Off-Street Loading Regulations
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Pavement material requirement
All off-street loading areas shall be surfaced with asphalt, bituminous or concrete material, clay, brick or concrete paving units, and maintained in a smooth, well graded condition.
- ProhibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. uses of loading areas
Off-street loading areas shall not be used for sales, outdoor storage, repair, dismantling or servicing of vehicles of any type.
- Compliance required on change of use
When the use of a building or lot, or any portion thereof, is changed or enlarged, full compliance with the off-street loading regulations shall be required.
- Accessibility requirements
Each off-street loading space shall be directly accessible from a street or alley without crossing or entering any other off-street loading space. Loading spaces shall be accessible from the interior of the building it serves and arranged for safe and convenient ingress and egress by truck and truck and trailer combinations. In addition, loading spaces shall be designed so that no truck or trailer is required to back from such space directly onto a public right-of-way, except alleys.
- Loading spaces required (10,000-60,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.)1 spaces
One loading space is required for buildings with 10,000 sq. ft. or more, up to 60,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area.
- Loading spaces required (>60,000 sq ftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.)2 spaces
Two loading spaces are required for buildings with more than 60,000 gross sq. ft. of floor area.
- Minimum loading space length35 ft
Off-street loading spaces shall be at least thirty-five (35) feet long.
- Reduced loading space length (multi-building commercial/industrial)30 ft
In commercial and industrial projects of more than one building, some of the loading spaces may be reduced in length to thirty (30) feet in length if one standard sized space per building is provided.
- Minimum vertical clearance14 ft
Off-street loading spaces shall have a vertical clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet.
- Minimum loading space width11 ft
Off-street loading spaces shall be at least eleven (11) feet wide.
From the ordinance
One loading space is required for buildings with 10,000 sq. ft. or more, up to 60,000 sq. ft. of gross floor area. Two loading spaces are required for buildings with more than 60,000 gross sq. ft. of floor area.