In all use districts adequate loading or unloading docks or platforms shall be provided in or on all nonresidential buildings hereafter erected or converted to such use which contain a gross floor area of twenty- five thousand (25,000) square feet or more or occupy lots which abut an alley or have a frontage of one hundred (100) feet or more; provided that the Board of Zoning Appeals may modify the requirements of this section for buildings which contain a gross floor area of twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet or more but occupy lots which do not abut any alley and have less than one hundred (100) feet frontage, or for buildings which contain a gross floor area of less than twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet, when the Board deems such modification to be in the public interest and not detrimental to adjoining property. Such docks or platforms shall be not less than fifty (50) feet back from the building line along the street or alley on which they face and not less than eighty (80) feet from the center line of the street. Any truck entrance or exit doorway or gateway less than five (5) feet from the street line shall be at least twelve (12) feet wide and twelve (12) feet high and the curb cut shall extend for at least fifteen (15) feet on either side of the driveway. For buildings which abut alleys, other than warehouses, freight depots or freight terminals, no unloading space shall be provided with access directly from a street unless permitted by the Board.
(Ord. No. 2204-A-48. Passed 12-19-49, eff. 1-29-50)