Chapter 17.100 OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING


Section 17.100.130 Off-street loading regulations.

    A.    It is the intent of this section to require all future commercial, business, institutional or industrial development to provide off-street loading facilities in order to guarantee full utilization of existing rights-of-way to accommodate present and future traffic demands. Off-street loading facilities are intended to provide adequate space to accommodate outside deliveries from large vehicles which cannot be functionally served by normal parking stalls. Off-street loading facilities must be located in such a manner that service vehicles do not block or intrude into public rights-of-way or block driveways or parking area circulation.
    B.    Loading and design:
    1.    All off-street loading spaces shall be designed to minimize impacts on adjacent properties.
    2.    In all cases, loading facilities shall be located on the same lot as the structure they are designed to serve. Required front or side yards cannot be used for loading. Off-street loading space shall not be included in an area used to satisfy off-street parking requirements.
    3.    Loading spaces shall be designed and located so vehicles using these spaces do not project into any public right-of-way or otherwise extend beyond property lines.
    4.    Loading spaces shall be designed and built so that no vehicles must back into or from an adjacent public street, except for minor access for heavy trucking in industrial zones on local access streets.
    C.    When a proposed structure is intended to be used concurrently for different purposes, final determination of required loading spaces shall be made by the zoning administrator provided the loading requirement for the combined uses shall not be less than the total of the requirement for each separate use.
    D.    Off-street loading spaces shall measure fifteen by sixty by fifteen feet high (15' x 60' x 15'). In the event that only one off-street loading space is required, it may measure twelve by thirty by fourteen feet and six inches high (12' x 30' x 14.5').
    E.    The minimum number of off-street loading spaces shall be required according to the following table:

1.  Industrial, manufacturing wholesale, warehouse, similar uses
5,000 -- 40,000 square feet
1 space
40,000 -- 60,000 square feet
2 spaces
60,000 -- 100,000 square feet
3 spaces
over 100,000 square feet
1 space for each 50,000 square feet or part thereof
2.  Offices, hotel/motel, restaurants
20,000 -- 60,000 square feet
1 space
60,000 -- 100,000 square feet
2 spaces
over 100,000 square feet
1 space for each 50,000 square feet or part thereof
3.  Hospitals, convalescent centers, nursing homes, similar institutions
10,000 -- 40,000 square feet
1 space
40,000 -- 100,000 square feet
2 spaces
over 100,000 square feet
2 spaces for each 50,000 square feet or part thereof
4.  Department stores, retail and other commercial uses
10,000 -- 20,000 square feet
1 space
20,000 -- 50,000 square feet
2 spaces
50,000 -- 100,000 square feet
3 spaces
over 100,000 square feet
1 space for each 50,000 square feet or part thereof
5.  Residential
No requirement

    F.    Refer to Chapter 17.76 for specific requirements for the CBD zoning district. (Ord. 225 (part), 2003)