(a) Required Berths. Offstreet loading berths shall be provided on any lot on which a building exceeding 10,000 square feet of gross floor area is hereafter erected. Berths shall be provided according to the following table:
Gross Floor Area (Square Feet) | Berths Required |
10,000 - 20,000 | One |
20,001 - 60,000 | Two |
Over 60,000 | Two plus one additional berth for each additional 40,000 square feet |
Notwithstanding the above requirements, one loading berth may be required for any business or industry which has a gross floor area less than 10,000 square feet, but which receives deliveries by tractor trailer truck on a regular basis.
(Ord. 2942. Passed 7-19-93.)
(b) Specifications. Offstreet loading facilities shall be designed to conform to the following specifications:
(1) Each required berth shall be not less than twelve feet in width, forty feet in depth perpendicular to the loading berth and fourteen feet in height, exclusive of drives and maneuvering space and located entirely on the lot being served.
(2) There shall be appropriate means of access to a street or alley as well as adequate maneuvering space.
(3) The maximum width of driveways and sidewalk openings measured at the street lot line shall be thirty-five feet; the minimum width shall be twenty feet.
(4) All accessory driveways and entranceways shall be graded, surfaced and drained to the satisfaction of the Borough Engineer to the extent necessary to prevent nuisances of dust, erosion or excessive water flow across public ways.
(Ord. 2717. Passed 2-10-86.)