(a) Applicability. In any district, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or more, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, retail store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same lot with such building, at least one off-street loading space. In no case will loading or unloading be permitted within public rights-of-way or interfere with required parking areas.
(b) Number of Loading Spaces Required. Off-street loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with the table below. Loading spaces shall not conflict with or overlap with areas used for parking.
GROSS FLOOR AREA OF STRUCTURE (IN SQUARE FEET) | NUMBER OF REQUIRED LOADING SPACES |
0 - 10,000 | 0 |
10,001 - 50,000 | 1 |
50,001 - 100,000 | 2 |
100,001 - 200,000 | 3 |
200,001 - 400,000 | 4 |
Each additional 200,000 over 400,000 | 1 additional space |
(c) Dimensions. Each loading space shall be not less than 12 feet in width, 50 feet in length, and have 14 feet of unobstructed height.
(d) Location.
(1) In M-1, B-1, and B-2 Districts, such loading space may not occupy any part of any required yard. In M-2, M-3 and B-3 Districts, such loading space may occupy any part of any required yard.
(2) No such space shall be located closer than 50 feet to a lot in any R District, unless wholly within a completely enclosed building or unless enclosed on all sides by a wall or suitable fence not less than six feet in height.
(e) Surface. All loading spaces shall be graded and provided with a durable and dustless hard surface of asphalt, Portland cement, concrete, or other suitable materials capable of withstanding 1,000 pounds per square inch (psi).
(f) Drainage. Individual stalls shall be graded to drain so as to dispose of all surface water within the loading area in accordance with applicable stormwater regulations. No surface water from loading areas shall be permitted to accumulate or drain over a public sidewalk.
(g) Screening. All operations, materials, and vehicles in any loading space that are visible from public streets or from residential districts shall be screened. The screening material, upon installation, shall be at least six feet in height, 100% opaque.
(Ord. 2010-29. Passed 7-5-10.)