1179.02 OFF-STREET LOADING AND UNLOADING.
All retail and wholesale stores, warehouses, supply houses, buildings devoted to manufacturing, trade, hotels and motels, hospitals or other buildings where large amounts of goods are received or shipped shall provide loading and unloading space adequate to handle the volume and frequency of truck traffic to the building or shopping center, and to avoid undue congestion and interference with public use of City streets. This requirement shall not be applicable to the Central Business District.
(a) Each required loading space shall be not less than ten feet wide and fifty feet long with a clearance of no less than fourteen feet in height.
(b) Loading dock approaches shall be provided with a pavement having an asphaltic or Portland cement binder so as to provide a permanent, durable and dustless surface.
(c) Loading space shall be provided as area additional to off-street parking spaces and shall not be considered as supplying off-street parking space.
(d) All loading and unloading spaces for business and industrial uses shall be provided in accordance with the following ratio of spaces to floor area:
Gross Floor Area (sq. ft.) | Number of Required Loading-Unloading Spaces |
0 - 14,999 | 1 |
15,000 - 24,999 | 2 |
25,000 - 39,999 | 3 |
40,000 - 59,999 | 4 |
60,000 - 79,999 | 5 |
80,000 - 100,000 | 6 |
For each additional 100,000 | 1 |
(e) New and used car agencies: New and used car agencies shall provide one loading and unloading space fifteen wide and fifty feet long for each 10,000 square feet of uncovered sales area up to a maximum of four spaces for delivery rigs.
(Ord. 86-260. Passed 12-16-86.)