In connection with any building or structure which is to be erected or substantially altered and which requires the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by trucks or similar vehicles, off-street loading berths shall be provided not less than the minimum requirements specified in this section:
(a) Areas provided for the loading and unloading of delivery trucks and other vehicles and for the servicing of shops by refuse collection, fuels, and other service vehicles shall be arranged so that they may be used without:
(1) Blocking or interfering with the use of accessways, automobile parking facilities, or pedestrian ways, or
(2) Backing out into a street.
(b) All required loading berths shall be located on the same lot as the use to be served, and no portion of the vehicle shall project into any traffic lane. No loading berth for vehicles of more than two (2) ton capacity shall be located less than one hundred (100) feet from any residential district. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within fifty (50) feet of any property line.
(c) All off-street loading areas shall be adequately buffered from adjacent streets and properties and landscaped in accordance with the provisions of this code.
(d) All loading facilities shall be located within the building setback line.
(Passed 7-7-22.)