1.   Off-street parking spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements established for the zoning district in which any lot is located.

2.   Each parking space shall be a rectangle or parallelogram in shape and shall be a minimum of 8½ feet wide and 18 feet long, exclusive of access aisles or drives.

3.   Off-street accessory parking areas shall be of usable shape, and shall be improved, in accordance with requirements of the City, so graded and drained as to dispose of all surface water accumulation within the area, and if containing more than 3 parking spaces, the area shall have a durable and dustless surface. Any lighting used to illuminate such parking areas shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any “R” District.

4.   For the purposes of determining parking space requirements for stadiums, sports arenas, churches and other places of public assembly in which patrons or spectators occupy benches, pews or other similar seating facilities, each 20 inches of such seating facilities shall be counted as one seat.

5.   In the case of retail or service types of uses, “floor area” means the gross floor area used or intended to be used by tenants, or for service to the public as customers, patrons or clients, but shall not include areas used principally for nonpublic purposes, such as toilet or rest rooms, utilities, storage or dressing rooms.