§ 4.05.06. Loading Space Requirements

A.

Generally.

1.

Off- street loading facilities are required by this LDC so that vehicles engaged in unloading will not encroach on or interfere with public use of streets and alleys by pedestrians and automotive vehicles and so that adequate space will be available for the unloading and loading off the street of goods, materials, or things for delivery or shipping.

2.

Off- street loading facilities supplied to meet the needs of one (1) use may not be considered as meeting the needs of another use. Off- street parking facilities may not be used for or counted as meeting off- street loading requirements.

3.

When the use of a structure or land or any part thereof is changed to a use requiring off- street loading facilities, the full amount of off- street loading space required shall be supplied and maintained. When any structure is enlarged or any use extended so that the size of the resulting occupancy requires off- street loading space , the full amount of such space shall be supplied and maintained for the structure or use in its enlarged or extended size.

4.

Each off- street loading space shall be directly accessible from a street or alley without crossing or entering any other required off- street loading space or off- street parking space. Such loading space shall be accessible from the interior of the building it serves and shall be arranged for convenient and safe ingress and egress by motor truck and/or trailer combination.

5.

Areas reserved for required off- street loading in accordance with the requirements of this LDC shall not be reduced in area or changed to any other use unless the permitted or permissible use that it serves is discontinued or modified or equivalent required off- street loading is provided in accordance with the requirements of this LDC. The areas immediately fronting an overhead door(s) shall not be counted towards meeting the off- street parking requirements of this LDC.

6.

Collective, joint, or combined provisions for off- street loading facilities for two (2) or more buildings or uses may be made, provided that such off- street loading facilities are equal in size and capacity to the combined requirements of the several buildings or uses and are designed, located, and arranged to be usable thereby.

B.

Requirements.

1.

Each retail store, warehouse, wholesale establishment, industrial activity, terminal, market, restaurant , funeral home, laundry, dry cleaning establishment, or similar use which has an aggregate floor area of:

Table 18. Required Loading Spaces.

Square Feet	Number of Spaces
5,000 but not over 10,000	1
10,000 but not over 20,000	2
20,000 but not over 50,000	3
Plus one additional off-street loading space for each additional 25,000 square feet over 50,000 square feet or major fraction thereof.

 

2.

For each auditorium, convention hall, exhibition hall, museum, hotel or motel , office building , sports arena or stadium, two (2) or more buildings or uses may be permitted to combine their off- street loading facilities, provided that such off- street loading facilities meet the requirements of this LDC, are equal in size and capacity to the combined requirements of the several buildings or uses, and are designed, located, and arranged to be usable thereby; hospitals , sanitariums, welfare institutions, or similar uses which have an aggregate gross floor area of: over 5,000 square feet, but not over 20,000 square feet: one (1) space; plus for each additional 25,000 square feet (over 20,000 square feet) or major fraction thereof: one (1) space.

3.

For facilities in this section not of sufficient size to meet the minimum requirements set forth therein, each such facility shall provide off- street loading on the property for the parking of a delivery vehicle to ensure that no deliveries or shipments of goods or products will require the use, however temporary, of any public right-of-way or required off- street parking space.

4.

Multi-family dwellings are exempt from the off- street loading space requirement, however the commercial components of mixed-use developments are still required to provide loading spaces according to Table 18 of this section.

5.

For any use not specifically mentioned, the requirements for off- street loading facilities for a use which is so mentioned and to which the unmentioned use is similar shall apply.

C.

Each loading space shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet by twenty (20) feet in size.

(Ord. No. 08-63, § 3.N)