In connection with any building or structure that is to be erected or substantially altered and that requires the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by trucks or similar vehicles, there shall be provided off-street loading berths not less than the minimum requirements specified in this Section, except that in no instance shall a use be required to substantially alter a principal building in order to meet the requirements of this Section:
(a) Loading space provided for the loading and unloading of delivery trucks and other vehicles and for the servicing of shops by refuse collection, fuels, and other service vehicles shall be arranged so that they may be used without:
(1) Blocking or interfering with the use of access ways, automobile parking facilities, or pedestrian ways, or
(2) Backing out into a street.
(b) All required loading space shall be located on the same lot as the use to be served, and shall be constructed and sized such that no portion of the vehicle projects into any traffic lane. No loading space located outside of a residential district for vehicles of more than two (2) ton capacity shall be located less than one hundred (100) feet from any residential district. No loading space shall be located within fifty (50) feet of any property line.
(c) All off-street loading areas shall be adequately buffered with screening from adjacent rights of way and property lines.
(d) All loading facilities shall be located within the building setback line.
USE | OFF-STREET LOADING SPACE REQUIREMENTS |
Freight Terminal, Truck Terminal | 1 space (12 feet wide by 50 feet long by 14 feet high) per 5,000 square feet gross floor area |
Hotels, Hospitals, Retail, Service Establishments, | 1 space (12 feet wide by 35 feet long by 14 feet high) per 3,000 square feet gross floor area |
Markets, Warehouse, Wholesale | 1 space (12 feet wide by 50 feet long by 14 feet high) per 7,500 square feet gross floor area |
Industry | 1 space (12 feet wide by 50 feet long by 14 feet high) per 10,000 square feet gross floor area |
(Ord. 319. Passed 6-18-24.)