(A) Adequate space required. On the same premises with every building, structure, or part thereof, erected and occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehousing, retailing, display, including a department store, a wholesale store, a market, hotel, motel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning, or other uses, similarly involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles or materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, loading, and unloading services adjacent to the opening used for loading and unloading, designed to avoid interference with public use of the street or alleys.
(B) Commercial and industrial districts except C-4.
(1) The loading and unloading space shall be an area in minimum 10 feet by 40 feet with a 14-foot height clearance, and shall be provided according to the following table.
Gross Floor Area | Loading and Unloading Spaces Required |
0 - 2,000 sq. ft. | None |
2,000 - 20,000 sq. ft. | 1 space |
20,000 - 100,000 sq. ft. | 1 space, plus 1 space for each 20,000 sq. ft. in excess of 20,000 sq. ft. |
100,000 - 500,000 sq. ft. | 5 spaces, plus 1 space for each 40,000 sq. ft. in excess of 100,000 sq. ft. |
Over 500,000 sq. ft. | 15 spaces, plus 1 space for each 80,000 sq. ft. in excess of 500,000 sq. ft. |
(2) No loading space shall be located closer than 50 feet from any residentially zoned district unless located within a completely enclosed building or enclosed on all sides facing a residential zoning district by a solid masonry wall or ornamental fence of a type approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals not less than 6 feet in height.
(C) C-4, planned shopping center district.
(1) One off-street loading space for standing, loading, and unloading shall be provided for each 25,000 square feet of aggregate gross floor space for all buildings in this district. Such a space is defined as an area of appropriate dimensions, at least 50 feet in depth, 12 feet in width, with an overhead clearance of not less than 14 feet, exclusive of access, platform, or maneuvering area, to be used exclusively for the loading and unloading of merchandise.
(2) All truck loading and unloading facilities shall be designed with appropriate means of truck access to a street or alley as well as maneuvering areas and shall not block pedestrian or drive line of vision or visible from the front entrance to the shopping center. In addition, parking, loading, or service areas used by motor vehicles shall be located entirely within the lot lines of the shopping center and shall be physically separated from public streets.