On the same lot with every building, structure or part thereof, erected and occupied for storage, goods display, department store, market, hospital, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles, materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, loading and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the streets and alleys.
Such loading and unloading space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall be an area twelve feet by fifty feet, with fifteen-foot height clearance, and shall be provided according to the following schedule:
Gross Floor Area (sq. ft.) | Loading and Unloading Spaces Required in Terms of Square Feet of Useable Floor Area |
2,001 - 5,000 | One space |
5,001 - 20,000 | One space plus one space for each 5,000 square feet in excess of 5,001 square feet. |
Over 20,000 | Four spaces plus one space for each 20,000 square feet in excess of 20,000 square feet. |
No loading space shall be located closer than fifty feet from any residentially zoned district unless located within a completely enclosed building or enclosed on all sides facing a Residential District by a solid masonry wall or ornamental fence not less than six feet in height.
(Ord. 101. Passed 2-20-70.)