In all districts, all structures built and all
uses established hereinafter shall provide accessory off-street loading
spaces in accordance with the following regulations. When an existing
structure or use is expanded, accessory off-street loading spaces
shall be provided in accordance with the following regulations for
the area or capacity of such expansion.
A.
All required off-street loading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use served, provided that the Zoning Administrator may waive such location requirement in those instances where the provisions of Subsection B below are satisfied.
B.
Required off-street loading spaces may be provided
cooperatively for two or more uses, subject to arrangements that shall
assure the permanent availability of such spaces to the satisfaction
of the Zoning Administrator.
C.
All required off-street loading spaces and their appurtenant
aisles and driveways shall be deemed to be required space on the lot
on which the same are situated and shall not be encroached upon or
reduced in any manner except upon approval by the Zoning Administrator
in either of the following circumstances:
(1)
Such space may be reduced by the amount to which other
space, conforming to the provisions of this chapter, is provided for
the use that is involved; or
(2)
Such space may be reduced in an amount justified by
a reduction in the need for such space by reason of a reduction in
the size or change in the nature of the use to which such is appurtenant.
D.
No loading space or berth shall be located within
40 feet of the nearest point of intersection to the edges of the travelway
or the curbs of any two streets.
E.
No loading space or berth shall be located in a required
front yard, and any loading space or berth located in a required rear
yard shall be either underground or open to the sky.
F.
No required off-street loading area shall be used
to satisfy the space requirement for any off-street parking facilities,
and no loading area shall be so located as to interfere with the free
circulation of vehicles in any off-street parking area.
G.
No motor vehicle repair work, except emergency service,
shall be permitted in association with any required off-street loading
facility.
H.
All off-street loading spaces shall be provided with
safe and convenient access to a street. If any such space is located
contiguous to a street, the street side thereof shall be curbed and
ingress and egress shall be provided only through driveway openings
through the curb of such dimension, location and construction as may
be approved by the Zoning Administrator in accordance with adopted
specifications.
I.
All off-street loading areas, including aisles and
driveways, shall be constructed and maintained with a dustless surface.
All runoff shall be directed to a stormwater management structure,
preferably incorporating LID design standards.
[Amended 1-7-2008]
J.
In no event shall the required dimensions be less
than 15 feet wide, 25 feet long and 15 feet high except that where
one such loading space has been provided, any additional loading space
lying alongside, contiguous to and not separated from such first loading
space need not be wider than 12 feet.
L.
Where a given use or building contains a combination
of uses as set forth in the following subsections, loading facilities
shall be provided on the basis of the sum of the required spaces for
each use.
M.
If there is uncertainty with respect to the amount
of loading space required by the provisions of this chapter, as a
result of an indefiniteness as to the proposed use of a building or
land, the maximum requirement for the general type of use that is
involved shall govern.
N.
Uses for which off-street loading facilities are required
by this article, but which are located in buildings that have a gross
floor area that is less than the minimum above, shall be provided
with adequate receiving facilities as determined by the Zoning Administrator.
Minimum off-street loading spaces accessory
to the uses hereinafter designated shall be provided in accordance
with the following schedule:
A.
Standards. Each standard shall require loading spaces
as follows:
(1)
Standard A: one space for the first 5,000 square feet
of gross floor area plus one space for each additional 30,000 square
feet or major fraction thereof.
(2)
Standard B: one space for the first 10,000 square
feet of gross floor area plus one space for each additional 15,000
square feet or major fraction thereof.
(3)
Standard C: one space for the first 10,000 square
feet of gross floor area plus one space for each additional 20,000
square feet or major fraction thereof.
(4)
Standard D: one space for the first 10,000 square
feet of gross floor area plus one space for each additional 25,000
square feet or major fraction thereof.
(5)
Standard E: one space for the first 10,000 square
feet of gross floor area plus one space for each additional 30,000
square feet or major fraction thereof.
(6)
Standard F: one space for the first 10,000 square
feet of gross floor area plus one space for each additional 100,000
square feet or major fraction thereof.
(7)
Standard G: one space for the first 25,000 square
feet of gross floor area plus one space for each additional 100,000
square feet or major fraction thereof.
B.
Required spaces. Uses shall provide off-street loading
space according to the standards set forth below:
(1)
Bowling alley or other similar commercial recreational
establishment: Standard F.
(2)
Business service or supply service establishment:
Standard C.
(3)
College or university: Standard F.
(4)
Dwelling, multiple-family: Standard G.
(5)
Eating establishment: Standard D.
(6)
Financial institution: Standard C.
(7)
Funeral chapel or funeral home: Standard F.
(8)
Hospital: Standard F.
(9)
Hotel or motel: Standard F.
(10)
Manufacturing establishment or establishment
for production, processing, assembly, compounding, preparation, cleaning,
testing, repair or storage of materials and goods or products and
business offices accessory thereto: Standard A.
(11)
Nursing or convalescent facility: Standard F.
(12)
Office: Standard C.
(13)
Personal service establishment: Standard B.
(14)
Repair service establishment: Standard B.
(15)
Retail sales establishment: Standard B.
(16)
School: Standard F.
(17)
Scientific research and development establishment:
Standard C.
(18)
Vehicle sale, rental and/or service establishment:
Standard A.
(19)
Warehousing establishment: Standard A.
(20)
Wholesale trade establishment: Standard E.
