§ 153.111 OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS.
   (A)   Generally. In all zoning districts, for every building or part thereof; erected or enlarged after the effective date of this section, which is occupied by a use receiving or distributing materials or merchandise by motor truck, there shall be provided and maintained on the same premises as the building or use, adequate off-street loading space meeting the minimum requirements hereinafter specified. Loading space shall not be considered as satisfying requirements for off-street parking space.
   (B)   Schedule of loading space requirements.
 
Total Floor Area of Building
Number of Loading Spaces Required
20,000 sq. ft. to 30,000 sq. ft.
1 space
30,001 sq. ft. to 50,000 sq. ft.
2 spaces
For each 100,000 additional sq. ft.
1 additional space
 
   (C)   Location. Required off-street loading space shall not be permitted in any front yard, nor in any required side yard, except in a nonresidential district where a side yard abuts an alley. Off-street loading space may occupy all or any part of a required rear yard, except as otherwise provided for, and may be partially or entirely enclosed within a building.
   (D)   Alleys. Where a building or use in a nonresidential district abuts an alley, the alley may be used as maneuvering space for loading and unloading spaces; provided, however, that no alley abutting any residential district may be so used.
   (E)   Size. Every required off-street loading space shall have a minimum width of 12 feet, a minimum length of 45 feet and a minimum height of 14 feet, exclusive of access aisles and maneuvering space.
(Ord. 08-44 § 602(II), passed 10-21-2008)