(A) On the same premises with every building, structure, or part thereof erected and occupied for industrial establishments, storage, goods display, department store, hotel, high rise apartment building, market, hospital, laundry, dry cleaning, or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles, materials, or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot, or within such building or structure, adequate space for standing, loading, and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the streets and alleys.
(B) Such loading and unloading space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall be an area 12 feet by 50 feet, and 15 feet height clearance, according to the following schedule:
Gross Floor Area (In Square Feet) | Loading and Unloading Spaces Required in Terms of Square Feet of Gross Floor Area | |
Commercial | Industrial | |
Gross Floor Area (In Square Feet) | Loading and Unloading Spaces Required in Terms of Square Feet of Gross Floor Area | |
Commercial | Industrial | |
0—5,000 | None | None |
5,001—20,000 | 1 | 1 + 1/5,000 in excess of 5,000 |
20,001—50,000 | 1 + 1/20,000 in excess of 20,000 | 3 + 1/15,000 in excess of 20,000 |
50,001—100,000 | 1 + 1/20,000 in excess of 20,000 | 5 + 1/10,000 in excess of 50,000 |
100,001—300,000 | 5 + 1/100,000 in excess of 100,000 | 10 + 1/100,000 in excess of 100,000 |
300,001—500,000 | 10 + 1/100,000 in excess of 300,000 | 10 + 1/100,000 in excess of 300,000 |
Over 500,000 | 12 + 1/250,000 in excess of 500,000 | 14 + 1/150,000 in excess of 500,000 |
(C) No loading space shall be located closer than 50 feet from any residentially zoned district unless located within a completely enclosed building or enclosed on all sides facing a residential zoned district by a solid masonry wall or ornamental fence of a type approved by the City Planning Commission not less than six feet in height. Lights used to illuminate loading areas shall be arranged so as to reflect away from adjacent areas.
(Prior Code, § 153.122) (Ord. D-1418, § 608, passed 11-22-1982, effective 1-21-1983)