(A) General. The minimum number of off-street loading spaces required for each use of a specific parcel of property shall be determined by reviewing the table below, identifying the classification group to which each use belongs, and performing the calculation identified for that specific group.
(B) Class 1. The following uses shall be required to provide one loading space for every building containing between 10,000 and 100,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus one additional loading space per each additional 100,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof:
(1) Amusement and recreational facilities;
(2) Banks and other financial institutions;
(3) Business and other professional offices;
(4) Convention and exhibition halls;
(5) Health and medical institutions;
(6) Hotels and motels containing retail shops, business or professional offices, convention or exhibition halls or auditoriums;
(7) Public and administrative buildings;
(8) Radio and television studios;
(9) Recording studios;
(10) Heaters, indoor; and
(11) Funeral parlors and mortuaries.
(C) Class 2. The following uses shall be required to provide one loading space for every building containing between 10,000 and 20,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus one additional loading space per each additional 200,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof:
(1) Apartment hotels;
(2) Auditoriums;
(3) Charitable institutions;
(4) Clubs and lodges;
(5) Hotels and motels containing no retail shops, business or professional offices, convention or exhibition halls or auditoriums;
(6) Meeting halls;
(7) Religious institutions;
(8) Multiple-family dwellings;
(9) Research and testing institutions; and
(10) Schools and educational facilities.
(D) Class 3. The following uses shall be required to provide one loading space for every building containing between 5,000 and 40,000 square feet of gross floor area, and two loading spaces for every building containing between 40,000 square feet and 100,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus one additional loading space per each additional 100,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof:
(1) Assembly, manufacturing and fabricating establishments;
(2) Cartage, express and motor freight facilities;
(3) Cleaning, repairing, servicing and testing facilities;
(4) Laundries and dry cleaning facilities;
(5) Mail order businesses;
(6) Printing and publishing establishments; and
(7) Warehousing, storage and wholesaling establishments.
(E) Class 4. For all other uses, including, but not limited to, retail stores and restaurants and other establishments handling the sale or consumption of food or beverages on the premises, loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the gross floor areas.
5,000 - 20,000 square feet | 1 space |
20,000-60,000 square feet | 2 spaces |
60,000- 100,000 square feet | 3 spaces |
For every additional 100,000 square feet or fraction thereof | 1 space |
(Prior Code, § 20-1319) (Ord. 1699, passed 3-17-2014)