§ 36-380. Loading and unloading space requirements.

(a)

Intent and purpose. In order to prevent undue interference with public use of streets and alleys, every manufacturing, storage, warehouse, department store, wholesale store, retail store, hotel, hospital, laundry, dairy, mortuary and other uses similarly and customarily receiving or distributing goods by motor vehicle shall provide space on the premises for that number of vehicles that will be at the premises at the same time on an average day of full use. (This requirement is waived in the B-1 district.)

(b)

Additional parking space. Loading space required under this section shall be provided as area additional to off-street parking space as required under this article and shall not be considered as supplying off-street parking space.

(c)

Space requirements. There shall be provided adequate space for standing, loading and unloading service not less than 12 feet in width, 25 feet in length, and 14 feet in height, open or enclosed, for uses listed in the following table, or for similar uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution by vehicles of material or merchandise:

Use	Floor Area (square feet)	Required Space
Commercial uses, such as retail stores, personal services, amusement, automotive service	First 2,000	None
	Next 20,000 or fraction thereof	1
	Each additional 20,000 or fraction thereof	1
Hotels, offices	First 2,000	None
	Next 50,000 or fraction thereof	1
	Each additional 100,000 or fraction thereof	1
Wholesale and storage, including building and contractor's yards	First 20,000	1
	Each additional 20,000 or fraction thereof	1
Manufacturing uses	First 20,000 or fraction thereof	1
	Each additional 20,000 or fraction thereof	1
Funeral homes and mortuaries	First 5,000 or fraction thereof	1
	Each additional 10,000 or fraction thereof	1
Hospitals	First 20,000	1,
	Next 100,000 or fraction thereof	1
	Each additional 200,000 or fraction thereof	1
Schools, churches, clubs, public assembly buildings	For each building	1
For similar uses not listed	For each building 5,000 or over	1

 

(d)

Access. Access to a truck standing, loading and unloading space shall be provided directly from a public street or alley and such space shall be so arranged to provide sufficient off-street maneuvering space as well as adequate ingress and egress to and from a street or alley.

(e)

Screening. All loading and unloading areas and outside storage areas, including areas for the storage of trash, which face or are visible from residential properties or public thoroughfares, shall be screened by a vertical screen consisting of structural (fence) or plant materials no less than six feet in height.

(Code 1991, § 19-292; Ord. No. 83, § 14.05, 4-16-1984; Ord. No. 83.4, 2-15-1989)