Tenafly City Zoning Code
§ 35-804.2
Off-Street Loading Required.
[Ord. No. 97-29 § 804B; Ord. No. 10-24 § 36]
a.
For any building or premises used for business, commercial, industrial or storage purposes, or for an institution, funeral home, mortuary, or similar purposes, and which has a gross floor area aggregating 5,000 square feet or more devoted to such use, indoor or outdoor berths for the off-street loading and unloading of goods and materials shall be provided on the premises in accordance with the following schedule:
Land Use | Floor Area at Which First Berth is Required (Square Feet) | Floor Area at Which Second Berth is Required (Square Feet) |
|---|---|---|
Industrial, manufacturing | 5,000 | 40,000 |
Laboratory, research or Commercial | 5,000 | 40,000 |
Retail | 15,000 | 40,000 |
Personal Service establishments | 15,000 | 40,000 |
Commercial recreation | 15,000 | 100,000 |
Restaurant | 15,000 | 25,000 |
Office buildings | 15,000 | 100,000 |
Funeral home | 20,000 | 100,000 |
Institutional, public schools | 20,000 | 100,000 |
Nursing homes | 10,000 | 100,000 |
b.
Except for required buffer areas, each such loading space may occupy any required side or rear yard but shall not be located in any required front yard. When adjoining a residential use, institutional use or place of general assembly, a screened or landscaped buffer shall be provided.
c.
Off-street loading spaces shall not be located within any fire prevention zone, within 25 feet of any fire hydrant or within 10 feet of any stairway, doorway, elevator or other general means of entry to and from a building for the general public, nor shall it block, or in any way interfere, with the free flow of pedestrians from any means of ingress or egress nor shall it interfere with the free flow of pedestrians or vehicles. All such loading spaces shall be appropriately indicated by a sign or other visual communication as to said location.
d.
All loading and unloading shall be conducted entirely within the boundaries of the lot concerned, and no vehicle or conveyance shall, in any manner, use public streets, sidewalks or rights-of-way for loading or unloading operations other than ingress or egress to the lot.