(A) Location. All required loading berths shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served. All motor vehicle loading berths which abut a residence district or an intervening alley separating a residence district from a business or industrial district shall be completely screened therefrom by building walls or by a uniformly painted, solid fence, wall or door, and/or according to the provisions of screening loading areas as specified in § 157.065. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within 30 feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets. No loading berth shall be located in a required front or side yard where berths would abut a residence district. Any loading berth located in a required rear yard may be open to the sky.
(B) Size. Unless otherwise specified, a required off-street loading berth shall be at least 12 feet in width by at least 30 feet in length for short berths, and 12 feet in width by at least 50 feet in length for long berths exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet. Maneuvering aprons for short berths shall be at least 35 feet and for long berths shall be at least 60 feet. Access lanes for short berths shall be 12 feet in width for one-way lanes and 22 feet in width for two-way lanes. For long berths, access lanes shall be 14 feet in width for one-way lanes and 24 feet in width for two-way lanes. Space dedicated for access lanes may also be considered as space for the maneuvering apron.
(C) Access. Each required off-street loading berth shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement, separated from customer and/or employee parking, and shall be subject to approval by the Zoning Administrator.
(D) Surfacing. All open off-street loading berths shall be surfaced with bituminous, concrete or an equivalent dust-free surface.
(E) Utilization. Space allocated to any 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.
(F) Central loading. Central loading facilities may be substituted for loading berths on the individual zoning lots provided the following conditions are fulfilled:
(1) Each zoning lot served shall have direct access to the central loading area without crossing streets or alleys at-grade;
(2) Total off-street loading berths provided shall meet the minimum requirements herein specified, based on the use 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 500 feet removed from the central loading area; and
(4) The tunnel or ramp connecting the central loading area with the zoning lot served shall be not less than seven feet in width and have a clearance of not less than seven feet.
(G) 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 zoning lot.
(Ord. 1997-1, § 130.10(C), passed 1-22-1997)