§ 56-190. Parking requirements.

(a)

Where the C-3 regional shopping district contains a gross area of more than ten acres, there shall be provided an area for vehicular parking of not less than five cars per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area for all permitted uses in the C-3 regional shopping district.

(b)

The term "gross floor area," as used herein, means the total floor area for occupancy and use measured from the outside face of all exterior walls and including upper floors and mezzanine space (other than additional space created by fixture installations designed to increase the usability of space exclusively for stock or storage purposes), but not including public washrooms, the public part of the enclosed mall, mechanical or electrical equipment penthouses or rooms, rubbish rooms, shopping center management offices, merchant's association management offices, community halls, bus stops, truck loading and docking areas, truck tunnels, service corridors, emergency exit corridors not contained within any area exclusively used by a single tenant and all areas, rooms or buildings designated for storage of equipment used for maintenance of common area.

(Code 1978, § 5-8-5; Code 1997, § 98-169)