(a) On the same premises with every building or part thereof, erected and occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, department store, restaurant, wholesale, market, hotel, hospital, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles, material or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained, on the lot, adequate space for standing, loading and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with street or parking areas.
(1) Such loading and unloading space, unless completely and adequately provided for within a building, shall be a minimum area of ten feet by fifty feet, with fourteen foot height clearance, and shall be provided according to Table 1-3, in subsection (b) hereof.
(2) Access to truck loading and unloading space shall be provided directly from a public street or alley or from any right of way that will not interfere with public convenience and that will permit the orderly and safe movement of trucks.
(3) All loading areas in view of any residential district shall be screened from such view in a manner satisfactory to the Planning Commission as guided by the standards contained in Chapter 1290.
(4) Off-street loading space areas shall not be construed as, or counted towards, the supplying of area required as off-street parking space area.
(b) Loading and unloading spaces shall be required according to the following Table.
TABLE 1-3
Gross Floor Area (sq. ft.) | Loading and Unloading Spaces Required in Terms of Square Feet of Gross Floor Area |
0 - 2,000 | None |
2,001 - 20,000 | 1 space (10 feet x 50 feet) |
20,001 - 100,000 | 1 space plus space for each 20,000 square feet in excess of 20,000 square feet |
100,001 - 500,000 | 5 spaces plus 1 space for each 40,000 square feet in excess of 100,000 square feet |
Over 500,000 | 15 spaces plus 1 space for each 80,000 square feet in excess of 500,000 square feet |
(Ord. 2712. Passed 8-1-78.)