§ 400-94
Off-street loading requirements
All commercial and industrial structures shall provide off-street loading facilities. Plans and specifications for such loading facilities shall be submitted at the time of application for a permit for the main use.
- A. Location of facilities.
- (1) The off-street loading spaces required by this chapter shall in all cases be on the same or a contiguous lot or parcel of land as the use or structure they are intended to serve. In no case shall any required off-street loading space be part of an area used to satisfy the off-street parking requirements.
- (2) Loading bays shall be located at the side or the rear of the structure they are intended to serve. Where practicable, such loading bays shall not be visible from a public highway.
- (3) No area designated as a loading space shall be located within 50 feet of a Rural, Farming, Residential District boundary.
- (4) Where a loading facility abuts a Rural, Farming, Residential District, the restrictions contained in § 400-92C shall apply.
- B. Requirements.
- (1) For each nonresidential use or structure equal to or less than 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or ground area in which commodities are sold, displayed, serviced, repaired, altered or fabricated as the principal use of the parcel or lot, one off-street loading space of at least 300 square feet in area shall be provided.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
- (2) For each nonresidential use or structure of over 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or ground area in which commodities are sold, displayed, serviced, repaired, altered or fabricated as the principal use of the parcel or lot, one off-street loading space with minimum dimensions of at least 60 feet by 12 feet and with minimum overhead clearance of 14 feet shall be provided.
- (3) Additional off-street loading space shall be required by the Zoning Inspector when necessary to provide adequate area for off-street loading. Detailed plans for off-street loading space provision and use may be required before the issuance of a zoning permit.
- (1) For each nonresidential use or structure equal to or less than 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or ground area in which commodities are sold, displayed, serviced, repaired, altered or fabricated as the principal use of the parcel or lot, one off-street loading space of at least 300 square feet in area shall be provided.