Off-street loading shall be provided and maintained as specified in the following schedule:
(a) Loading spaces shall be located and designed to minimize interference with on-site traffic movement and to prevent the overhang of loading and unloading vehicles in the public right-of-way.
(b) For uses containing a gross floor area of less than twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, each off-street loading space shall have minimum dimensions of fifteen (15) feet in width and thirty (30) feet in length.
(c) For uses containing a gross floor area of twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or more, each off-street loading space shall be fifteen (15) feet in width and forty-five (45) feet in length as a minimum.
(d) Uses which normally handle large quantities of goods, including but not limited to industrial plants, wholesale establishments, storage warehouses, freight terminals, hospitals or sanitariums, and retail sales establishments shall provide off-street loading facilities in the following amounts:
Gross Floor Area (Square Feet) | Minimum Number of Spaces Required |
5,000 - 20,000 | 1 |
20,001 - 50,000 | 2 |
50,001 - 80,000 | 3 |
80,001 - 125,000 | 4 |
For each additional 45,000 | 1 additional |
(e) Uses which do not handle large quantities of goods, including but not limited to office buildings, restaurants, funeral homes, hotels, motels, apartment buildings, and places of public assembly, shall provide off-street loading facilities in the following amounts:
Gross Floor Area (Square Feet) | Minimum Number of Spaces Required |
5,000 - 80,000 | 1 |
80,001 - 200,000 | 2 |
200,001 - 320,000 | 3 |
320,001 - 500,000 | 4 |
For each additional 180,000 | 1 additional |
(Ord. 98-12. Passed 4-7-98.)