Off-street loading berths shall be provided for any use specified herein. Any land which is developed shall be considered a single lot for the purpose of these loading requirements. Reasonable and appropriate off-street loading requirements for structures and uses which do no fall within the categories listed herein shall be determined by the Planning Board upon consideration of all factors entering into the loading needs of each use.
Off-street loading berths, open or enclosed, are permitted in any district, excepting residential districts, subject to the following provisions:
A. 
For a public library, museum or similar quasi-public institution or governmental building, community center, hospital or sanitarium, nursing or convalescent home, institution for children or the aging or school, if the gross floor area does not exceed 100,000 square feet, one berth; for each additional 100,000 square feet or fraction thereof, one additional berth, up to a maximum of four berths. Emergency entrances and patient and ambulance loading areas are not counted as loading berths.
B. 
For buildings with professional, governmental or business offices or laboratory establishments, if the gross floor area is less than 8,000 square feet, none; if the floor area amounts to between 8,000 and 40,000 square feet, one berth; between 40,000 and 100,000 square feet, two berths; for each additional 100,000 square feet or fraction thereof, one additional berth, up to a maximum of four berths. Drive-up lanes are not counted as loading berths.
C. 
For retail sales and service establishments:
Gross Floor Area
(square feet)
Number of Berths
Less than 8,000
None
8,000 to 15,000
1
15,000 to 40,000
2
40,000 to 100,000
3
More than 100,000
4
D. 
For undertakers and funeral homes, one berth for each chapel. Such berths shall be at least eight feet wide and 25 feet long and 10 feet high.
E. 
For hotels or other similar establishments, one berth for each 100,000 square feet of gross floor area, up to a maximum of four berths. Passenger or customer loading or pick up areas are not counted as loading berths.
F. 
For manufacturing, wholesale and storage uses, and for dry-cleaning and rug-cleaning establishments and laundries:
Gross Floor Area
(square feet)
Number of Berths
5,000 to 40,000
1
40,000 to 70,000
2
70,000 to 100,000
3
100,000 to 200,000
4
More than 200,000
5
G. 
For multiple dwelling(s), one berth for each 150 units or fraction thereof.
H. 
In the IPD District, sufficient to accommodate the usual needs of the faculty, staff and student body, without requiring such persons to load anywhere outside the district.
Except as provided herein before, each required loading berth shall be at least 12 feet wide, 44 feet long and 14 feet high.
Unobstructed access, at least 10 feet wide, to and from a street shall be provided. Such access may be combined with access to the parking lot. All permitted or required loading berths shall be on the same lot as the principal use. No off-street loading berth shall be located in any front yard, but all paved yards may be used for maneuvering room.
Permitted or required loading berths, open or enclosed, may be provided in spaces designed to serve jointly two or more adjacent establishments, provided that the number of required berths in such joint facilities shall not be less than the aggregate of all such requirements.
When a lot is located partly in one district and partly in another district, the regulations for the district requiring the greater number of loading berths shall apply to the entire lot. Loading berths on such lot may be located without regard to district lines, provided that not such berths shall be located in residential districts, unless they are permitted in that district or upon approval of the Planning Board.