A. Spaces required:
1. a. Every building, structure, or part thereof, erected and occupied for uses permitted in commercial and industrial zones, including conditional uses permitted in residential zones, involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles, materials, or merchandise and having up to 5,000 square feet of gross floor area shall be provided with at least one loading or unloading space. A study shall be prepared by the company or operator to determine the additional loading or unloading space needs over and above the first space required for the specific use proposed. In determining the number of spaces needed, the study shall take into consideration the following:
1) Estimated and projected arrival and departure rates for scheduled and unscheduled (random) trucks;
2) Estimated and projected length of truck stop duration for loading or unloading of each truck;
3) Estimated number of trips by vehicle type (such as two axle vehicles, semi-tractor trailers, and the like) and size.
b. The City Inspector/Zoning Administrator shall review the study of estimated and projected loading or unloading needs and make a determination if the number of spaces provided is adequate for the use proposed.
2. If it is determined by the City Inspector/Zoning Administrator, based on existing conditions of the proposed site, the design of the building, and the completed needs study, that additional loading or unloading spaces are needed to accommodate the facilities than could be reasonably provided, the City Inspector/Zoning Administrator shall require that additional parking areas, properly designed, to handle the parking of necessary trucks including the maneuvering of the trucks to and from the necessary trucks including the maneuvering of the trucks to and from the space, be provided for the storage of trucks waiting to be loaded or unloaded.
3. If after approval by the City Inspector/Zoning Administrator of the number of spaces and any storage of truck parking needed to accommodate the loading and unloading of trucks for a specific use, a need exists, based on operation of the specific use, to provide additional off-street loading and unloading spaces or storage of trucks than was previously determined, the City Inspector/Zoning Administrator may require that corrective action be taken to eliminate any deficiencies as follows:
a. Limit the time and interval of arrival and departure of trucks commensurate with the need; or
b. Require necessary additional loading or unloading spaces, or require that adequate parking areas be provided for the storage of trucks waiting to be loaded or unloaded.
B. Additional loading or unloading spaces to be provided: whenever the intensity of any use of a building or premises is increased through addition of gross floor area, change of use or increased activity, additional loading or unloading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the requirements of division A. above, if it is determined by the City Inspector/Zoning Administrator that the existing spaces are not adequate to serve the increase in intensity.
C. Location of off-street loading and unloading area: all required loading and/or unloading spaces shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served. However, permitted uses located in industrial zones may provide parking areas for the storage of trucks waiting to be loaded or unloaded within 300 feet from each lot served, upon the approval of the City Inspector/Zoning Administrator, providing that the off-street storage of trucks are unable to be provided on the same lot or contiguous to the same lot as the use being served and further provided that the storage of trucks is located in the same zone as the use being served. Loading or unloading areas may be located in the side and minimum required rear yards, provided that all loading or unloading facilities shall be set back a minimum of ten feet from the rear lot line and minimum side yard clearances are maintained.
D. Driveways not computed as part of required laoding or unloading area. Entrances, exits, or driveways shall not be computed as any part of a required loading or unloading space.
E. Off-street loading and unloading space to be used for loading and unloading only: any loading or unloading space shall be used for loading or unloading only. Any other use of such space, including repair work or servicing of any kind other than in an emergency, or the requirement of any payment for the use of such space, shall be in violation of the provisions of this appendix.
F. No building to be erected in off-street loading or unloading Space: no building of any kind shall be erected in any off-street loading or unloading space.
G. Off-street loading or unloading space shall not be reduced: the required parking spaces as set forth and designated in this appendix shall not be reduced, except as provided for in this appendix.
H. Loading or unloading plan approval required: plans for all loading or unloading facilities shall be submitted to the City Inspector/Zoning Administrator for review and for compliance with the provisions of this appendix and any other pertinent ordinances of the City Council. These plans shall show the number and location of loading or unloading spaces, including necessary maneuvering of trucks and dock and apron approach, and arrangements for truck circulation, location of curbs on or adjacent to the property, utilities, location of signs, typical cross sections of pavement, including base and subbase, proposed grade of lot, storm drainage facilities, location and type of lighting facilities, and any other information of plans as the circumstance may warrant. Where loading or unloading plans include provisions for access points to adjacent streets, then those plans shall also be prepared in accordance with the requirements of § 11.4.
(Ord. 2017-6, passed 4-4-17)