A. Scope. This section provides general criteria and requirements for the development of off-street loading areas. Refer to Table 18.75-3.
B. Applicability. The following criteria shall be used in determining the need for and number of loading spaces:
1. Intensity of the use; and
2. Development floor area.
C. Siting. Loading spaces shall be located:
1. Not more than one hundred feet from the facility they are designed to serve;
2. No closer than thirty feet to any property used or zoned, or officially planned by Pima County, for residential purposes.
D. Minimum dimensions (exclusive of aisles and maneuvering area):
1. Length: Forty-five feet;
2. Width: Twelve feet;
3. Overhead clearance: Fourteen feet.
Combined square feet of floor area and outdoor storage and use areas | Loading space intensity number of spaces required | ||
High | Medium | Low | |
Combined square feet of floor area and outdoor storage and use areas | Loading space intensity number of spaces required | ||
High | Medium | Low | |
Less than 10,000 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
10,000—29,999 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
30,000—59,999 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
60,000—99,999 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
100,000—149,999 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Each additional 50,000 | 1 | ½ | ¼ |
E. Access. Each loading space shall be accessible from a street or from an aisle or drive connecting with a street. Such access may be combined with access to a parking lot if designed in a manner that will not disrupt normal traffic flow within the parking lot.
F. Maneuvering. No vehicles shall be permitted to maneuver in a public right-of-way, including public walkway easements.
G. Marking. Each loading space shall be striped or permanently designated by other suitable methods and permanently posted with a sign restricting its use to loading. Signage is to be based on the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (Federal Highway Administration). Bumper rails are to be provided where needed for safety or protection of property.
H. Paving. All loading areas shall be surfaced with a durable asphalt, concrete, stone, tile or brick surface, in conformance with the Manual and consistent with pavement design principles and engineered according to soil conditions and wheel loads.
I. Screening. In addition to provisions of Chapter 18.73, Landscaping Standards, loading areas shall be screened from adjoining properties and public thoroughfares with a minimum five-foot wide landscaped area and a six-foot high opaque screen, consisting of either a decorative wall, earth berms, vegetation or a combination of such elements (refer to Chapter 18.73, Landscaping).
J. Multiple Service. Loading spaces may be designed to serve two or more establishments located on the same or adjacent site, except that the total combined number of spaces provided shall not be less than fifty percent of the combined total required for all such combined users. Each user shall have access to loading zones, at grade, without having to cross or maneuver on public streets, alleys, or walkways.
K. Restrictions. Loading spaces shall not be used for repair work, vehicle storage or to satisfy area requirements for off-street parking.
L. Modification of Requirements for Unusual Sites. The subdivision review committee may reduce the number or location of required loading spaces where they determine an unusual situation exists.
(Ord. 2005-35 § 5 (part), 2005; Ord. 1985-112 § 1 (part), 1985; Ord. 1985-82 (part), 1985)