Sec. 26-94. - Off-street loading requirements.

The purpose of off-street loading requirements is to provide the number, size, location, and screening requirements for loading areas in various types of developments and uses. The intent of these regulations is to minimize disruptions of traffic flow and vehicular and pedestrian conflicts through adequate sizing and siting of these facilities.

(a)

Loading areas for goods and materials. The following requirements shall apply to loading areas for goods and materials.

(1)

Loading regulations shall apply to all industrial, commercial, office and similar land uses. Buildings or tenant spaces smaller than ten thousand (10,000) square feet in size are exempt from the requirements of this section.

(2)

General loading area requirements. The number of required loading areas is based on the use of the building and the building size, subtracted by the area of any residential component, as described in table 3- 6, below. Where two (2) or more uses are located on the same lot, the number of loading area spaces required is the sum of the spaces required for each use.

Table 3-6 Required Minimum Loading Spaces

Land Use Loading Spaces Required

(3)

Loading area standards.

a.

The loading space(s) required by this section may be construed as either a dock (where a trick back up directly into a building or platform and goods may be unloaded from the floor of the truck to the floor of the building or platform without the use of a ramp or lift gate) or a designated loading area such as a paved area (with appropriate striping and/or signage), as appropriate for the use and development, subject to the approval of the review authority.

b.

Loading spaces for all uses shall be at least ten (10) feet in width and thirty-five (35) in length, with fourteen (14) feet of vertical distance, except for office uses, where loading spaces shall be at least ten (10) in width and twenty-five (25) in length.

c.

Loading areas shall comply with the applicable screening standards provided in division 4 of this article.

d.

Loading and maneuvering areas shall be hard surfaced unless a permeable surface is required to reduce surface runoff, as determined by the City.

e.

Parking of passenger vehicles may be allowed in off street loading areas subject to specific time limits to prevent conflicts with off street loading activities. If parking is allowed, the parking time limits shall be clearly posted. These parking spaces shall not count toward meeting parking requirements for the associated use.

(b)

Passenger loading areas. Public parking areas for development projects consisting of twenty-five thousand (25,000) square feet or more or shall designate a passenger loading area or areas for embarking and disembarking from ridesharing vehicles. Passenger loading areas shall be located at the point(s) of primary

pedestrian access from the parking area to the adjacent building, or buildings, and shall be designed in such a manner that vehicles waiting in line to the loading area do not impede vehicular circulation in the parking area. The passenger loading areas shall be designed as a turnout and shall be large enough to accommodate the number of waiting vehicles equivalent to one-half (0.5) percent of the required parking for the project. This requirement may also be applied to alternative parking designs such as the creation of passenger loading spaces. Parking spaces included within a proposed passenger loading areas shall count toward the requirement parking for the project.

(Ord. No. 2519, § 5(Exh. A), 2-20-24)

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