Accessory loading and unloading facilities shall be provided as a condition precedent to occupancy of all industrial buildings hereafter erected and altered to such uses. Such facilities shall be maintained as long as such building is occupied or unless equivalent facilities are provided in conformance with the regulations of this section.
(a) Allocation of Use. Space required and allocated for any off-street loading shall not be used to satisfy the space requirements for off-street parking. An off- street loading space shall not be used for repairing or servicing of motor vehicles, and it shall be available for its designated purpose when needed.
(b) Location of Facility. In an industrial district, a loading space shall not be permitted in a required front yard. If the loading space is provided legally in front of a building but behind the front setback line, a screen wall, constructed of a building material similar to that of the main building, shall be provided. A required loading space shall be permitted in a side or rear yard in accordance with side or rear yards as required for parking areas as provided in Section 1138.06
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(c) Access Driveways. Each required off-street loading space shall be designed for direct vehicular access by means of a driveway or driveways, to a public street in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements. The access shall be located so that the nearer pavement edge shall be not less than fifty feet from the nearest intersecting street right-of-way line.
(d) Improvements. All accessory off-street loading spaces shall be of concrete construction.
(e) Minimum Size Criteria. Each required off-street loading space for buildings less than 20,000 square feet in ground floor area shall be at least ten feet wide by at least twenty-five feet in length. Each required loading space for a building of 20,000 square feet or more of ground floor area shall be not less than fourteen feet wide by sixty feet in length. The above requirements shall be exclusive of the maneuvering space and each loading space shall have a vertical clearance of at least seventeen feet.
(f) Schedule of Required Loading Facilities. Buildings of less than 5,000 square feet of ground floor area shall be provided with sufficient off-street loading facilities so that a truck will not obstruct a public right of way. Buildings of 5,000 square feet or more shall be provided with accessory off-street loading spaces as follows:
Ground Floor Area of Building (in gross square feet) Exclusive of Office Uses | Required Minimum Number of Spaces |
5,000 to 40,000 | 1 |
40,000 to 100,000 | 2 |
each additional 100,000 | 1 additional space |
If a proposed use does not require the number of loading spaces as provided in the above schedule due to the nature of the industrial use, the Building Commissioner may permit the construction of a lesser number of spaces, provided however, the additional area required to provide the number of spaces in the schedule shall be reserved and held as open area (along with all required yards) for future construction of loading spaces in the event the use of the building is changed to require the additional loading spaces.
(Ord. 32-1992. Passed 7-13-92.)