§ 159.137 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS; OFF-STREET LOADING.
   (A)   Location. All required loading berths shall be located on the same zoning lots as the use served. All motor vehicle loading berths which abut a residence or general residence district or an intervening alley separating a residence or general residence district from a business district shall be completely screened therefrom by building walls, or a uniformly painted solid fence, wall or door, or any combination thereof, not less than eight feet in height. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within 30 feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets. No loading berth shall be located in required front or side yard and any loading berth located in a required rear yard shall be open to the sky.
   (B)   Design and construction. All off-street loading spaces required by this chapter shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the Standard Specifications of Design and Construction of Off-Street Loading Facilities of the city on file in the office of the City Surveyor and Engineer.
   (C)   Repair and service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities.
   (D)   Utilization. Space allocated to any off-street loading shall not be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.
   (E)   Central loading. Central loading facilities may be substituted for loading berths on the individual zoning lots provided the following conditions are fulfilled.
      (1)   Each zoning lot served shall have direct access to the central loading area without crossing streets or alleys at grade.
      (2)   Total berths provided shall meeting the requirements based on the sum of the several types of uses served. (Area of types of uses may be totaled before computing number of loading berths.)
      (3)   No zoning lot served shall be more than 500 feet removed from the central loading area.
      (4)   The tunnel or ramp connecting the central loading area with the zoning lot served shall be not less than seven feet in width and have a clearance of not less than seven feet.
   (F)   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 space on the same zoning drive.
(Prior Code, § 46-61) (Ord. eff. 1-15-1972; Ord. 91-1(A), passed 1-7-1991)