In any district, in connection with every building or part thereof, hereafter erected, having a gross floor area of from 5000 to 15,000 square feet which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, retail store, wholesale store, laundry or other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the same lot with such building, at least one off-street loading space. For buildings larger than 15,000 square feet in area, one additional loading space for each additional 15,000 square feet, or fraction thereof, shall be provided. The Zoning Board of Appeals may require loading space or spaces for buildings smaller than 5000 square feet in area if in the opinion of the Board, such space or spaces is required to prevent undue traffic congestion in the neighborhood.
(a) Each loading space shall not be less than ten feet in width and thirty feet in length.
(b) Such space may occupy any required yard subject to the following restrictions.
(1) No such space shall occupy any portion of the required front yard unless and until such location has been approved by the Board.
(2) No such space shall be located closer than twenty-five feet to any other lot in an R District, unless wholly within an enclosed building, unless and until such location has been approved by the Board.
(3) Where such spaces are located within required yards, the Board may require screening or other barriers, if in the opinion of the Board, they are required for the protection of the neighborhood.
(Ord. 805-B. Passed 9-22-64.)