(A) Loading facilities required.
(1) For any building or premises used for commercial or manufacturing purposes, off-street indoor or outdoor space for loading and/or unloading of goods and materials shall be provided on the premises in accordance with division (B) of this section.
(2) No berth for vehicles over two tons capacity shall be closer than 50 feet to any property in a residential district unless enclosed by building walls or a uniformly painted solid fence or wall or any combination thereof at a height of six feet and approved by the Building Administrator. No permitted or required berth shall be located within 50 feet of the nearest intersection of any two streets. No off-street loading berth shall be located in a required front yard, or side yard adjoining a street.
(B) Off-street loading schedule.
(1) For every building, structure, or part thereof, hereafter erected, established, or enlarged and occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, department store, wholesale store, market, hotel, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning, institutional use, or other uses involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained adequate space for standing, loading, and unloading in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the street or alley.
(2) The space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall include a loading space for every 20,000 square feet or fraction thereof in excess of 3,000 square feet of floor area used for the aforementioned purposes, or for every 20,000 square feet or fraction thereof in excess of 3,000 square feet of land used for the aforementioned purposes. These requirements may, upon appeal, be increased, modified, or waived by the Board where the conditions or circumstances justify that action.
(Ord. 23, §§ 2.40.80 and 2.40.90, passed 3-19-1997) Penalty, see § 156.999