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What is an open and enclosed parking area?

Could anybody please break these two terms up for me? I've searched online, but still couldn't find a clear answer.

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"Open" and "enclosed" describe two different kinds of parking garages (US) or multistorey car parks (UK).

From the Wikipedia article (emphases in original):

United States building codes use the term open parking garage to refer to a structure designed for car storage that has openings along at least 40% of the perimeter, as opposed to an enclosed parking garage that requires mechanical ventilation.

An open parking garage is very obvious. It looks like a parking garage: open parking garage, CC BY-SA 3.0 license, attribution at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hradec_Kr%C3%A1lov%C3%A9,_Resslova,_parkovac%C3%AD_d%C5%AFm.jpg

An enclosed parking garage will look more like an ordinary building from the outside. The lower levels of a high-rise or skyscraper may be taken up by an enclosed parking garage, with "real" floors above:

skyscrapers with enclosed parking garage, CC BY 3.0 license, attribution at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Met_2_Miami_20110307.jpg


Photos taken from Wikipedia/Wikimedia. First photo by ŠJů under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license, second photo by Averette under the CC BY 3.0 license.

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  • Thanks for breaking it up for me! Commented Feb 28, 2020 at 2:39

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