§ 17.05. Loading Requirements and Standards.

Off-street loading facilities must be provided and permanently maintained by the owners and/or occupants, in C-1 Commercial and I-1 Industrial districts the accordance with the following provisions:

1.

Location of Loading Space. All required loading berths shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served. No loading berth for vehicles over two tons capacity shall be closer than fifty (50) feet to any property in a residential district unless completely enclosed by building walls, or a uniformly painted solid fence or wall, or any combination thereof, no less than six (6) feet in height. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within twenty-five (25) feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two streets.

2.

Size of Loading Space. Unless otherwise specified, a required loading berth shall be at least ten (10) feet in width and at least twenty-five (25) feet in length, exclusive of aisles and maneuvering space, and shall have a vertical clearance of the least fourteen (14) feet. The length of the berth shall be increased to a minimum of fifty-five (55) feet, if intended to serve semi-tractors and trailers.

3.

Access to Public Street or Road. Each required off-street loading berth shall be designed with appropriate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements.

4.

Pavement and Surfacing. All open off-street loading berths shall be concrete or asphalt according to standards established by the Village Engineer.

5.

Use of Loading Space for Vehicle Repair and Servicing. No motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind shall be permitted in conjunction with loading facilities provided in any residence or business district.

6.

Loading Space Cannot Serve as Off-Street Parking. Space allocated to any off-street loading area shall not, while so allocated, be used to satisfy the space requirements for any off-street parking facilities or portions thereof.

7.

Loading Space Requirement for Special Uses Not Herein Defined. For special uses other than prescribed hereinafter, loading berths adequate in number and size to serve such uses, as determined by the Zoning Administrator and approved by the Village Council shall be provided.

8.

Requirements in the C-1 Commercial District and Nonconforming Conditions. Uses for which off-street loading facilities are required herein but which are located in buildings of less floor area than the minimum prescribed for such required facilities, the building shall be provided with adequate receiving facilities off an adjacent alley, service drive or open space on the same lot which is accessible by motor vehicle.

9.

Schedule of Required Loading Spaces. For the uses listed herein, loading berths shall be provided on the basis of gross floor area of buildings or portions thereof devoted to such uses in the minimum amounts shown herein:

A.

Retail Stores. One (1) berth for each ten thousand (10,000) square feet of store area and fraction thereof of additional floor space.

B.

Hospitals, Group Homes, Hotels, Clubs, and Similar Uses. One (1) parking berth for the first twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of floor area, one additional berth for the next one hundred thirty thousand (130,000) square feet of floor area and an additional berth for each one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof additional floor space.

C.

Eating and Drinking Establishments. One (1) parking berth for the first twenty-five thousand (25,000 ) square feet of floor area and an additional berth for each twenty-fifty thousand (25,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof of additional floor space.

D.

Wholesale, Industrial and Manufacturing Establishments. One (1) parking berth for the first twenty thousand (20,000 ) square feet of floor area, one additional berth for the next one hundred thirty thousand (130,000) square feet of floor area and an additional berth for each one hundred fifty thousand (150,000) square feet of floor area or fraction thereof of additional floor space.

E.

Loading Spaces Required for Other Uses Herein Not Defined. For uses not listed heretofore in this schedule of loading requirements, loading berths spaces shall be provided on the same basis as required for the most similar listed use, or as determined by the Zoning Administrator and approved by the Village Council.

(Ord. No. 316, 5-19-2008)