Loading; number of required spaces

(a) Minimum number of spaces required. The minimum number of off-street loading spaces required for each commercial, industrial and institutional use shall be as set forth in the following tables. The zoning enforcement officer shall determine the appropriate category of this table where the use is not therein specified. Where the resulting number of spaces includes a fraction thereof, the required number of spaces shall be rounded up to the next highest integer.

• (1) Retail, wholesale, manufacturing and storage uses. Loading spaces for retail, wholesale, manufacturing and storage uses shall be as follows:

  GFA of Use	Minimum Number of Loading Spaces
  3,000—19,999 sq. ft. GFA	1
  20,000—40,000 sq. ft. GFA	2
  Each 60,000 sq. ft. GFA over 40,000	1

• (2) Hotel/motel, restaurant, office and institutional uses. Loading spaces for hotel/motel, restaurant, office and institutional uses shall be as follows:

  GFA of Use	Minimum Number of Loading Spaces
  5,000—40,000 sq. ft. GFA	1
  Each 100,000 sq. ft. GFA over 40,000	1

(b) Exemption from loading requirements in downtown and waterfront zones. In order to provide incentive for existing and new uses in the downtown (D) and waterfront (W) zones, retail, office, institutional and residential uses within the D and W zones having less than 40,000 square feet of gross floor area shall be exempt from loading requirements. See subsection 28-150(h)d.6. regarding loading zones associated with a formula business.