(A) Affected uses.
(1) Whenever the operation of any use requires that goods, merchandise, or equipment be delivered to or shipped from that use, such as grocery stores, furniture or appliance stores, plant nurseries, retail uses, hospitals, educational uses, and manufacturing and processing centers, off-street material loading and unloading areas shall be provided in accordance with the following table of minimum requirements. The required material loading spaces shall not be part of the spaces used to satisfy the off-street parking requirements.
SQUARE FEET OF AGGREGATE GROSS FLOOR AREA DEVOTED TO SUCH USE
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REQUIRED NO. OF BERTHS
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SQUARE FEET OF AGGREGATE GROSS FLOOR AREA DEVOTED TO SUCH USE
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REQUIRED NO. OF BERTHS
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15,000 sq. ft. up to and including 40,000 sq. ft. | 1 |
40,001 sq. ft. up to and including 100,000 sq. ft. | 2 |
100,001 sq. ft. up to and including 160,000 sq. ft. | 3 |
160,001 sq. ft. up to and including 210,000 sq. ft. | 4 |
240,001 sq. ft. up to and including 320,000 sq. ft. | 5 |
320,001 sq. ft. up to and including 400,000 sq. ft. | 6 |
400,001 sq. ft. up to and including 490,000 sq. ft. | 7 |
For each additional 90,000 sq. ft. | 1 additional |
(2) Any office building 100,000 sq. ft. or larger shall have at least one off-street loading berth.
(B) Standards for off-street loading facilities. All off-street loading facilities shall conform to the following standards.
(1) Unless otherwise specified in these zoning regulations, the first loading berth shall be at least 70 feet in length and additional berths required shall be at least 45 feet in length and all loading berths shall be at least 12 feet in width and 21 feet in height, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space.
(2) The space may occupy all or any part of any required yard space, except front and exterior side yards, and shall not be located closer than 50 feet to any lot in any residential zone unless separated from the zone, except at the accesses, by a masonry wall not less than eight feet in height.
(3) Sufficient room for turning and maneuvering vehicles shall be provided on the site so that vehicles shall cross a property line only by driving forward.
(4) Each loading berth shall be accessible from a street or alley or from an aisle or drive connecting with a street or alley.
(5) The loading area, aisles, and access drives shall be paved so as to provide a durable, dust-free surface and shall be so graded and drained so as to dispose of surface water without damage to private or public properties, streets, or alleys.
(6) Bumper rails shall be provided at locations where needed for safety or to protect property.
(7) A photometric plan will be required if the loading area is illuminated, lighting shall be deflected away from abutting residential sites so as to cause no excess glare.
(8) No regular repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted in a loading area.
(9) Off-street loading facilities shall be located on the same site with the use for which the berths are required.
(10) If more than one use is located on a site, the number of loading berths provided shall be equal to the sum of the requirements prescribed in this chapter for each use. If more than one use is located on a site and the gross floor area of each use is less than the minimum for which loading berths are required but the aggregate gross floor area is greater than the minimum for which loading berths are required, off-street loading berths shall be provided as if the aggregate gross floor area were used for the use requiring the greatest number of loading berths.
(11) Off-street loading facilities for a single use shall not be considered as providing required off-street loading facilities for any other use.
(12) At the time of initial occupancy, major alterations or enlargement of a site, or of completion of construction of a structure or of a major alteration or enlargement of a structure, there shall be provided off-street loading berth requirements. The number of loading berths provided for a major alteration or enlargement of a site or structure shall be in addition to the number existing prior to the alteration or enlargement.
(13) Space allocated to any off-street loading berth shalt not be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facility.
(Res. R22-05-08, passed 5-3-2022; Ord. O22-05-02, passed 5-3-2022)