A. Applicants for entitlements shall prepare and submit a Truck Routing Plan demonstrating the most direct route(s) to and from the Interstate Freeway System based on the city's latest Truck Route Map. Routes to or from freeway ramps shall not pass through any residential zones or districts.
B. A traffic impact assessment (TIA) report shall be prepared to evaluate a proposed warehouse project's compliance with the City's Measure U traffic system requirements, and shall include an evaluation of the City's streets and Truck Routes that provide vehicular access to the Interstate Freeway System, including, but not limited to: existing right-of-way width; roadway capacity to handle the proposed quantity of truck trips to be generated by the proposed use (including any road widening that may be necessary); roadway design and improvements to handle the weight and frequency of proposed truck trips; intersection operations to freeway ramps and level of service analysis to include the proposed truck trips; truck turn radii at intersections; and other operational elements of the City's street network to serve the proposed use. The TIA may be prepared by a qualified consultant selected and directed by the City (and all consultant costs to be reimbursed by the applicant), or by a qualified traffic consultant selected by the applicant (and all work subject to the direction, review, and approval by the City).
C. Entry gates into the loading dock/truck court area with more than twenty (20) loading docks shall be positioned after a minimum of one hundred forty (140) feet of total available stacking depth inside the property line (or alternatively, if one hundred forty (140) feet of depth is not feasible due to site constraints, then provide seventy (70) feet of available stacking depth for two trucks side-by-side as an alternative design). The stacking distance shall be increased by seventy (70) feet for every twenty (20) loading docks beyond 50 docks. Queuing, or circling of vehicles, on public streets immediately pre- or post-entry to an industrial commerce facility is strictly prohibited unless queuing occurs in a deceleration lane or right turn lane exclusively serving the facility.
D. Prior to entitlement approval, applicants shall submit to the City, and obtain approval of, all turning templates to verify adequate truck turning movements at entrance and exit driveways as well as street intersections adjacent to industrial buildings. Unless not physically possible, truck entries shall be located on Collector streets or streets of a higher commercial classification, and vehicle entries shall be designed to prevent truck access on streets that are not Collector Streets (or streets of a higher commercial classification), including but not limited to by limiting the width of vehicle entries.
E. Anti-idling signs indicating a five (5) minute restriction on engine idling for diesel trucks shall be posted at warehouses and industrial commerce facilities along entrances to the site and within the dock areas and shall be strictly enforced by the facility operator (13 CCR § 2480).
F. Signs shall be installed at all truck exit driveways directing truck drivers to the truck route as indicated in the Truck Routing Plan to be routed to the Interstate Freeway System.
G. Signs and drive aisle pavement markings shall clearly identify the onsite circulation pattern to minimize unnecessary on-site vehicular travel.
H. Facility operators shall post signs in prominent locations inside and outside of the building indicating that off-site parking for any Medium Heavy-Duty trucks, Heavy Heavy-Duty trucks, truck trailers or cabs, and other operations-related vehicles is strictly prohibited. City may require facility operator to post signs on adjacent and nearby surface or residential streets indicating that off-site truck parking is prohibited by City ordinance.
I. All signs under this Section shall be legible, durable, and weather-proof. (Ord. 2955, 2023)