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))