Off-street loading spaces shall be provided and maintained for all business, service, commercial, industrial buildings, public assembly, and other uses involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, in compliance with the following regulations.
(a) All loading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use served and no part of any required yard, off-street parking area, or access drive thereto, shall be used for loading or unloading purposes.
(b) Number and Dimensions of Required Loading Spaces.
(1) Loading spaces shall have a minimum width of twelve (12) feet, a minimum length of forty (40) feet and a minimum vertical clearance of fifteen (15) feet.
(c) Loading spaces shall be located in a side or rear yard and shall be designed and located so located as to minimize the visual and audio effect on any adjoining residential lots.
(d) Access to truck loading and unloading space shall be provided directly from a public street or from a right-of-way that will not interfere with public convenience and that will permit the orderly and safe movement of trucks.
(e) No truck loading area shall be allowed to use a right-of-way or have insufficient on-premise turning radius area so as to require trucks to use a public right-of-way for positioning for delivery to the loading dock.
(f) Streets, sidewalks, or other public rights-of-way or other public property shall not be used for loading purposes nor shall vehicles be parked on such areas during loading and unloading.
(g) Off-street loading spaces shall not be used for repair or servicing of motor vehicles.
(Ord. 19-10. Passed 11-7-19.)