(a) Uses Requiring Loading Area. On the same premises with every building, structure or part thereof, erected and occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse, retails sales, consumer services or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles, materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, loading and unloading services in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the streets, alleys and parking spaces. This provision shall not apply to uses in the B-1 District.
(b) Loading Area Requirements. Loading and unloading spaces shall be paved and, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall be ten feet by 50 feet, with 15-foot height clearance, according to the following schedule:
Building Net GFA | Minimum Truck Loading Spaces |
0—1,400 sq. ft. | None |
1,401—20,000 sq. ft. | 1 space |
20,001—100,000 sq. ft. | 1 space plus 1 space for each 40,000 sq. ft. in excess of 20,000 sq. ft. |
100,001—500,000 sq. ft. | 5 spaces plus one 1 space for each 40,000 sq. ft. in excess of 100,000 sq. ft. |
Over 500,000 sq. ft. | 15 spaces plus 1 space for each 80,000 sq. ft. in excess of 500,000 square feet. |
(c) Orientation of Overhead Doors. Overhead doors for truck loading areas shall not face a public right-of-way and shall be screened to not be visible from a public street or an adjacent residential district.
(Ord. 2013-19. Passed 9-16-13.)