Except in the CB-1 Zone, off-street loading spaces shall be provided and maintained in compliance with the following requirements:

1.   Required Number of Off-Street Loading Spaces.  With any retail use, warehouse, supply house, wholesale distributor, manufacturing establishment, industrial or research laboratory or similar use which requires the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by trucks or vans and which has a floor area of 10,000 square feet or more, there shall be provided the minimum number of loading spaces as follows:

 

 

 

2.   General Rules Applicable to Off-Street Loading.  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the same rules applicable to off-street parking, Section 165.33(2), shall apply to off-street loading.

3.   Design Requirements.

   A.   All loading spaces shall be constructed of asphalt, concrete or a similar permanent dust-free surface.

   B.   Loading spaces shall be a minimum of 10 feet in width, 25 feet in length and 12 feet in height, exclusive of aisles.  When more than two (2) spaces are required, the spaces other than the first two (2) shall not be less than 12 feet in width, 72 feet in length and 14 feet in height.

   C.   All loading spaces shall be pitched and drained to prevent the flow of water from such areas onto streets and alleys which do not have adequate drainage facilities.

4.   Loading Space Location.

   A.   Loading spaces shall be located so that trucks or vans to be loaded or unloaded do not back onto or out of a street.

   B.   In R or OBP Zones and in the C and I Zones within 50 feet of an R or OBP Zone, no loading space shall be located in the front yard.

   C.   Loading spaces may be provided within a side or rear yard but shall not be located closer than five (5) feet to a lot line.