A.

Purpose. The purpose of this section is to prevent congestion of public rights-of-way and private lots so as to promote the safety and general welfare of the public by establishing minimum requirements for the provision of loading facilities on various sites.

B.

Applicability. Any new building that has a gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or more and that requires regular deliveries, or makes regular shipments from semi-trucks and trailers, shall provide off-street loading facilities in accordance with the regulations of this section, except for agricultural uses.

C.

Location.

(1)

All loading berths shall be at least 25 feet from the intersection of two street right-of-way lines.

(2)

In commercial and institutional zoning districts, loading berths shall not be located along any front facade or streetside facade of any building. In all other districts, loading berths shall not be located within any minimum required front yard or streetside yard.

(3)

All loading and vehicle maneuvering areas shall be located on the private lot and shall not be located within, or so as to interfere with, any public right-of-way or minimum required hard- and gravel-surface setback in figures V(2) and V(6).

D.

Size of loading area. The first required loading berth shall be designed in accordance with figure 520-89. All remaining required loading berths shall be a minimum of 50 feet in length and ten feet in width. All required loading berths shall have a minimum vertical clearance of 14 feet.

E.

Access to loading area. Each loading area shall be located so as to facilitate access to a public street or alley, shall not interfere with other vehicular or pedestrian traffic, and shall not interfere with the function of parking areas. Loading areas shall not rely on backing movements into public rights-of-way, except where building or site conditions established before the effective date of this chapter require such movements.

F.

Surfacing and marking. All required loading areas shall be hard-surfaced as defined in section 520-138. Said surface shall be marked in a manner that clearly indicates required loading areas.

G.

Use of required loading areas. The use of all required loading areas shall be limited to the loading and unloading of vehicles. Said area shall not be used to provide minimum required parking spaces.

H.

Depiction on required site plan. Any and all proposed or required loading areas and trailer and container storage areas shall be depicted as to their location and configuration on any required site plan.

I.

Calculation of required loading spaces.

(1)

Indoor institutional and recreational land uses. One loading berth shall be required for each building with a gross floor area of 10,000 to 29,999 square feet. For such uses located in buildings having a gross floor area of 30,000 square feet or greater, two loading berths shall be required.

(2)

Commercial (except offices), storage/disposal, transportation, and industrial land uses. One loading berth shall be required for each building having a gross floor area of 10,000 to 29,999 square feet. For such uses located in buildings having a gross floor area of 30,000 square feet or greater, an additional loading berth shall be required for any portion of each 50,000 square feet of gross floor area in addition to the original 29,999 square feet.

(3)

Office land uses. One loading berth shall be required for each building having a gross floor area of 10,000 to 99,999 square feet. For such uses located in buildings having a gross floor area of 100,000 square feet or greater, an additional loading berth shall be required for any portion of each 100,000 square feet of gross floor area in addition to the original 99,999 square feet.

(Ord. No. 16-07, 6-20-2016)