Every building or structure over 5,000 square feet erected and occupied for retail, industrial or other uses involving the receipt or distribution of bulk materials or merchandise by vehicle shall provide a permanently maintained space for standing, loading and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the streets, alleys, drive-throughs or required parking areas. Such off-street loading areas shall comply with the following standards in this Section.
(a) Allocation of Use. Space required and allocated for any off-street loading shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for off-street parking. An off-street loading space shall not be used for repairing or servicing of motor vehicles, and shall be available for its designated purpose when needed.
(b) Location of Facility. A loading space shall not be permitted in any required front, side or rear yard. Loading spaces may be located within any area between a building which it serves and a required yard.
(c) Access Driveways. Each required off-street loading space shall be designated for direct vehicular access by means of a driveway, or driveways, to a public street in a manner which shall least interfere with the traffic movements.
(d) Improvements. All accessory off-street loading spaces shall be improved as required for parking areas as set forth in this chapter.
(e) Dimensions. Each loading space shall be not less than twelve (12) feet in width, fifty (50) feet in length, and have fourteen (14) feet of unobstructed height.
(f) Surface. All loading spaces shall be provided with a durable and dustless hard surface of asphalt, Portland cement, concrete, or other suitable materials capable of withstanding 1,000 pounds per square inch (psi).
(g) Drainage. Individual stalls shall be graded to drain so as to dispose of all surface water within the loading area in accordance applicable stormwater regulations. No surface water from loading areas shall be permitted to accumulate or drain over a public sidewalk.
(h) Screening. All operations, materials, and vehicles in any loading space that are visible from public streets or from residential districts shall be screened. The screening material, upon installation, shall be at least six (6) feet in height, one hundred percent (100%) opaque.
(Ord. 109-14. Passed 6-23-14.)