(a) Applicability. All buildings (except one-family, two-family, three-family or four-family dwellings) hereafter erected, reconstructed or enlarged so as to require additional parking spaces, except in district “H,” shall have adequate permanent off-street facilities providing for the loading and unloading of merchandise and goods within or adjacent to the building, in such a manner as not to obstruct the freedom of traffic movement on the public rights-of-way.
(b) Loading facility design standards.
(1) The minimum distance from the loading dock to the right-of-way line shall be 60 feet. Such space shall be submitted on a plan and approved by the director of traffic engineering and the planning and development department.
(2) The minimum distance above may be reduced by the approval of the director of traffic engineering and the planning and development department under unusual circumstances.
(3) Loading space shall be in addition to all required vehicular parking.
(4) All loading facilities shall be screened in accordance with § 6.301(d).
(Ord. 13896, passed 10-12-1999; Ord. 17522, § 5, passed 4-24-2007)