§ 154.602 OFF-STREET LOADING STANDARDS.

   (A)   Purpose. The purpose of this section is to prevent congestion of public rights-of-way and private lots so as to promote the safety and general welfare of the public by establishing minimum requirements for the provision of loading facilities on various sites.

   (B)   Applicability. Any use which has a gross floor area of 6,000 square feet or more, and which requires deliveries or makes shipments, shall provide off-street loading facilities in accordance with the regulations of this section.

   (C)   Location. No permitted or required loading berth shall be closer than 50 feet to any property in a residential district unless completely enclosed by building walls or a uniformly painted solid fence or wall, or any combination thereof not less than six feet in height. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within 25 feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located in a front yard setback. Loading berths open to the sky may be located in any required yards. A loading dock or separate loading door is not required.

   (D)   Site of loading area. The first required loading berth shall be designed in accordance with Table 154.602.1. All remaining required loading berths shall be a minimum of 25 feet in length. All required loading berths shall have a minimum vertical clearance of 14 feet.

TABLE 154.602.1 LOADING STANDARDS
DESIGN VEHICLE	LENGTH IN FEET (L)	BAY ANGLE (a)	CLEARANCE IN FEET (D)	BERTH WIDTHS IN FEET (W)	APRON SPACE IN FEET (A)	TOTAL OFFSET IN FEET (T)
WB-40	50	90º	50	10	63	113
				12	56	106
				14	52	102
		60º	44	10	46	90
				12	40	84
				14	35	79
		45º	36	10	37	73
				12	32	68
				14	29	65
WB-50	55	90º	55	10	77	132
				12	72	127
				14	67	122
		60º	48	10	55	103
				12	51	99
				14	46	94
		45º	39	10	45	84
				12	40	79
				14	37	76

 

   (E)   Access to loading area. Each loading berth shall be located so as to facilitate access to a public street or alley, and shall not interfere with other vehicular or pedestrian traffic and shall not interfere with the function of parking areas. In no instance shall loading areas rely on backing movements into public rights-of-way.

   (F)   Surfacing and marking. All open off-street loading berths shall be improved with either six inches of compacted gravel base surfaced with two inches of asphaltic concrete or five inches of concrete laid over a firm base.

   (G)   Use of required loading areas. The use of all required loading areas shall be limited to the loading and unloading of vehicles. Said area shall not be used to provide minimum required parking spaces.

   (H)   Lighting. All loading areas shall be lit so as to not exceed the standards of § 154.604.

   (I)   Signage. All signage located within, or related to, loading areas shall comply with the requirements of §§ 154.801 through 154.815.

   (J)   Depiction on required site plan. All required loading areas shall be depicted on the site plan required for the development of the property, as per § 154.914.

   (K)   Calculation of required loading spaces.

      (1)   Residential group/institutional and indoor institutional land uses. One loading berth shall be required for each building having a gross floor area of 6,000 square feet to 29,999 square feet. For such uses located in buildings having a gross floor area of 30,000 square feet or greater, two loading berths shall be required.

      (2)   Commercial (except offices), transportation, storage, and industrial land uses. One loading berth shall be required for each building having a gross floor area of 6,000 square feet to 29,999 square feet. For such uses located in buildings having a gross floor area of 30,000 square feet or greater, an additional loading berth shall be required for any portion of each 50,000 square feet of gross floor area in addition to the original 29,999 square feet.

      (3)   Office land uses. One loading berth shall be required for each building having a gross floor area of 10,000 square feet to 99,999 square feet. For such uses located in buildings having a gross floor area of 100,000 square feet or greater, an additional loading berth shall be required for any portion of each 100,000 square feet of gross floor area in addition to the original 99,999 square feet.

(Ord. O-05-04, passed 4-11-05)