Winthrop Harbor City Zoning Code
OFF-STREET LOADING
§ 154.190 LOCATION.
All required loading spaces or berths shall be located on the same lot as the use served. All motor vehicles, loading berths, and off-street access thereto which abut or are adjacent to a residence district shall be completely screened therefrom by building walls, or a uniformly painted solid fence, wall, or door, or any combination thereof, not less than five feet nor more than eight feet in height. No permitted or required loading space or berth shall be located within 40 feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets or highways. No loading space or berth shall be located in a required front or side yard, and any loading space or berth located in a required rear yard shall be open to the sky.
(Ord., passed 2-18-64)
§ 154.191 AREA.
Unless otherwise specified, a required off-street loading space or berth shall be ten feet in width by at least 25 feet in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least 15 feet.
(Ord., passed 2-18-64)
§ 154.192 ACCESS.
Each required off-street loading space or berth shall be designated with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street, highway, or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement.
(Ord., passed 2-18-64)
§ 154.193 SURFACING.
All open off-street loading shall be improved with a compacted select gravel base, not less than seven inches thick, surfaced with an all-weather, dustless material.
(Ord., passed 2-18-64)
§ 154.194 REPAIR AND SERVICE.
No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with any off- street loading facilities.
(Ord., passed 2-18-64)
§ 154.195 UTILIZATION.
Space allocated for any off-street loading berth shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirement for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.
(Ord., passed 2-18-64)
§ 154.196 MINIMUM FACILITIES.
Uses for which off-street loading facilities are required by this subchapter but which are located in buildings that have a gross floor area of less than 1,000 square feet shall be provided with adequate receiving facilities, accessible by motor vehicle, from any adjacent alley, service drive, or open space on the same lot.
(Ord., passed 2-18-64)
§ 154.197 LOADING BERTH REQUIREMENTS.
(A) No off-street loading facilities are required in any residential district.
(B) On the same lot with every building, or part thereof, erected hereafter for any use permitted in a business or industrial district, the following minimum off-street loading spaces shall be provided:
(1) In the B-1, B-2, and B-3 Districts, each of the following uses containing more than 1,000 square feet of gross floor area shall have at least one off-street loading space for each 100,000 square feet of gross floor area, or fraction thereof: banks, medical and dental clinics, business and professional office buildings, bowling alleys, dance halls, gymnasiums, indoor and outdoor theatres, and other amusement establishments. All other uses permitted in such districts shall provide off-street loading facilities in accordance with the following table:
Gross Floor Area In Thousands of Square Feet | Required Number and Size of Loading Spaces |
1-10 | 1 (10 feet × 25 feet) |
10-25 | 2 (10 feet × 25 feet each) |
25-40 | 2 (10 feet × 50 feet each) |
40-100 | 3 (10 feet × 50 feet each) |
Over 100 | 3 plus 1 (10 feet × 50 feet each) for each additional 100,000 square feet, or fraction thereof |
(2) In the I-1 and I-2 Districts, all uses shall provide off-street loading spaces in accordance with the following table:
Gross Floor Area In Thousands of Square Feet | Required Number and Size of Loading Spaces |
1-10 | 1 (10 feet × 25 feet) |
10-40 | 1 (10 feet × 50 feet) |
40-100 | 2 (10 feet × 50 feet each) |
Over 100 | 2 plus 1 (10 feet × 50 feet each) for each additional 100,000 square feet, or fraction thereof. |
(Ord., passed 2-18-64)