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E. All parking areas and appurtenant passageways and driveways serving commercial uses shall be illuminated adequately during the hours between sunset and sunrise when the use is in operation. Adequate shielding shall be provided by commercial users to protect adjacent residential zones from the glare of such illumination and from that of automobile headlights. F. Off-street parking areas located in commercial zones and which provide parking for 20 or more vehicles shall be provided with shade trees of a type approved by the Town Engineer and located not greater than 60 feet on center. G. Minimum parking space requirements. Minimum parking space requirements shall be as follows. (Where there are no specific requirements specified in this subsection, the Town Board shall determine the requirements using the following as a general guide.) (1) Automobile and gasoline service station: at least one space for each gasoline pump, grease rack or similar service area, and one additional space for each 500 square feet of gross floor area of the shop or garage, with a minimum of five spaces. (2) Automobile sales establishment, flower or plant nursery or landscape gardener's business: at least one space for every 1,000 square feet of the area used for such purposes. (3) Boarding- or rooming house: at least one space for each rental unit, plus one additional space for the owner or manager, plus one additional space for every two units, for guests. [Amended 12- 8-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998] (4) Church or other place of worship: at least one space for each four seats or equivalent accommodation provided. (5) Commercial or personal service establishment: at least one space for each 150 square feet of gross floor area, plus one additional space for each 200 square feet of additional gross floor area. (6) Educational institution, public or private: at least one space for each two employees, including teachers and administrators; sufficient off-street parking space for the safe and convenient loading and unloading of students; and additional facilities for student parking, taking into consideration the total number of students driving automobiles. The requirements for stadium, gymnasium and auditorium use shall be in addition to these requirements. (7) Nursing home or eleemosynary or philanthropic institution: at least one space for each two employees, plus such additional facilities for residents and visitors as shall be deemed necessary by the Planning Board. (8) Home occupation or home professional office: at least one parking space in addition to the requirement for the dwelling unit, plus one additional space for every full-time employee, except that in the case of doctors and dentists, three parking spaces in addition to the requirement for the dwelling unit, plus one space for every full-time employee, shall be required. (9) Industrial or manufacturing establishment: one space for each 400 square feet of floor area, exclusive of storage space, but need not exceed one parking space for each person employed. (10) Medical or dental practitioner's office: at least five spaces for each professional person occupying or using each office, plus an additional space for each employee. (11) Mortuary or funeral home: at least one parking space for each eight seats in the chapel, one additional space for each resident family and one additional space for each funeral vehicle. (12) Motel, hotel, auto court, motor lodge or tourist court: at least one space for each guest or sleeping room, plus one space for each employee. 25