On the same premises with every building, structure, or part thereof, involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles or materials or merchandise, including department stores, wholesale stores, markets, hotels, hospitals, mortuaries, laundries, and dry cleaning establishments, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot, adequate space for standing, loading, and unloading in order to avoid interference with public use of dedicated rights-of-way and vehicular circulation on the site.
(a) Such spaces shall be provided as follows:
Gross Floor Area (In Square Feet) | Loading and Unloading Spaces | |
10'x 25' space | 10'x 50' space | |
0 - 1,999 | NA | NA |
2,000 - 4,999 | 1 | NA |
5,000 - 19,999 | NA | 1 |
20,000 - 49,999 | NA | 2 |
50,000 - 79,999 | NA | 3 |
80,000 - 99,999 | NA | 4 |
100,000 - 149,999 | NA | 5 |
150,000 and over | NA | 5* |
*One additional space for each fifty thousand (50,000) square feet of floor area in access of one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) square feet.
(b) Loading space areas shall be constructed of asphalt or concrete pavement so as to provide a permanent, durable and dustless surface.
(c) All loading spaces shall have a minimum of fourteen (14) foot high clearance.
(d) Loading areas shall not utilize any required area for maneuvering to parking spaces or block general vehicular circulation.
(e) No loading space shall be located closer than fifty (50) feet from any residentially zoned district unless located within a completely enclosed building or enclosed on all sides facing a residential zoning district by a solid masonry wall not less than six (6) feet in height.
(f) Central loading facilities may be substituted for individual loading spaces serving businesses on separate lots provided that all of the following conditions are fulfilled:
(1) Each business served shall have direct access to the central loading area without crossing streets or alleys.
(2) Total loading space provided shall meet the minimum requirements specified herein, computed on the basis of total floor area of all businesses served by the central loading space. No building served shall be more than 500 feet from the central loading area.
(g) The storage of merchandise, sale of motor vehicles, storage of inoperable vehicles, or repair of vehicles is prohibited in any required loading space.
(h) Approval of facilities. Detailed drawings of accessory off-street parking and loading facilities shall be submitted in accordance with all provisions of this section for review by the Village Planning Commission. The Planning Commission may require as a condition of approval additional structural or landscape features such as concrete bumper guards, curb and gutter, walls, fences, shrubs, ground cover, or hedges to further carry out the objective of this Ordinance before an application or design is approved. (Ord. 1166. Passed 9-24-01.)
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