Off-street loading berths accessory to designated uses shall be provided as follows.
(A) Location. All required loading berths shall be located on the same lot as the use served. All loading berths which abut a residential district or intervening alley separating a residential district from a business, commercial or manufacturing district shall be completely screened therefrom by building walls, or a uniformly painted solid fence, wall or solid non-deciduous, screen planting or any combination thereof, not less than six feet in height. No loading berth shall be located within 40 feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets. No loading berth shall be located in a required, front or side yard, and any loading berth located in a required rear yard shall be open to the sky.
(B) Area. Unless otherwise specified, a required off-street loading berth shall be at least 12 feet in width by at least 60 feet in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least 14 feet.
(C) Access. Each required off-street loading berth shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement.
(D) Surfacing. All open off-street loading berths shall be improved with a cement concrete pavement, not less than seven inches thick, or a comparable hard surface pavement.
(E) Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities.
(F) Utilization. Space allocated for vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities.
(G) Minimum facilities. Uses for which off-street loading facilities are required herein, but which are located in buildings of less floor area than the minimum prescribed for such required facilities, shall be provided with adequate receiving facilities, accessible by motor vehicle, off any adjacent alley, service drive or open shape of the same lot.
(H) Off-street berth requirements.
(1) Off-street loading facilities accessory to uses requiring the receipt of shipping of material or merchandise by trucks or similar vehicles shall be provided in accordance with the following minimum requirements:
Use | Floor Area (Square Feet) | Number of Spaces |
Funeral home or mortuary | 20,000 to 100,000 Each additional 100,000 | 1 1 |
Hotel, offices, hospitals or similar institutions; private clubs and lodges; educational and cultural institutions; places of public assembly | 20,000 to 200,000 | 1 |
Retail, service repair establishments, restaurants | 10,000 to 20,000 20,000 to 40,000 40,000 to 100,000 100,000 to 250,000 Each additional 100,000 | 1 2 3 4 1 |
Warehouse and storage, wholesale and industrial establishments | 5,000 to 20,000 20,000 to 100,000 Each additional 100,000 | 1 2 1 |
(2) For all other business or commercial uses, loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with the following schedule:
Gross Floor Area of Establishment | Required Number and Size of Berths
|
5 to 10 | 1 - (12 ft. x 35 ft.) |
10 to 25 | 2 - (12 ft. x 35 ft. each) |
25 to 40 | 2 - (12 ft. x 60 ft. each) |
40 to 100 | 3 - (12 ft. x 60 ft. each) |
For each additional 200,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof over 100,000 square feet of gross floor area; one additional loading berth shall be provided; such additional berth to be at least 12 feet in width by 60 feet in length. | |
(3) For all uses that are not business, commercial or manufacturing establishments, loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with requirements designated by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(Ord. passed 9-1-2006) Penalty, see § 154.999