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55.22 OFF-STREET PARKING AREA REQUIRED.
1.   In all districts, in connection with every industrial, commercial business, trade, institutional, recreational, or dwelling use, and similar uses, spaces for parking and storage of vehicles shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule. Required off-street parking facilities shall be primarily for the parking of private passenger automobiles of occupants, patrons or employees of the principal use served. All parking lots, whether paved or unpaved, shall provide the required number of paved handicap-accessible parking stalls with paved aisle and sidewalks to the building, in conformance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Standards for Accessible Design.
   A.   Automobile sales and service garages – 1 space per 400 square feet of gross floor area.
   B.   Banks, business, and professional offices – 1 space per 200 square feet of gross floor area.
   C.   Bowling alleys – 5 spaces for each alley.
   D.   Churches and schools – 1 space for each 5 seats in a principal auditorium. Where no auditorium is involved, 1 space for each staff member.
   E.   Dance halls, assembly halls, events centers, banquet rooms, party barns – 1 space per 100 square feet of floor area used for dancing or assembly.
   F.   Dwellings – 2 parking spaces for each family or dwelling unit; including mobile homes located within or outside a mobile home park.
   G.   Funeral homes, mortuaries – 1 parking space for each 5 seats in the principal auditorium.
   H.   Furniture and appliance stores – 1 space per 400 square feet of floor area used for display.
   I.   Hospitals – 1 space for each 4 beds, plus 1 space for each 3 employees, plus 1 space for each 2 staff doctors.
   J.   Hotels, motels, lodging houses – 1 space for each bedroom.
   K.   Manufacturing plants – 1 space for each 3 employees on the maximum working shift.
   L.   Restaurants, wine-tasting rooms, taverns, and night clubs – 1 space per 100 square feet of gross floor area.
   M.   Retail stores, shops, supermarkets, etc., over 2,000 square feet in floor area – 1 space per 100 square feet of gross floor area.
   N.   Retail stores, shops, supermarkets, etc., under 2,000 square feet of floor area – 1 space per 200 square feet of gross floor area.
   O.   Sports arenas, auditoriums other than in schools – 1 parking space for each 5 seats.
   P.   Theaters, assembly halls with fixed seats – 1 parking space for each 5 seats.
   Q.   Wholesale establishments or warehouses – 1 space for each 2 employees, with a minimum of 1 space per 5000 square feet of gross floor area.
2.   In the case of any building, structure or premises the use of which is not specifically mentioned herein, provisions for a use which is so mentioned, and to which said use is similar, as determined by the Zoning Administrator, shall apply.
3.   Where a lot does not abut on a public or private street, road, alley or easement of access, there shall be provided an access drive of not less than ten (10) feet in width in the case of a dwelling, and not less than twenty (20) feet in width in all other cases, leading to the loading or unloading spaces and parking or storage areas required hereunder in such manner as to secure the most appropriate development of the property in question. Except where provided in connection with a use permitted in a residence district, such easement of access or access drive shall not be located in any residence district.
4.   Every parcel of land hereafter used as a public or private parking area, for all uses other than single-family and two family residential, shall be developed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements.
   A.   No part of any parking space shall be closer than 5 feet to any established highway, street right-of-way or alley line. In case the parking lot or driveway adjoins an “R” district, it shall be set back at least 25 feet from the “R” district boundary and shall be effectively screen-planted.
   B.   Any off-street parking area having access from a paved public street or highway shall have a paved approach within the public right-of-way. The pavement materials for the approach, size and location of any required culverts, and the location for all driveway approaches shall be in accordance with SUDAS and approved by the County Road Department.
   C.   Any lighting used to illuminate any off-street parking area, including any commercial parking lot, shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from adjoining premises in any “R” district and public rights-of-way.
5.   Off-street parking areas shall be provided on the same lot with the principal use. Off-street parking and loading areas may occupy all or part of any required yard or open space, subject to the provisions of this section, except that no required off-street parking or loading areas shall be located in any required front yard in an agricultural or residential district.