19.12 (Definitions). "Classroom areas" are any space set aside for workout instruction,
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spinning class or similar use. Classroom areas do not include sport courts.
(g) Retail. Retail uses include retail sales, retail service and personal service uses as defined in Chapter 19.12 (Definitions). Retail does not include auto sales.
(1) General Retail and Service. "General retail and service" means any retail or service business that is not defined as warehouse retail or bulky-merchandise retail. Examples of retail and service businesses include grocery stores, dry cleaners, shoe repair and drug stores.
(2) Warehouse Retail or Bulky-Merchandise Retail. "Warehouse retail or bulky- merchandise retail" means a tenant that primarily sells bulky goods or retail in a warehouse setting that is not part of shopping center. Home improvement stores,
discount bulk stores, or furniture stores can be considered warehouse retail or bulky- merchandise retail.
(h) Restaurants. Restaurant is defined in Chapter 19.12 (Definitions). For the purposes of parking, the following clarifications are applied.
(1) Takeout Restaurant. Takeout restaurant does not have any seating. The presence of indoor or outdoor seat-ing requires parking at the rate of "restaurant (no bar or entertainment)." The presence of a bar or entertainment requires parking at the rate of a "restaurant with a bar or entertainment."
(2) Restaurant (No Bar or Entertainment). Restaurants with this parking rate may have takeout services and alcohol sales. Restaurants with a bar, live entertainment or a dance floor shall be parked at the rate for "restaurant with a bar or entertainment." Examples include fast-food restaurants, coffee shops, pizza restaurants, and similar.
(3) Restaurant with a Bar or Entertainment. "Restaurant with a bar or entertainment" means a restaurant includ-ing a bar, dance floor, or live entertainment. For the purposes of this section, a bar is defined as a raised counter area with seating that serves alcoholic beverages and separates customers from employees working behind the counter area. Delivery and take-out service are incidental to the restaurant use.
(4) Outdoor Seating. Additional parking is required for outdoor seating exceeding twelve seats per business. Seats exceeding this amount are required to provide additional parking at the rate of 0.33 spaces per seat for each seat above twelve.
(i) Shopping Centers.
(1) Applicability. Shopping center is defined in Chapter 19.12 (Definitions). All
individual businesses within a shopping center use the shopping center parking rate
except in the following instances:
(A) A restaurant with a bar or entertainment;
(B) Total recreational and athletic facility square footage of greater than eight thousand square feet; or
(C) Total restaurant square footage (not including takeout restaurants) of greater than forty percent of the shopping center floor area.
(2) Calculation of Parking. For the uses listed above, the applicable parking requirement is calculated for the specified use separately. The remainder of the center is calculated at the shopping center rate.
(Ord. 2988-12 § 11)
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