In connection with any building or structure which is to be erected or substantially altered and which requires the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by trucks or other similar vehicles, there shall be provided off-street loading berths not less than the minimum requirements specified in this subchapter.

(1981 Code, Art. XI, A) (Ord. passed 12- -1986)

   All required loading berths shall be located on the same lot as the use to be served and no portion of the vehicles shall project into a street or alley. In the manufacturing districts, no loading berth for vehicles of more than two-ton capacity shall be located less than 300 feet to any residence district. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within 25 feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets, nor shall it be located in a required front yard of side yard.

(1981 Code, Art. XI, A1) (Ord. passed 12- -1986)

   A required off-street loading berth shall be at least ten feet in width by at least 50 feet in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space and shall have vertical clearance of at least 15 feet.

(1981 Code, Art. XI, A2) (Ord. passed 12- -1986)

   Each required off-street loading berth shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements and shall be subject to approval of the Village Engineer.

(1981 Code, Art. XI, A3) (Ord. passed 12- -1986)

   All open off-street loading berths shall be improved with a compacted macadam base not less than seven inches thick, or equal, surfaced with not less than two inches of asphaltic-concrete or one comparable all-weather dustless material.

(1981 Code, Art. XI, A4) (Ord. passed 12- -1986)

   No storage of any kind for motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted within any required loading berth.

(1981 Code, Art. XI, A5) (Ord. passed 12- -1986) Penalty, see § 157.999

   Space allowed to any off-street loading berth shall not, which so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.

(1981 Code, Art. XI, A6) (Ord. passed 12- -1986)

   For the uses listed, loading berths shall be provided as specified:

   (A)   Auditoriums, banks, business and professional office, public administration buildings, bowling alleys, hospitals, schools, colleges, sanitariums and other similar institutional uses, and hotels or private clubs and lodges, for such a building containing 10,000 to 100,000 square feet of floor area: one loading berth. For each additional 100,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof in a building: one additional loading berth.

   (B)   Manufacturing, fabricating assembly, disassembly, warehousing storing, cleaning, servicing, testing and repairing establishments, for such a building containing 5,000 to 40,000 square feet of floor area: one loading berth, plus one additional loading berth for each additional 40,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof.

   (C)   Retail stores, furniture and appliance stores, household equipment and furniture stores, repair shops, wholesale stores and establishments handling the sale and consumption of food on the premises, loading berths in accordance with the following schedule:

 

 

   (D)   Theaters, for such a building containing 8,000 to 25,000 square feet of floor area: one loading berth. For each additional 50,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof: one additional loading berth. Additional loading berth or berths, as determined by the Building Inspector.

   (E)   Off-street loading berths shall be provided in accordance with requirements determined by the Village Board of Trustees, based upon requirements heretofore set forth for the most similar use.

(1981 Code, Art. XI, A7) (Ord. passed 12- -1986)