For the purpose of determining the off-street parking and loading facilities required as accessory to a use, definitions and standards are established as follows:
(a) "Off-street parking space" means an open or enclosed area directly accessible from a public street for parking of automobiles of owners, occupants, employees, customers or tenants of the main use. Each space shall be directly accessible from a drive or aisle, and not less than nine feet wide by twenty feet long, exclusive of all drives, aisles, ramps and turning space.
(b) "Floor area," as used in determining parking requirements, means the total area of all the floors of the building used by the principal activity as specified in the schedule in Section 1270.05, measured from the exterior faces of the building. The areas used for storage or otherwise not occupied by people may be excluded from the floor area calculation if approved by the Planning Commission.
(c) "Gross floor area," as used in determining loading requirements, means the total floor area used for the main and accessory activities and storage areas of the building served.
(d) "Seating capacity" means the number of seating units installed or indicated on plans for places of assembly. Where not indicated on plans, it shall be assumed that a seating unit will occupy six square feet of floor area exclusive of all aisles.
(e) "Employees," wherever the parking requirement is 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.
(f) "Off-street loading space" means an open space or enclosed area as part of a building, directly accessible to a public street and available whenever needed for the loading or unloading of goods and products to the main use.
(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)
(Ord. 1978-165. Passed 10-16-78.)