A. Any and all off-street loading spaces shall have dimensions not less than 12 feet in width, 35 feet in length and 14 feet in height. Off-street loading spaces shall be provided in addition to off-street parking spaces and shall not be counted as or considered as off-street parking spaces.
B. Off-street loading spaces shall be designed so as to provide adequate space for standing, turning, loading and unloading and shall not interfere with the public use of the streets.
C. Off-street loading spaces shall be provided according to the following table:
Nonresidential Building Floor Area (square feet) | Loading and Unloading Space Required |
0 to 4,000 | None |
4,001 to 20,000 | 1 space |
20,000 to 100,000 | 1 space, provided that an office building of 20,000 square feet or less is not required to provide an off-street parking space |
100,000 to 500,000 | 5 spaces plus one space for each 40,000 square feet in excess of 100,000 square feet up to 500,000 square feet |
Over 500,000 | 15 spaces plus 1 space for each 80,000 square feet in excess of 500,000 square feet |
D. Floor area, as used in Subsection C above, for offices, trade or service types of uses, shall mean the cross floor area used or intended to be used for service to the public and shall also include areas occupied by fixtures and equipment used for display or sale of merchandise. The term "net floor area" shall not include areas used principally for nonpublic purposes such as storage, incidental repair, processing or packaging of merchandise, show windows, offices incidental to the management or maintenance of storage or buildings, rest rooms, utilities, dressing rooms, fitting or alteration rooms.