§ 9162.62. Truck Loading and Maneuvering - Design Standards for Truck Loading… — Carson Zoning Code

A. The following standards shall be mandatory in connection with the design and construction of truck loading facilities, maneuvering areas, and parking and stacking spaces.
1. Loading zones, loading areas, loading and off-loading operations, and on-site truck movements shall be designed or arranged so as to minimize interference with, and not constitute a hazard to, pedestrian traffic, automobile maneuvering and parking, access to ramps and wells, and other on-site activities.
2. The site containing a truck loading facility shall be designed to safely accommodate on-site maneuvers of double body trucks and to permit such trucks to enter and exit the site in a forward direction and thereby avoid backing from or into a public street.
3. A truck loading facility, whether involving a loading ramp, well or dock, shall be designed and constructed so as to provide for double body truck loading and maneuvering.
B. The following standards shall, to the extent feasible, apply to the design and construction of truck loading facilities, maneuvering areas, and parking and stacking spaces:
1. Provide for safe ingress of trucks from a public street or alley. Trucks must be able to access a site by turning right from a position with the left side of the vehicle not more than twenty (20) feet from the right curb face or, if none, the edge of the pavement. On the left side of any one-way street, trucks must be able to access a site by turning left from a position with the right side of the vehicle not more than twenty (20) feet from the left curb face or, if none, the edge of the pavement.
2. Locate and design truck loading facilities so as to minimize exposure to the public view. These facilities are required to be screened from public view by landscaping, buildings or walls.
3. Provide for the safe egress of trucks into a public street or alley by designing driveway accesses so that trucks can make a right turn from the driveway without encroaching on to any raised or marked median, or driving to the left of a double yellow stripe. Left turns are permitted.
4. Avoid any public nuisance or hazard, such as tracking of mud, or blowing and spillage of loose cargo.
5. Avoid on-site backing maneuvers of more than two hundred (200) feet to position a truck into the area of a loading facility.
6. Ensure that locations of loading facilities do not block on-site traffic flow or required automobile parking spaces.
7. Off-set driveway locations to discourage the direct backing of trucks from the street to the area of a loading facility.
8. Ensure that all areas for truck maneuvering and loading facilities, including the complete turning radii, are clear and unobstructed at all times.
9. Design all paving, bumper guards, landing strips, wells, ramps, etc., to facilitate easy maintenance.

Design the site to encourage trucks to circulate in a counterclockwise direction, since lefthand turns by large vehicles enable the driver to see more easily the rear of the vehicle.
Set back entry driveway gating far enough to allow a truck of the required size (thirty-three (33) or fifty-five (55) feet) to stop completely off the public right-of-way when the gate is closed.

(Ord. 87-821 § 15; Ord. 79-479 § 10)