1163.04 OFF-STREET LOADING SPACE.
(a) When Required. In any district, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or more, which is to be occupied by permitted uses requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same lot with such building, at least one off-street loading space plus one additional loading space for each 75,000 square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area so used in excess of 75,000 square feet.
(b) Maintenance. The facilities shall be maintained as long as such building is occupied and shall continue unobstructed and not be used for repair or servicing of motor vehicles. Space required and allocated for off-street parking shall not be allocated or used to satisfy the space requirements for off-street loading.
(c) Location. All required loading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use served and arranged so that a public street or sidewalk will not be occupied during the loading or unloading process. Such spaces may be open or enclosed. They shall not be located but may be permitted in any required yard area or less than fifty feet from any residential district.
(d) Access. Each required off-street loading space shall be designed for access to a street or alley in a manner so as to cause the least possible interference with traffic movements on the street. All open off-street loading spaces and driveways shall be provided with surface improvements as required for off-street parking areas.
(e) Dimensions. A required off-street loading space shall be at least 12 feet wide by at least 25 feet in length for buildings less than 20,000 square feet of gross floor area and each required loading space for a building of 20,000 square feet or more of floor area shall be not less than 12 feet wide by 50 feet in length. Each space shall have a vertical clearance of at least 14 feet. The above areas shall be exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space.
(f) Exceptions. Uses for which off-street loading facilities are otherwise required but which are located in buildings of less than 5,000 square feet of gross floor area shall be provided with a receiving platform or facilities adjacent to a service drive or other open space on the same lot. (Ord. 99-043. Passed 4-20-99.)