Off-Street Loading Regulations
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- 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.
- Change in use compliance
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.
- Pavement material requirements
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.
- Restrictions on use of loading areas
Off-street loading areas shall not be used for sales, outdoor storage, repair, dismantling or servicing of vehicles of any type.
- Minimum vertical clearance14 ft
vertical clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet
- Minimum loading space length35 ft
Off-street loading spaces shall be at least thirty-five (35) feet long
- Minimum loading space width11 ft
eleven (11) feet wide
- Reduced loading space length in multi-building commercial/industrial projects30 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
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.