Off-street loading spaces shall be provided and maintained on the same zoning lot with the building as necessary to meet the needs of the principal use. The location of off-street loading spaces shall be regulated according to the following:
(a) Streets, sidewalks, alleys or other public rights of way or other public property shall not be used for loading purposes nor shall vehicles be parked on such areas during loading and unloading.
(b) No part of any required yard, off-street parking area, or access drive thereto, shall be used for loading or unloading purposes.
(c) Off-Street Loading Space. In any district, in connection with any building or part thereof, hereafter erected or altered which is to be occupied by manufacturing, stores, warehouses, goods display, retail commercial, wholesale commercial, market, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses requiring the receipt or distribution by truck of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same lot with such buildings, off-street loading space in accordance with the following schedule:
Net Floor Area of Building (Sq. Ft.) | Total Number of Off-Street Loading Spaces |
Less than 10,000 | 0 |
Over 10,000 to 20,000 | 1 |
Over 20,000 to 40,000 | 2 |
Over 40,000 to 60,000 | 3 |
Over 60,000 to 80,000 | 4 |
Over 80,000 to 100,000 | 5 |
(d) When the floor area of the building exceeds 100,000 square feet, the number of off-street loading spaces shall be determined by the Planning Commission.
(e) Each loading space shall be not less than ten feet in width, twenty-five feet in length and fourteen feet in height.
(f) Such loading space may occupy all or any part of any required yard, provided, no space shall be closer than fifty feet to any other lot located in any R District, unless wholly within a completely enclosed building or unless enclosed on all sides by an acceptable fence or wall or other enclosure maintained in good condition, not less than six feet in height.
(Ord. 2015-10. Passed 8-25-15.)