§ 16-28.015. Off-street loading requirements.

1.

Minimum off-street space shall be provided according to the following "Table of Loading Requirements." All loading berths shall provide vertical clearance of 14 feet. All loading access ways and areas shall provide a vertical clearance of 14 feet and shall not be located within the required sidewalk. All loading spaces shall be a minimum of 12 feet wide by 35 feet long.

TABLE OF LOADING REQUIREMENTS

	Unit of Measure	Required Loading Spaces (min. 12' x 35')
Residential Dwellings and Lodging	50 units or less	None
	51 to 200 units	1
	201 units and above	2
All Other Uses	Up to 15,000 sq. ft. floor area	None
	15,001 sq. ft. to 250,000 sq. ft. floor area	1
	250,001 sq. ft. and above	2

 

2.

Where legal on-street loading spaces of any width exist in a public right-of-way, one on-street loading space may be substituted for every required off-street loading space, provided the on-street space immediately abuts the subject property. Each on-street loading space shall only be counted for one property. Where a space straddles a property line (as projected into the right-of-way), the space shall only be counted by the owner whose property abuts 50 percent or more of the on-street loading space. The director of public works may determine that to ensure future roadway capacity, the on-street loading reduction may not be available.

3.

A reduction of off-street loading requirements may be approved by the director subject to a shared loading arrangement that avoids conflicting loading demands. Shared loading arrangements may include multiple uses on one or more contiguous lots. Shared loading may also include use of a legal on-street loading space identified in paragraph "2" immediately above.

4.

There are no off-street loading requirements for buildings and portions thereof built prior to 1965.

(Code 1977, § 16-28.015; Ord. No. 2019-09(18-O-1581), § 4.A, 1-31-19 )

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