A. Applicability. Every commercial, industrial, civic, and institutional structure and/or use shall have and maintain loading space(s) as required by this Chapter.
B. Number and Size of Loading Spaces Required. Table 3-9 indicates the number and size of loading spaces required. These requirements may be adjusted, at the discretion of the Director, for individual projects based on site configuration, access, whether the building or buildings serves one or multiple users, and other physical characteristics of a project site, and provided that written findings are made regarding the circumstances warranting the adjustment.
C. Permitted and Prohibited Locations. Required loading facilities shall be located on the same lot or parcel of land with the use in which it is intended to serve, and shall be exclusive of the required parking facilities. Loading facilities shall be located and designed in a manner that does not interfere with any required parking facilities or internal site circulation, with the exception of underground fuel tanks at fuel service stations. Further, no loading shall be permitted in a public alley and/or street.
D. Use of Landscape Screening. Loading areas for trucks shall incorporate landscaping to provide screening of the loading area if otherwise visible from the public rights-of-way, adjacent uses, and pedestrian circulation. This shall not apply to tanker trucks that deliver fuel to service stations. (Ord. 935 § 3 (part), 2015)