Cranston City Zoning Code
CHAPTER 17
68 OFF-STREET LOADING
§ 17.68.010 Off-Street loading.
A.
Applicability. No land shall be used or occupied and no structures shall be erected or used for nonresidential purposes in any use district unless the off-street loading spaces required herein are provided. Off-street loading spaces as specified in this chapter shall be provided for any enlargement or alteration to any such existing structure or use.
B.
Location. The off-street loading spaces required by this chapter shall in all cases be on the same or contiguous lot or parcel of land as the use or structure they are intended to serve. In no case shall any required off-street loading space be part of an area used to satisfy the off-street parking requirements.
C.
Requirements.
1.
For each nonresidential use or structure in which commodities are sold, displayed, serviced, repaired, altered or fabricated as the principal use of the parcel or lot, one off-street loading space of at least three hundred (300) square feet in area shall be provided.
2.
For each nonresidential use or structure of over one thousand (1,000) square feet of gross floor or ground area in which commodities are sold, displayed, serviced, repaired, altered or fabricated as the principal use of the parcel or lot, one off-street loading space of at least four hundred fifty (450) square feet in area and having a minimum overhead clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet shall be provided.
3.
Additional off-street loading spaces shall be required by the inspector of buildings when necessary to provide adequate area for off-street loading. Detailed plans for off-street loading space provision and use may be required before the issuance of any building permit.
(Prior code § 30-18(q))