(A) Location. All required loading or unloading into or out of trucks in excess of ¾-ton capacity, or railroad cars, shall be conducted at facilities specifically designed or designated for that purpose. These facilities shall be located upon the zoning lot of principal uses required them. All berths beyond one shall be separate from areas used for off-street parking.
(B) Access. Each required off-street loading berth shall be so designated as to avoid undue interference with other vehicular or rail access or use of public streets, alleys, or other public transport systems.
(C) Surfacing. All off-street loading, including loading berths and maneuvering areas, shall be surfaced with a hard, all-weather, dust-free durable surfacing material, and shall be well drained and landscaped, and shall be maintained in a sightly and well-kept condition.
(D) Landscaping and screening. All berths shall be screened from view from the property street frontage and from the zoning district boundary when the adjacent property or across the street or side street frontage is zoned or used for residential purposes. The screening shall be accomplished by a solid wall not less than eight feet in height, and shall be so designed as to be architecturally harmonious with the principal structure. Screen plantings may be substituted for the prescribed wall, however, the plantings must not be less than 2½ inches in diameter, and of such a type as to permit a minimum of 90% opacity during all months of the year.
(E) Design. All of the required number of truck berths shall be 50 feet in length, 12 feet in width, and 15 feet in height. All loading areas shall consist of a maneuvering area in addition to the berth, and shall not use any of that portion of the site containing parking stalls. Maneuvering areas shall be of such size as to permit the backing of truck tractors and coupled trailers into a berth, without blocking the use of other berths or drive or maneuvering areas.
(F) Required loading areas. Space for loading and unloading of goods, supplies and services shall be provided in addition to required off-street parking spaces, and shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of each use as indicated in this subchapter.
Use | Required Spaces |
Use | Required Spaces |
Motels, hotels, lodging and rooming houses, private lodges and clubs | One space for each structure over 20,000 square feet of gross floor area |
Retail and wholesale commercial uses | One space for the first 10,000 square except where otherwise specified feet of gross floor area; plus one space for each additional 5,000 square feet of gross floor area |
Auditoriums, stadiums, gymnasiums, community centers, religious institutions and schools (public and private) | One space for each structure over 100,000 square feet of gross floor area |
Office buildings and professional offices (other than doctor and dentist) and banks | One space for buildings between 30,000 and 100,000 square feet of gross floor area; plus one space for each additional 100,000 square feet of gross floor area |
Restaurants and other food-dispensing establishments, except drive-in restaurants | One space for each structure with over 10,000 square feet of gross floor area |
Furniture, automobile and boat sales and appliance sales | One space; plus one space for each 25,000 square feet of gross floor area |
Hospitals, nursing homes, rest homes,and the like | One space; plus one space for each 100,000 square feet of gross floor area. |
Bowling alleys | One space for each structure over 20,000 square feet of gross floor area. |
Manufacturing and research, experimental or testing stations. | One space for each 50,000 square feet of gross floor area. |
(Ord. 221, passed 11-6-1995) Penalty, see § 10.99