Chapter 18.135
OFF-STREET LOADING AND UNLOADING REQUIREMENTS

Sections:

18.135.010    Off-street loading zones.

18.135.010 Off-street loading zones.

In all districts, and on the same premises with every building, structure, or part thereof, erected and occupied for manufacturing, storage, warehouse goods, display, a department store, a wholesale store, a market, a hotel, a hospital, or other uses similarly involving the receipt or distribution of vehicles or materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained on the lot adequate space for standing, loading, and unloading services adjacent to the opening used for loading and unloading in order to avoid undue interference with public use of the streets or alleys.

Off-street loading and unloading spaces shall be provided as follows:

(1) One off-street loading and unloading space shall be provided for buildings up to and including 20,000 square feet of floor area, plus one additional off-street loading and unloading space for each additional 20,000 square feet of floor area up to and including 100,000 square feet.

(2) There shall be provided one additional off-street loading and unloading space for each additional 40,000 square feet of floor area in excess of 100,000 square feet.

(3) Where trailer trucks are involved, such loading and unloading space shall be an area 12 feet by 40 feet, with a 14-foot height clearance, and shall be designed with appropriate means of truck access to a street or alley as well as adequate maneuvering area.

(4) All areas devoted to permanent off-street loading and unloading, as required under this chapter, shall be of a sealed-surface construction and maintained in such a manner that no dust will result from continuous use. (Zoning ordinance Art. 5, § 7).