§ 82-16.410. Loading spaces.

(a)

In any zoning district, each building or facility with a gross floor area of ten thousand or more square feet that is used for manufacturing, storage, warehousing, displaying of goods, retail sales, wholesale sales, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning, or other land use that requires the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials and merchandise, must include off-street loading space on the same lot as that building or facility. The required amount of off-street loading space is based on the size of the building or facility that it serves, calculated as follows:

(1)

Ten thousand to twenty thousand square feet of gross floor area, one space.

(2)

Twenty thousand one to thirty thousand square feet of gross floor area, two spaces.

(3)

Thirty thousand one to forty-five thousand square feet of gross floor area, three spaces.

(4)

Forty-five thousand one to seventy-five thousand square feet of gross floor area, four spaces.

(5)

Over seventy-five thousand square feet of gross floor area, one additional space for each additional seventy-five thousand square feet of gross floor area, or portion thereof.

(b)

Each off-street loading space must meet the following requirements:

(1)

Each loading space must be located so that:

(A)

It is accessible from a public street; and

(B)

Any vehicle that regularly uses it does not encroach within any sidewalk or street right-of-way, or within any required front yard or side yard of the building or facility that it serves.

(2)

Each loading space must have a minimum unobstructed width of ten feet, a minimum unobstructed length of thirty-five feet, and a minimum unobstructed clearance height of fifteen feet for the entire length and width of the loading space.

(3)

Each loading space required by this section must be permanently maintained during the existence of the building or facility that it serves, and must be used only for loading and unloading purposes. No part of a required loading space may be encroached upon by buildings or temporary structures, or used for storage or any other activity not related to loading or unloading.

(Ord. No. 2012-12, § II, 10-16-12)