(a) Number of Required Loading Spaces. Every building or part thereof erected or occupied for retail business, service, manufacturing, storage, warehousing, hotel, mortuary, or any other use similarly involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, shall provide and maintain on the same premises loading spaces in accordance with the following table.
TABLE 1106.08-1: LOADING SPACE REQUIREMENTS
Gross Floor Area of Principal Building | Number of Required Loading Spaces |
0-10,000 square feet | 0 |
10,001 square feet - 50,000 square feet | 1 |
50,001 square feet - 100,000 square feet | 2 |
100,001 square feet - 200,000 square feet | 3 |
Each additional 100,000 square feet | 1 |
0-10,000 square feet | 0
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(b) Dimensions. Each loading space shall be at least ten (10) feet wide and twenty-five (25) feet in length and shall have a height clearance of fourteen (14) feet.
(c) Location.
(1) All required loading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use served.
(2) Streets, sidewalks, alleys, or other public right-of-way or other public property shall not be used for loading purposes, nor shall vehicles be loaded or parked on such areas during loading and unloading.
(3) No part of any required yard, off-street parking area, access drive, or circulation lane, shall be used for loading or unloading purposes.
(d) Modifications. The Planning Commission may waive or modify the parking requirements contained here if the applicant can justify that the required loading spaces are not required based on the proposed use of the structure, or if based on the lot size and orientation they are not feasible, or other similar reason.
(Ord. 2022-34. Passed 1-9-23.)