, directly accessible to a public street or service drive, used for the loading or unloading of goods and products accessory to the main use and having dimensions not less than ten feet wide by forty feet long exclusive of all drives, aisles, ramps and turning space.
(e) “Floor area” for determining loading requirements, means the sum of the horizontal floor areas of all the floors of the main building or structure and of all accessory buildings measured from the exterior face of all enclosing walls.
(Ord. 19-97. Passed 3-25-97.)