Off-Street Loading Requirements

Every building or structure hereafter constructed for commercial or industrial use shall provide adequate space for the off-street loading and unloading of vehicles.

5.2-1  Location of Loading Spaces.  Off-street loading spaces shall have unobstructed access to a public street, and shall be directly adjacent to the uses for which the spaces are required.

5.2-2  Dimensional Requirements.  No loading space shall be less than ten (10) feet wide and sixty (60) feet long.

5.2-3  Number of Loading Spaces Required.  One (1) loading space shall be required for the first twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of gross floor area, plus one (1) space for each additional twenty thousand (20,000) square feet, or fraction thereof, of gross floor area.  A waiver of these loading requirements may be granted, at the discretion of the zoning officer, when it can be substantiated that one (1) or more of the required loading spaces are unnecessary to accommodate an establishment's loading needs.

5.2-4  Exception for Main Street Area.  Notwithstanding the above, off-street loading shall not be required within the C-1 Urban Commercial District from Market Square to Monument Square.

5.2-5  Construction Requirements.  Every loading space which is developed or redeveloped after the effective date of this ordinance shall be subject to the approval of the division engineer.

5.2-6  Screening from Residential Properties.  Where a loading space is located on a lot which adjoins one (1) or more lots which are residentially zoned or have a residential use, a fence of solid appearance having a height of not less than six (6) feet, or an approved evergreen hedge having a height of not less than six (6) feet and a spacing between plants of not more than one and one half (1 1/2) times the initial height of said plants, shall be erected and maintained between such parking area and each adjacent residentially zoned lot which is either a residential use or residentially zoned.

(Ch. No. 6585, Sec. 1, 4-5-99)