§ 152.252 LOADING AND UNLOADING SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
   (A)   In order to prevent undue interference with the public use of streets, every manufacturing, storage, warehouse, department store, wholesale store, retail store, hotel, hospital, laundry, dairy, mortuary, and other uses similarly and customarily receiving or distributing goods by motor vehicle shall provide loading and unloading space on the premises for the number of vehicles that will be at the premises at a particular time on an average day of full use.
   (B)   Plans and specifications showing required loading and unloading spaces including the means of ingress and egress and interior circulation shall be submitted pursuant to §§ 152.190 through 152.195, Site Plan Review.
   (C)   Loading spaces required under this section shall be provided as area additional to off-street parking spaces required in this subchapter, and such loading spaces shall not be considered as supplying off-street parking space.
   (D)   There shall be provided adequate space for standing, loading, and unloading services not less than 12 feet in width, 40 feet in length, and 15 feet in height, open or enclosed, for uses listed in the following table:
Use
Floor Area
(Sq. Ft.)
Required Spaces
Use
Floor Area
(Sq. Ft.)
Required Spaces
Commercial uses, such as retail stores, personal services amusement, automotive service
First 2,000
none
Next 20,000 or fraction thereof
1
Each additional 20,000 or fraction thereof
1
Hotels, offices
First 2,000
none
Each additional 50,000 or fraction thereof
1
Wholesale and storage, including building and contractor's yards
First 20,000
1
Each additional 20,000 or fraction thereof
1
Manufacturing uses
First 20,000 or fraction thereof
1
Each additional 20,000 or fraction thereof
1
Funeral homes and mortuaries
First 5,000 or fraction thereof
1
Each additional 10,000 or fraction thereof
Hospitals
First 10,000
none
Next 100,000 or fraction thereof
1
Each additional 200,000 or fraction thereof
1
For similar use not listed
For each building 5,000 or over
1
 
   (E)   All off-street loading and unloading facilities that make it necessary to back directly into a public road shall be prohibited. All maneuvering of trucks and other vehicles shall take place on the site and not within a public right-of-way.
   (F)   Design requirements.
      (1)   Off-street loading spaces and access drives shall be drained, and shall have appropriate bumper or wheel guards where needed.
      (2)   Any light used for illumination shall be arranged to reflect light away from adjoining premises and streets.
      (3)   Where any off-street loading space adjoins or abuts a lot or premises used for residential or educational purposes, or abuts the residential zoning district, a masonry wall or solid fence not less than four feet in height shall be provided between the off-street loading and unloading space and said uses or district.