§ 35-527. Off-Street Truck Loading Requirements.

(a)

General Requirements. Truck loading facilities, shall be required in all zones other than the "D" downtown district for structures containing uses devoted to businesses, industry, manufacturing, storage, warehousing, processing, offices, professional buildings, hotels, multiple family dwellings, hospitals, airports, railroad terminals, and any buildings of a commercial nature.

No structure shall be designed, erected, altered, used, or occupied unless the off-street truck loading facilities herein required are provided. In the event that structures are enlarged, expanded, or changed, the structures shall not be used, occupied, or operated unless there is provided at least the amount of off-street truck loading facilities that would be required if the increment were a separate structure.

(b)

Responsibility. The provision for and maintenance of the off-street truck loading facilities shall be the joint and several responsibility of the operator and owner of the land upon which the structure requiring the facilities is located.

(c)

Types and Location. There shall be two (2) sizes of off-street truck loading spaces designated "large" and "small." Each large space shall have an overhead clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet, shall be at least twelve (12) feet wide, and shall be at least fifty (50) feet long, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, platform, and other appurtenances. Each small space shall have an overhead clearance of at least ten (10) feet, shall be at least eight (8) feet wide, and shall be at least twenty (20) feet long, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, platform and other appurtenances.

(d)

Location. Off-street truck loading facilities shall be located on the same lot on which the structure for which they are provided is located; provided, however, that facilities provided under cooperative arrangement as hereinafter permitted may be located on another site not more than three hundred (300) feet from the structure for which they are provided. Service entrances and service yards shall be located only in the rear or side yard. Service yards shall be screened from adjacent residentially zoned or used property by the installation of a bufferyard as set forth the landscaping standards of this chapter.

(e)

Construction and Maintenance. Off-street truck facilities shall be constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with the following specifications:

(1)

Drainage and Surfacing. Areas shall be properly graded for drainage, surfaced with concrete, asphaltic concrete, or asphalt, and maintained in good condition free of weeds, dust, trash, and debris.

(2)

Protective Screen Fencing. Areas shall be provided with protective screen fencing such that occupants of adjacent structures are not unreasonably disturbed by the movement of vehicles either during the day or night.

(3)

Lighting. Lighting facilities shall be so arranged that they neither unreasonably disturb occupants of adjacent residential properties nor interfere with traffic.

(4)

Entrances and Exits. Areas shall be provided with entrances and exits so located as to minimize traffic congestion.

(f)

Combined facilities. Requirements for the provision of off-street truck loading facilities with respect to two (2) or more structures may be satisfied by the permanent allocation of the requisite number of spaces for each use in a common truck loading facility, cooperatively established and operated; provided, however, that the total number of spaces designated is not less than the sum of the individual requirements unless, in the opinion of the director of planning and development services, a lesser number of spaces will be adequate, taking into account the respective times of usage of the truck loading facilities by the individual users, the character of the merchandise, and related factors. In order to eliminate a multiplicity of individual facilities, to conserve space where space is at a premium, and to promote orderly development generally, the director of planning and development services is hereby authorized to plan and group off-street truck loading facilities cooperatively for a number of structures requiring such facilities within close proximity to one another in a given area in such manner as to obtain maximum efficiency and capacity, provided consent thereto is obtained from the participants in the cooperative plan.

(g)

Minimum Requirements; Area. The following minimum truck loading spaces shall be provided in all districts for structures containing the uses enumerated in Table 527-3:

Table 527-3
Minimum Truck Loading Spaces

Square Feet of Gross Floor Area in Structure	Required Number of Spaces
0 up to and including 12,500	1 (small)
12,501 up to and including 25,000	2 (small)
25,001 up to and including 40,000	1 (large)
40,001 up to and including 100,000	2 (large)
For each additional 80,000 over 100,000	1 (large)

 

(h)

Waiver. The director of planning and development services is authorized to waive the off-street loading requirements for structures that are required to provide and maintain fewer than five (5) off-street parking spaces, or any other structure if the design and the proposed use of the structure shows no need of off-street loading.

(Ord. No. 98697 § 1)