Adequate space shall be provided to accommodate the loading and unloading of trucks, tractors and trailers servicing any commercial, service or industrial use. The standards required for the provisions of such spaces are described herein. Loading berth space which is utilized for the location of trash collection or compaction units shall be provided for and shall be in addition to the loading space requirements provided herein.

    A.    Area of Loading Berths or Space. A required off-street loading berth or space shall be at least twelve (12) feet in width and at least fifty (50) feet in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuver space, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet.

    B.    Access to Loading Areas. Each required off-street loading space or berth shall be afforded a means of vehicular access to a street, highway, or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movement as approved by the city engineer.

    C.    Surfacing. All open off-street loading shall be improved with a compacted select gravel base and surfaced with an all-weather dustless material, suitably designed for the intended use and approved by the city engineer.

    D.    Location. All loading berths or spaces shall be located at the side or rear of the building served.

    E.    Schedule of Off-Street Loading Spaces.

    1.    Offices: one loading space shall be provided for each such use having greater than six thousand (6,000) square feet of gross floor space.

    2.    Industrial, warehouse, service and retail uses: every building or use of land consisting of over three thousand (3,000) square feet of gross floor area designed or adaptable for retail business purposes, or warehouse, wholesale, manufacturing or service business use shall be provided with loading space as follows:

Up to 15,000 sq. ft.    1 space

15,000 to 50,000 sq. ft.    2 spaces

50,000 to 100,000 sq. ft.    3 spaces

Each additional 100,000 sq. ft.    1 additional

    space

    3.    Other similar uses: the city council (with the recommendation of the city planning commission and/or the city building inspector) shall determine to which of the above categories of loading regulation any specific use not listed above shall belong, or determine other appropriate standards for addition to this section by amendment whenever the above regulations prove inapplicable. (Ord. 1743 § 1 (part), 1999)