(A) Location: All required loading areas shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served. All motor vehicle loading areas which abut a residential district from a commercial or industrial district shall be completely screened therefrom by building walls or by a uniform solid fence, wall, or door, or densely planted, mature shrubbery or any combination thereof, not less than five feet (5') in height. No permitted or required loading area shall be located within thirty feet (30') of the nearest point of intersection of any two (2) streets. No loading area shall be located in a required front or side yard, and any loading area located in a required rear yard may be open to the sky. No pavement or curbing shall be located closer than two feet (2') from any property line unless it can be specifically demonstrated that the intent is to extend the loading to adjoining properties. A plan must be submitted and approved during the review process which shows how the extension of loading will occur.
(B) Size: Unless otherwise specified, a required off street loading area shall be at least twelve feet (12') in width by at least forty feet (40') in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least fifteen feet (15').
(C) Access: Each required off street loading area shall be designated with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement, and shall be subject to approval by the code enforcement officer. Loading areas shall be designed in such manner to create flow through traffic patterns on site; no backing in from public streets shall be allowed.
(D) Surfacing: All open, off street loading areas shall be surfaced with a bituminous asphalt or concrete material capable of bearing a live load of two hundred (200) pounds per square foot.
(E) Repair And Service:
1. Residential Districts: No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities provided in any residential district.
2. Commercial Districts: No motor vehicle repair of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities provided in commercial districts, except emergency repair service necessary to start vehicles.
3. Industrial Districts: No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities provided in an industrial district if such loading facilities are within five hundred feet (500') of a residence district. Washing of accessory vehicles and emergency service required to start vehicles shall be permitted.
(F) Utilization: Space allocated for off street loading use shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off street parking facilities or portions thereof.
(G) Central Loading: Central loading facilities may be substituted for loading areas on the individual zoning lots provided the following conditions are fulfilled:
1. Each zoning lot serviced shall have direct access to the central loading area without cross streets or alley at grade.
2. Total off street loading berths provided shall meet the minimum requirements herein specified 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 five hundred feet (500') removed from the central loading area.
4. The tunnel or ramp connecting the central loading area with the zoning lot served shall not be less than seven feet (7') in width and have a clearance of not less than seven feet (7').
(H) 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 lot. (Ord. 99-06, 6-21-1999)