(a) Required off-street loading standards.
(2) Reserved.
(3) A structure containing more than one use must meet the loading requirements for the sum of the requirements for each use, except if one use occupies 90 percent or more of the floor area of the structure, the off-street loading requirement is calculated as if the use occupied the entire structure.
(b) Location and design standards.
(1) Except as specifically provided in this section, required off-street loading spaces must be provided on the same lot as the use served.
(2) The first required off-street loading space must be of the medium or large size and at least 40 percent of the required off-street loading spaces must be of the medium or large size except:
(A) for a single retail or personal service use in Chapter 51A over 60,000 square feet, or for a retail use in Chapter 51 over 60,000 square feet, the first 25 percent of the loading spaces must be of the large size, then 25 percent must be of the medium or large size; and
(B) for hotels and motels, one required off-street loading space must be of the large size, and at least 75 percent of the required spaces must be of the large or medium size.
(3) In determining the size of the required number of loading spaces in Subsection (b)(2) above, fractional spaces are counted to the nearest whole number, with one-half counted as an additional space.
(4) Each large size off-street loading space must have a width of not less than 11 feet, a length of not less than 55 feet, and a height of not less than 14 feet.
(5) Each medium size off-street loading space must have a width of not less than 11 feet, a length of not less than 35 feet, and a height of not less than 13 feet.
(6) Each small size off-street loading space must have a height of not less than 7.5 feet, and either a length of not less than 25 feet with a width of not less than 8 feet, or a length of not less than 20 feet with a width of not less than 10 feet.
(7) Ingress to and egress from required off-street loading spaces must have at least the same vertical height clearance as the off-street loading space.
(8) Each required off-street loading space must be designed with a reasonable means of vehicular access from the street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement. Each off-street loading space must be independently accessible so that no loading space blocks another loading space. Trash removal facilities and other structures must not block a required loading space. The design of the ingress, egress, and maneuvering area must be approved by the director of development services.
(9) Off-street loading facilities for more than one building site may be provided in a common terminal if connections between the building and terminal are off-street.
(10) If a publicly owned off-street truck terminal presently exists, is under construction, or is funded for construction, the required off-street loading for a use that is located on a lot contiguous to or perpendicular across the street from the terminal must be provided in the publicly owned off-street truck terminal if the truck terminal is designed to accommodate the loading needs of the use, as determined by the director of facilities and real estate management.
(11) If a use is served by a publicly owned off-street truck terminal, the owner of that use shall provide an off-street connection to the truck terminal, and shall pay a rental fee, as determined by city council.
(12) In an office district in Chapter 51A, or an NO, LO, MO, or GO district in Chapter 51, off-street loading spaces may not be located in the required front yard.
(13) Main uses under 10,000 square feet in size may share a common off-street loading space provided that the space is located within a walking distance of 150 feet from an exit of each use that it serves. For purposes of this paragraph, “walking distance” is measured along the most convenient pedestrian walkway between the nearest point of the loading space and the exit of the use.
(c) and (d) Reserved. (Ord. Nos. 19455; 19786; 19807; 25047; 27404; 32789)