(A) Requirements.
(1) Location. All required loading berths shall be off-street and shall be located on the same lot as the building or use to be served. A loading berth shall not be located less than twenty-five (25) feet from the intersection of two (2) street rights-of-way; nor less than fifty (50) feet from a residential district unless within a building. Loading berths shall not occupy the required front yard set back space.
(2) Size. Unless otherwise specified in the zoning code, a required loading berth shall be not less than ten (10) feet in width, fifty (50) feet in length and fourteen (14) feet in height, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space.
(3) Access. Each required loading berth shall be located with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or public alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic.
(4) Surfacing. All loading berths and access ways shall be improved with a durable material to control the dust and drainage according to a plan approved by the City Engineer.
(B) Accessory use. Any space allocated as a loading berth or access drive so as to comply with the terms of the zoning code shall not be used for the storage of goods, inoperable vehicles or be included as a part of the space requirements necessary to meet the off-street parking area.
(C) Required minimum berths.
(1) Requirements.
(a) Non-residential uses having ten thousand (10,000) square feet or more. For ten thousand (10,000) to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet floor area, one (1) loading berth; for each additional thirty thousand (30,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof above one-fourth (1/4), one (1) additional loading berth. For a building having twenty thousand (20,000) square feet or less, the length of the berth may be reduced to twenty-five (25) feet.
(b) Retail sales, office public administration building, hospitals, schools, hotels, and similar uses. For such a building having ten thousand (10,000) to two hundred thousand (200,000) square feet of floor area, one (1) off-street loading berth fifty (50) feet in length and one (1) berth twenty-five (25) feet in length for each fifty thousand (50,000) square feet or fraction thereof.
(c) Manufacturing, fabrication, warehousing, storing, servicing, and similar establishments. For a building having ten thousand (10,000) to one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet floor area, one (1) loading berth fifty (50) feet in length and one (1) additional berth for each additional one hundred thousand (100,000) square feet or fraction thereof above one-fourth (1/4), and one (1) berth twenty-five (25) feet in length for each thirty-five thousand (35,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof.
(2) Other businesses. Upon receiving an application for a particular use a for a parcel or building which is not adequately provided for by the above categories mentioned and which, in the opinion of the Building Inspector, is to receive or distribute goods or services which will necessitate the use of trucking to the extent that special consideration should be given to the request, such application shall be referred to the Council for determination.
(Ord. 395, passed 7-6-2010) Penalty, see § 150.99