Sec. 1104 - Off-street loading facilities required

In any district, in connection with every building or part thereof hereafter erected and having a gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or more, which is to be occupied by manufacturing, storage, warehouse, goods display, retail store, wholesale store, market, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning or other uses similarly requiring the receipt or distribution by vehicles of materials or merchandise, there shall be provided and maintained, on the same parcel with such building, at least one off-street loading space, plus one additional off-street loading space for each 20,000 square feet or major fraction thereof of gross floor area.

(Ord. No. 2015-01, § 1, 4-8-2015)

Sec. 1105 - Standards for off-street loading facilities

Off-street loading facilities shall confirm with the following standards:

A.

Each loading berth shall be of a length and width, and shall have an overhead clearance sufficient to accommodate fully the maximum size of vehicles used in loading or unloading operations.

B.

Sufficient room for the turning and maneuvering of vehicles shall be provided on the site.

C.

Entrances and exits shall be provided at locations approved under site plan review procedures of this code.

D.

The loading area, access drives and aisles shall be paved so as to provide a durable, dustless surface and shall be so graded and drained as to dispose of surface water, with the design and specifications of such work subject to city standards and approval of the city engineer.

E.

Bumper rails or other barriers shall be provided where needed for safety or to protect property, as determined by the public works director.

F.

If the loading area is illuminated, lighting shall be deflected away from abutting sites so as not to cause annoying glare to such sites.

G.

A loading area shall not be located in a required front yard. A loading area may be located in a required side or rear yard.

H.

No commercial repair work or servicing of vehicles shall be conducted in an off-street loading area.

(Ord. No. 2015-01, § 1, 4-8-2015)

Sec. 1106 - Location of off-street parking and off-street loading facilities

Off-street parking and off-street loading facilities shall be located on the same site with the use for which the berths are required or on an adjoining site, except that within the central commercial district, off-street loading is not required. No off-street loading space shall be required where buildings are serviced by a public alley.

(Ord. No. 2015-01, § 1, 4-8-2015)

Sec. 1107 - Screening, fencing and landscaping

A.

Where an off-street parking area in a C district adjoins a UR, R, or RM district, an ornamental solid wall or fence, vine-covered open fence, or compact screening device, as may be required under site plan review, shall be located on the property line common to such districts, except in a required front yard.

B.

In a RM, C, or I district, not less than five percent of the interior of a parking area shall be landscaped with trees and other plant materials suitable for ornamentation. Landscaped areas shall be distributed throughout the parking area to the extent practical in consideration of the size and design of the parking area. Shade trees approved by the city shall be provided within off-street parking areas at a ratio of approximately one tree per five parking spaces, placed along the line between parking bays and at both ends of a line of parking spaces, and served by automatic irrigation.

(Ord. No. 2015-01, § 1, 4-8-2015)