1252.01 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
A. Location and Screening. All required off-street loading berths shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served. All motor vehicle off-street loading berths in a residential district or the “O” Office district shall be screened by building walls, or by a uniformly finished solid non-combustible fence, wall, or door, or densely planted mature shrubbery or any combination thereof, not less than six (6) feet in height. Loading berths in other districts which abut property in the above mentioned districts or are separated from such district by a public right-of-way, shall likewise be screened from view from such abutting property. In all districts, no loading berths shall be located in a required front, corner side or side yard. Loading berths located in a required rear yard may be open to the sky.
B. Size. This Zoning Ordinance provides for two (2) sizes of loading berths, short berths and long berths. The number of loading berths required, whether short or long berths, is identified in Table 1252.02, Schedule of Off-Street Loading Requirements. The vertical clearance of all berths shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet. The size of short and long loading berths shall
conform to the following:
1. Short Berths. The size of berths, maneuvering aprons, and access aisles shall be as follows:
a. Berth Size. Short berths shall have a minimum width of twelve (12) feet and a minimum length of thirty-five (35) feet.
b. Maneuvering Apron. A maneuvering apron of forty-five (45) feet shall be provided.
c. Access Aisles. A width of at least eighteen (18) feet shall be provided for one-way aisles and twenty-four (24) feet for two-way aisles.
2. Long Berths. The size of berths, maneuvering aprons, and access aisles shall be as follows:
a. Berth Size. Long berths shall have a minimum width of twelve (12) feet and a minimum length of fifty (50) feet.
b. Maneuvering Apron. A maneuvering apron of sixty (60) feet shall be provided.
c. Access Aisles. A width of at least eighteen (18) feet shall be provided for one-way aisles and twenty-four (24) feet for two-way aisles.
C. Access. Each required off-street loading berth shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement, and which will not restrict the access of surrounding uses, and shall be subject to approval by the Zoning Administrator.
D. Surfacing. All open off-street loading berths shall be paved with asphalt, concrete or other dustless allweather material capable of bearing a live load of two hundred (200) pounds per square foot. Gravel is not permitted as a surfacing material.
E. Repair and Service. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted accessory to off-street loading facilities provided in any district, except that emergency repair service necessary to start vehicles shall be permitted in all districts.
F. Utilization. Space allocated to any off-street loading use shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirement for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.
G. Central Loading. Central loading facilities may be substituted for loading berths on individual zoning lots provided the following conditions are fulfilled:
1. Each zoning lot served shall have direct access to the central loading area without crossing streets or alleys at-grade.
2. No zoning lot served shall be more than five hundred (500) feet removed from the central loading area.
3. Total area of off-street loading berths provided shall meet the minimum requirements herein specified, based on the sum requirements of the several types of uses served.
H. Minimum Facilities. Uses for which off-street loading facilities are required herein, but which are located in buildings of less floor area than the minimum prescribed for such required facilities, shall be provided by the owner with adequate receiving facilities, accessible by motor vehicle off any service drive, street or open space on the same zoning lot.