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CHAPTER 63 - LOT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS

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63.460 OFF-STREET LOADING

Loading areas for uses which are involved in the shipment of goods, which receive merchandise or materials, or which need areas for the pickup/drop-off of persons, shall be provided in numbers sufficient to handle anticipated traffic, based on the characteristics of the shipping/receiving practices.  

1. The factors the Zoning Administrator shall consider in determining whether a loading area is required are:
   1. The amount of vehicle traffic devoted to loading/unloading activity.
   2. The possible interference with traffic movement or off-street parking the lack of separate loading area would create.
2. The factors the Zoning Administrator shall consider is determining the number of separate loading areas to require are:
   1. The nature of the loading activity (receiving only, shipping only, loading of persons, etc.).
   2. The frequency of deliveries or shipments.
   3. The amount of time it takes to load or unload.
   4. The time of day the loading activity will occur.

               

63.461

The standard size of the loading area shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width, 25 feet in length, with an unobstructed height of 14 feet.  The Zoning Administrator may permit a smaller area when presented with factual evidence indicating vehicles of smaller size will be used.  Where shipments or deliveries are made via tractor-trailer combinations, a larger loading area commensurate with anticipated vehicle size may be required.

63.462

Loading areas within a public right-of-way shall be acceptable provided the road authority has agreed to designate and post the loading area for such use.  Where the loading activity involves the movement of goods, safety hazards to vehicles and pedestrians within the right-of-way should be minimized.

63.463

Off-street loading areas shall not occupy any part of a required front yard.

63.464

Loading areas and driveways/aisles serving the loading area shall be improved with a durable material to control dust and drainage.

63.465

Required loading areas shall be ready for use at the time of final building inspection and permanently maintained for the life of the use.

63.466

In reviewing the proposed location of loading areas (off -street) , the Zoning Administrator shall be guided by the following principles:  

1. The loading area shall be located so that loading/unloading activity does not create interference in any public street right-of-way for vehicles.
2. Vehicle movements necessary to maneuver a vehicle into a loading area shall be planned so as not to require multiple backing or turning movements on any collector, arterial or expressway .  Deliveries shall be scheduled so as not to occur during peak hour periods on any collector, arterial or expressway.
3. Utilization of loading areas shall not interfere with any required off-street parking space or driveway/aisles providing access to such space (Loading of a short term nature may occupy one lane of a two-way aisle).
   
   
   
   
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