(A) Locating loading areas.
(1) All required off-street loading areas shall be located on the same lot as the use served.
(2) All loading areas shall be located so that a public street or sidewalk will not be occupied during the loading or unloading process.
(3) All motor vehicle loading spaces which abut a residential district or intervening alley separating a residential district from a commercial or industrial district shall be completely screened therefrom by building walls, or a uniformly painted solid fence, wall, or door, or any combination thereof, not less than eight feet in height.
(4) No permitted or required loading space shall be located within 40 feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets.
(5) No loading space shall be located in any required side or front yard. If located in a required rear yard, the space shall be open to the sky.
(6) No part of any loading space shall be located within the site distance triangle, as defined in § 154.009.
(B) Loading design standards.
(1) Loading spaces shall have a vertical clearance of at least 14 feet.
(2) Each loading space shall be served by appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will not interfere with traffic movements on a public street.
(C) Number of required loading spaces. Except in the CB District, off-street loading spaces shall be required in accordance with the following:
USE | SIZE (FEET) | GROSS FLOOR AREA (SQUARE FEET) | |||
WIDTH | LENGTH | AT WHICH 1ST SPACE REQUIRED | AT WHICH 2ND SPACE REQUIRED | 1 SPACE FOR EACH ADD’L SQ. FT. IN AREA | |
USE | SIZE (FEET) | GROSS FLOOR AREA (SQUARE FEET) | |||
WIDTH | LENGTH | AT WHICH 1ST SPACE REQUIRED | AT WHICH 2ND SPACE REQUIRED | 1 SPACE FOR EACH ADD’L SQ. FT. IN AREA | |
Funeral home | 12 | 25 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Institutional (school, hospital) | 12 | 35 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Commercial: | |||||
Restaurant | 12 | 60 | 5,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Office | 12 | 35 | 10,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Retail (first 50,000) | 12 | 35 | 10,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
Add'l for retail | 12 | 60 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Other | 12 | 35 | 10,000 | ||
Industrial < 9,999 | 12 | 35 | 5,000 | N/A | N/A |
Industrial > 10,000 | 12 | 60 | 10,000 | 40,000 | 100,000 |
(Ord. 2020-O-3, passed 2-18-2020)