Off-Street Loading Requirements
7.5 OFF-STREET LOADING REQUIREMENTS
7.5.1 Required Conditions for Off-Street Loading
A. Off-street loading facilities shall be provided and maintained. In all Districts in conjunction with every building hereafter erected, structurally altered and occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, retail or wholesale store, laundry, dry cleaning, hotel, hospital, laboratory, office building, college and other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by motor vehicles of materials or merchandise.
B. Such facilities shall be erected in any district where required after adoption of this Ordinance in accordance with the requirements of this Section.
7.5.2 Location of Facilities
A. Loading facilities, whether docks or spaces, shall be:
(1) Adjacent to, partly within, or completely enclosed within structure.
(2) On the same lot as the building or use they are intended to serve.
(3) On private property, laid out so that access is not provided directly from a public way, but is from an intervening driveway or maneuvering area.
(4) In any Industrial District, no loading facility shall be permitted closer than one hundred (100) feet to any residential use or residential district.
7.5.3 Design of Loading Facilities
A. Each loading bay shall be not less than twelve (12) feet in width, fourteen (14) feet in height, and twenty-five (25) feet in length for normal usage and sixty (60) feet in length for tractor-trailer usage (exclusive of platforms, maneuvering space, access drives and screening).
B. Required loading bays shall include sufficient reserve space on the lot in addition to the bays so that vehicles can be maneuvered into position without interference with streets or required off-street parking.
C. Entrance and exits to loading areas shall be located not less than fifty (50) feet from any street intersection.
7.5.4 Other Requirements
A. Areas of facilities designed for off-street loading shall be used exclusively for loading, maneuvering access and landscaping. They shall not be used in a manner which will interfere with their required purpose, nor satisfy the off-street parking requirements.
B. Off-street loading facilities shall not be reduced in number or encroached upon in any manner after their initial provision unless a change in use occurs which permits a reduction in quantity.
C. No part of an off-street loading facility required for any building or use shall be included as part of a loading facility similarly required for another building or use unless the Board finds that the type of building or use indicates that the usage or the loading facilities will not occur simultaneously.
7.5.5 Required Loading Spaces
A. For each commercial and industrial enterprise of over two thousand and five hundred (2,500) square feet of gross floor or ground area in which commodities are sold, displayed, serviced, repaired, altered, or fabricated as the principal use of the enterprise, the first off-street loading space shall be required for the first ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross floor area. Thereafter, one off-street loading space shall be required for every additional forty thousand (40,000) square feet of gross floor area.
B. Additional off-street loading spaces shall be required by the Building Official when necessary to provide adequate area for off-street loading. Detailed plans for off-street loading may be required before the issuance of any building permit.