Is a parking lot considered a building or a structure? What is the required distance from Class A factories, and which regulations should be referred to?

The specifications for garages and vehicle repair shops are detailed

\"Code for Fire Protection Design of Garages, Repair Shops and Parking Lots\" GB 50067-2014; \"Construction Standards for Parking Lots for Hazardous Materials Transport Vehicles in Chemical Industrial Parks\" TCPCIF 0050-2020. The first standard is a national standard with relatively lower requirements; in my opinion, it is suitable for the planning and construction of dedicated parking lots within enterprises； The second standard is an industry standard; it was established in response to the requirement that chemical industrial parks must be equipped with parking lots for hazardous materials. It sets relatively high requirements, and in my opinion it is suitable for the planning and construction of public parking lots for hazardous materials within such parks ； For reference!

Is it a building or a structure? ? ?

Well, it depends on where your parking lot is located. If it’s indoors, then it’s considered part of the attached building, such as an underground garage； If it is an open-air parking lot, then it is a structure ； Different situations need to be considered separately. Regarding the definitions of buildings and structures, I looked them up online for reference: A structure is an artificially built entity that does not have, include, or provide living spaces for humans; examples include water towers, ponds, filtration tanks, clarification tanks, biogas digesters, archways, battlements, trellises, and brick or stone towers with a stone core or semi-stone core. The terms for structures are frequently mentioned in water supply and drainage textbooks. It should be noted that this definition is not absolute. In water resources and hydropower projects, all structures built on rivers and canals are referred to as structures, such as hydraulic structures. A building refers to an environment for production or living that is created by people using technical methods and following certain scientific principles, by combining various materials together. It generally denotes engineered structures designed for residential use, work, study, production, business activities, entertainment, storing items, and carrying out other social activities. For example, industrial buildings, civil buildings, agricultural buildings, and garden structures (pavilions, terraces, towers, and pavilions), etc. The main factor of distinction lies in whether it can provide buildings for social activities such as living, working, studying, producing, operating, and entertaining. If it can, then it is considered a building; if it cannot provide such buildings for these social activities, then it is considered a structure. In other words, it comes down to defining human social activities.