(a) Parking Spaces. Each parking space shall be not less than eight and one-half feet wide and eighteen feet long; or not less than 153 feet in area, exclusive of access drives or aisles; provided, that nothing contained in this section shall be constructed as minimizing any other requirements of the Codified Ordinances concerning parking spaces.
(b) 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 the display or sale of merchandise. It shall not include areas used principally for nonpublic purposes, such as storage, incidental repair, processing or packaging of merchandise, show windows, offices incidental to the management or maintenance of stores or buildings, toilets or restrooms, utilities or dressing rooms or fitting or alteration rooms.
(c) Hospital Bassinets. In hospitals, bassinets shall not be counted as beds.
(d) Benches in Places of Public Assembly. In stadiums, sports arenas, churches and other places of public assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or other similar seating facilities, each twenty inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one seat for the purpose of determining the requirements for off-street parking areas.
(1970 Code Sec. 32-64)