(A) General Provisions:
1. Whenever the expression "off street loading space" is used, it shall mean an on the property space for the standing, loading, and unloading of vehicles to avoid undue interference with the public use of streets, alleys and sidewalks. Such space shall be not less than ten feet (10') in width and thirty feet (30') in length, exclusive of access aisles and maneuvering space.
(B) Off Street Loading Required: In the use of land for residential, commercial, industrial, or any other purpose, no residential, commercial, industrial or any other building or structure shall be erected unless provision is made for the location on the lot of off street loading space on the basis of the following minimum requirements:
1. Every hotel, office building, restaurant, department store, freight, terminal or railroad yard, hospital or sanitarium, industrial plant, manufacturing establishment, retail establishment, storage warehouse or wholesale establishments, and all other structures devoted to similar mercantile or industrial pursuits, which has an aggregate gross floor area of twenty five thousand (25,000) square feet or more shall provide off street truck loading or unloading berths in accordance with the following table:
Square Feet Of Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted To Such Use | Required Number Of Berths |
Square Feet Of Aggregate Gross Floor Area Devoted To Such Use | Required Number Of Berths |
25,000 - 40,000 | 1 |
40,001 - 100,000 | 2 |
100,001 - 160,000 | 3 |
160,001 - 240,000 | 4 |
240,001 - 320,000 | 5 |
320,001 - 400,000 | 6 |
400,001 - 490,000 | 7 |
For each additional 90,000 | 1 additional |
(C) The off street loading facilities required shall in all cases be on the same lot or parcel of land as the structure they are intended to serve. In no cases shall the required off street loading space be part of the area used to satisfy the off street parking requirements of this chapter.
(D) The provisions of this section shall apply to the entire City of Havre including the central business district. (Ord. 599, 8-5-1974, eff. 9-4-1974)