§ 44-332. Off-street loading and unloading requirements.

In connection with every use, except in the CBD, single-family, two-family and multiple-family dwelling unit structures, there shall be provided on the same lot with such buildings, off-street loading and unloading spaces for permitted or special uses which customarily receive or distribute materials or merchandise or provide services by vehicle as follows:

(1)

Plans and specifications showing required loading and unloading spaces, including the means of ingress and egress and interior circulation, shall be submitted to the planning commission for review at the time of application for a zoning permit for the establishment or enlargement of a use of land, building or structure.

(2)

Each off-street loading-unloading space shall not be less than ten feet in width, 80 feet in length, and, if a roofed space, 15 feet in height.

(3)

A loading/unloading space may occupy all or any part of any required side or rear yard. No part of a required front yard may be occupied by a loading space.

(4)

A loading/unloading space shall not be located closer than 50 feet to any residential lot or parcel unless wholly within a completely enclosed building, or unless enclosed on all sides by a berm, wall, fence, or compact planting not less than six feet in height.

(5)

When two or more uses are located on a lot or parcel, the total requirements for off-street loading/unloading facilities shall be the sum of all the uses computed separately.

(6)

All off-street loading/unloading facilities that make it necessary to back out directly into a public street shall be prohibited.

(7)

Off-street loading spaces and access drives shall be hard-surface paved, drained, lighted and shall have appropriate bumper or wheel guards where needed.

(8)

All lights used for illumination shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from the adjoining premises and streets, and no light source shall be visible beyond the property lines of a lot or parcel upon which they are located.

(9)

Off-street loading/unloading requirements for motels, hospitals, funeral homes and mortuaries, public assembly structures, offices, retail, wholesale, industrial or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution by trucks, having over 5,000 square feet of gross floor area, shall be provided with at least one off-street loading/unloading space, and for every additional 20,000 square feet of gross floor space or fraction thereof shall provide one additional loading/unloading space.

(10)

If a use is not specifically listed, the requirements of a similar or related use shall apply, as determined by the zoning board of appeals.

(Code 1992, § 24-315; Ord. No. 304, § 905, 6-2-2003)