Pittston City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXIII
Loading Spaces
§ 480-91 General.
Off-street loading spaces shall be provided in compliance with this chapter whenever any building is erected, altered, enlarged, converted or increased in size or capacity.
Exception: These regulations shall not apply to the Central Business District.
§ 480-92 Loading space requirements.
A.
The off-street loading spaces required for each use permitted by this Code shall not be less than that found in Table 480-92, provided that any fractional parking space is computed as a whole space.
Exception: These regulations shall not apply to the Central Business District. The required number of off-street loading spaces shall be determined by the Planning Commission and the Zoning Hearing Board.
Table 480-92 Off-Street Loading Space Schedule | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Use | Building Area (square feet) | ||||
0 < 20K | 20 < 50K | 50 < 100K | 100 < 200K | Per additional 100K | |
Automotive | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Business park | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Commercial recreation | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Financial | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Food service | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Health care, including assisted living/long-term care centers | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Industrial service | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Office | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Personal services | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Public facilities | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Residential | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Retail | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Transportation | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
All others | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
B.
Where there is a combination of uses on a lot, the required number of loading spaces shall be the sum of that found for each use.
C.
The loading spaces required by this Code shall be provided on the same lot as the use or where the exclusive use of such is provided on another lot not more than 500 feet radially from the subject lot within the same or less-restrictive zoning district.
D.
Accessible parking spaces and passenger loading zones shall be provided in accordance with the building code. Passenger loading zones shall be designed and constructed in accordance with ICC A117.1.
E.
Each loading space shall have a clear height of 14 feet and shall be directly accessible through a usable door not less than three feet in width and six feet eight inches high. The minimum area of a loading space shall be 400 square feet and the minimum dimensions shall be 20 feet long and 10 feet deep.
