(a) Loading Space Requirements. On every lot on which a new business, commercial or industrial use is hereafter established, off-street loading space with access to a public street or alley shall be provided as indicated below for the loading and unloading of vehicles off the public right-of-way:
Uses | Square Feet of Gross Floor Area | Required Off-Street Loading Spaces |
Schools | 1 | |
Clinics, places of assembly | Under 10,000 | 1 |
From 10,000 - 30,000 | 1 | |
For each additional 30,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 Additional | |
Funeral home | 1 | |
Office, hotel, retail, service, wholesale, warehouse, manufacturing, processing or repairing uses | Under 10,000 | 1 |
From 10,000 - 25,000 | 1 | |
From 25,001 - 40,000 | 2 | |
From 40,001 - 60,000 | 3 | |
From 60,001 - 100,000 | 4 | |
For each additional 50,000 or major fraction thereof | 1 Additional | |
(b) Multiple or Mixed Uses. Where a building is devoted to more than one (1) use or for different uses and where the floor area for each use is below the minimum required for a loading space but the aggregate floor area of such uses is above such a minimum, then off- street loading space shall be provided as if the entire building were devoted to that use in the building for which the most loading spaces are required.
(c) Location. All loading areas shall be off-street and shall be located on the same lot as the building or use to be served. A loading area shall not be located less than twenty-five (25) feet from any street right of way; nor less than fifty (50) feet from a residential district unless within a building. Loading areas shall not occupy more than one-half (1/2) the required front yard setback. No loading space shall be located within thirty (30) feet of the nearest point of intersection of two (2) streets or require any vehicle to back into a public street.
(d) Design Standards. Each off-street loading space shall have a width of at least twelve (12) feet, a length of at least forty-five (45) feet, and a vertifical clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet. Dimensions for loading spaces in connection with funeral homes shall be reduced to ten (10) feet in width, twenty-five (25) feet in length, and eight (8) feet in vertical clearance. Every loading space shall be sufficiently screened in the form of a solid fence or shrubbery to protect neighboring residences.
(e) Surfacing. All open off-street loading berths shall be improved with a compacted gravel base, not less than six (6) inches thick, surfaced with not less than two (2) inches of asphalt or treated with some comparable all-weather dustless material.
(f) Utilization. Space allocated to any off-street loading berth shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.
(g) Central Loading. Central loading facilities may be substituted for loading berths on the individual zoning lots provided the following conditions are fulfilled:
(1) Each zoning lot served shall have direct access to the Central Loading Area without crossing streets or alleys at grade.
(2) Total berths provided shall meet the requirements based on the sum of the several types of uses served. (Areas of types of uses may be totaled before computing number of loading berths.)
(3) No zoning lot served shall be more than three hundred (300) feet removed from the Central Loading Area.
(4) The tunnel or ramp connecting the Central Loading Area with the zoning lot served shall be not less than seven (7) feet in width and have a clearance of not less than seven (7) feet.
(h) Unlawful Truck Use. No more than four (4) trucks or semi-trailers, or part thereof, in the B-2, B-4, or 1-1 Districts shall be used for the purpose of regular storage of goods or material, or for advertising purposes within the Village of Edgar. Use for a period in excess of two (2) weeks for the purpose of storage or advertising shall, for the purpose of construction of this Zoning Code, be deemed a regular use in violation of this Chapter.