Accessory loading and unloading facilities shall be provided as a condition precedent to occupancy of all industrial buildings hereafter erected and altered to such uses. Such facilities shall be maintained so long as such a building is occupied or unless equivalent facilities are provided in conformity with the provisions of this section.
(A) Allocation of Use. Space required and allocated for any off-street loading shall not be used to satisfy the space requirements for off-street parking. An off-street loading space shall not be used for repairing or servicing of motor vehicles and it shall be available for its designated purpose when needed.
(B) Location of Facility. In an industrial district, a loading space shall not be permitted in a front yard. A required loading and unloading space shall be permitted in a side yard or rear yard in accordance with side or rear yard requirements for parking areas as provided in § 1280.06
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(C) Access Driveways. Each required off-street loading space shall be designed for direct vehicular access to a public street, by means of a driveway or driveways, in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements. The access shall be located so that the nearer pavement edge is not less than 50 feet from the nearest intersecting street right-of-way line.
(D) Improvements. All accessory off-street loading spaces shall be of concrete construction.
(E) Minimum Size Criteria. Each required off-street loading space for buildings less than 20,000 square feet in ground floor area shall be at least ten feet wide by at least 25 feet in length. Each required loading space for a building of 20,000 square feet or more of ground floor area shall be not less than 14 feet wide by 60 feet in length. The above requirements shall be exclusive of the maneuvering space and each loading space shall have a vertical clearance of at least 17 feet.
(F) Schedule of Required Loading Facilities.
(1) All buildings shall be provided with sufficient off-street loading facilities so that a truck will not obstruct a public right-of-way. In addition, all buildings shall be provided with accessory off-street loading spaces as follows:
Ground Floor Area of Buildings (In Gross Square Feet) Exclusive of Office Uses | Required Minimum Number of Spaces |
Less than 40,000 | 1 |
40,001 to 100,000 | 2 |
Each additional 100,000 | 1 additional space
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(2) If a proposed use does not require the number of loading spaces as provided in the above schedule, due to the nature of the industrial use, the Planning Commission may permit the construction of a lesser number of spaces. However, the additional area required to provide the number of spaces in the schedule shall be reserved and held as open area (along with all required areas) for future construction of loading spaces in the event that the use of the building is changed to require the additional loading spaces.
(Ord. 88-137, passed 9-6-1988)