(A) Loading requirements.
(1) Loading berths required. Adequate off-street loading berths and areas shall be provided in accordance with the following table for any building or structure which requires the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by trucks or similar vehicles:
Use Description | Floor Area in Square Feet | Number of Loading Spaces Required |
Use Description | Floor Area in Square Feet | Number of Loading Spaces Required |
Manufacturing, distribution, wholesaling, storage and similar uses | 5,000 - 25,000 | 1 |
25,001 - 60,000 | 2 | |
60,001 - 100,000 | 3 | |
Each 50,000 above 100,000 | 1 | |
Office buildings, hotels and motels, retail sales, hospitals, institutions and similar uses | 5,000 - 60,000 | 1 |
60,001 - 100,000 | 2 | |
Each 50,000 above 100,000 | 1 | |
(2) Location relative to structure and right-of-way. Off-street loading berths may be provided either within or outside of structures on the property.
(a) There shall be no maneuvering within any street right-of-way. In no case shall a loading berth be located in a manner as to require loading/unloading vehicles to back into a public right-of-way or overhang adjacent property.
(b) Space provided for use as any off-street loading berth shall not be used to satisfy any off-street parking space requirements of § 7.5.
(3) Location. All required off-street loading berths shall be located on the same lot as the use to be served, and no portion of the vehicle shall project into a street or alley. Off-street loading berths in all districts except for the CB District:
(a) Shall not be located within 75 feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets;
(b) Shall not be located in a required front yard or the area between the front lot line and the front line of the principal building;
(c) Shall not be located in a minimum required side or rear yard or landscape buffer; and
(d) Shall not be located in the side yard adjoining a residential use or district.
(4) Size. Each berth shall be as follows:
(a) For local pick-up and delivery trucks. Twelve feet in width by 30 feet in length with a 45-foot maneuvering apron and a 12-foot height clearance; and
(b) For over-the-road tractor-trailers. Fourteen feet in width by 60 feet in length with a 60-foot maneuvering apron and a 15-foot height clearance.
(5) Surfacing requirements. All off-street loading berths shall be paved with concrete or other appropriate material meeting the durability requirements and as approved by the Planning and Zoning Administrator.
(6) Screening. All loading berths on any lot abutting a residential zoning district or separated by an alley from a residential zoning district or adjacent to or in view from a public right-of-way shall be enclosed within a building or sufficiently screened and landscaped to conceal the doors of the loading berths and any vehicles that access the loading berths from view from the residential zoning district or right-of-way. Screening may consist of:
(a) A wing wall that is incorporated into or is an extension of the architecture; or
(B) Semi-truck parking. Semi-truck parking and/or semi-truck turn-around areas shall be designated by the use of signs and pavement markings. These areas shall be separated from parking and access areas used by automobiles or pedestrian traffic. Public streets shall not be used for semi-truck parking, standing or backing. The overnight parking of semi-trucks shall not occur between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. except in designated areas of semi-truck travel centers (truck stops) and PBI or ID Zoning Districts.
(Ord. 07-16, passed 12-10-2007; Ord. 2009-04, passed 4-13-2009)