(A) Every hospital, institution, hotel, commercial or industrial building hereafter erected or established shall have and maintain loading spaces.
(1) Loading spaces shall be not less than 12 feet in width, 40 feet in length, and with 14 feet in vertical clearance.
(2) Loading spaces shall be located and designed so that trucks need not back into a street or alley. No part of an alley or street shall be used for loading except for areas designated by the city for loading.
(3) When the lot upon which the loading spaces are located abuts an alley paved to city standards, such loading spaces may have access from the alley provided that said alley is not adjacent to a residential district.
(4) No loading space for vehicles over two-ton capacity shall be closer than 50 feet to any property in a residential zoning district unless enclosed by a building or a solid fence or wall not less than six feet in height.
(5) No loading berth shall be located within any minimum required front or side yard.
(6) No loading space which is provided for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this chapter shall hereafter be eliminated, reduced or converted in any manner below the requirements established in the ordinance, unless equivalent facilities are provided in conformance to this chapter.
(7) Space allocated for any off-street loading facilities shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facilities, or portion thereof.
(8) Required off-street loading spaces shall be located on the same site as the use being served.
(B) Loading spaces required. At least the following amounts of off-street loading space shall be provided for uses other than residential, with adequate means for ingress and egress. The following Table No. 4 shall include and apply to all structures in the city.
Table No. 4 - Loading Space Requirements | |
Total Square Feet of Building Space (Gross Floor Area) | Loading Spaces Required |
Table No. 4 - Loading Space Requirements | |
Total Square Feet of Building Space (Gross Floor Area) | Loading Spaces Required |
12,500 up to and including 100,000 | 1 |
100,001 up to and including 160,000 | 2 |
160,001 up to and including 240,000 | 3 |
240,001 up to and including 320,000 | 4 |
320,001 up to and including 400,000 | 5 |
For each additional 90,000 over 400,000 | 1 additional |
('80 Code, App. A, § 160) (Ord. 583, passed 9-16-1952; Ord. 800, passed 5-17-1960; Ord. 1812, passed 2-7-1979; Ord. O2010-32, passed 7-7-2010; Ord. O2023-040, passed 1-3-2024) Penalty, see § 154-999