Lafayette City Zoning Code
§ 13-13.8
Off-Street Loading.
[Ord. No. 2012-06 § 13-13.8]
a.
Off-street loading is to be located in the side or rear of the building. A buffer strip consisting of a screened wall, screened fence, or dense screen planting shall be created which will obscure vision of the loading area from the public roadway.
b.
Off-street loading shall be located so that no parking area, driveway or street right-of-way is at any time used by parked vehicles or for the final maneuvering of vehicles into the loading space. Each space shall measure a minimum of 12 feet in width by 45 feet in length with 15 feet of vertical clearance.
c.
Each use shall provide sufficient off-street loading facilities to accommodate the type vehicles used for the delivery and distribution needs of that use. The following uses shall have these minimum requirements:
1.
Manufacturing, fabrication, assembly and laboratory operations, a minimum of one space with a second space required at 30,000 square feet of gross floor area plus one space for each multiple of 30,000 square feet thereafter.
2.
Warehouses shall have at least one space with a second space required at 20,000 square feet of gross floor area plus one space for each multiple of 20,000 square feet thereafter.
3.
Office buildings and clinics shall have at least one designated area for loading and unloading that may have smaller dimensions than those outlined above except that when the gross floor area reaches 10,000 square feet, at least one loading space is required with a second space required at 50,000 square feet of gross floor area plus one space for each multiple of 50,000 square feet thereafter.