17.40.080 Off-street Loading Requirements—Freight Vehicles.
(1) Applicability. All new buildings and uses shall meet the berthing requirements for freight hauling vehicles herein specified except in the C2 Central Business District. All off-street loading berths and access, whether required by this Chapter or not, shall be designed and constructed in accordance with its provisions.
(2) Minimum Number Required.
(a) Any building intended for retail, wholesale, warehouse, freight, hospital, industrial, or manufacturing uses shall be provided with off-street loading berths according to this schedule:
(i) one (1) berth for each building containing 10,000 to 35,000 square feet of net floor area;
(ii) two (2) berths for each building containing more than 35,000 square feet of net floor area.
(b) Any building intended to be used for a hotel, food and beverage business, community center, convention hall, membership lodging, or other similar use shall be provided with off-street loading berths according to this schedule:
(i) one (1) berth for each building containing 20,000 to 50,000 square feet of net floor area;
(ii) two (2) berths for each building containing more than 50,000 square feet of net floor area.
(3) Loading Design Standards. Off-street loading facilities shall be designed and maintained in accordance with the following standards:
(a) Each loading berth shall be at least ten (10) feet wide and forty-five (45) feet long.
(b) Loading berths shall not be located within any required yard except in a required rear yard.
(c) Loading berths shall be located entirely on the property they are intended to serve and designed in such a way that the street does not serve as a maneuvering area.
(d) Access to loading berths shall be from an alley when possible and designed so as to minimize the potential for congestion and to ensure traffic and pedestrian safety.
(e) If desirable, two (2) or more buildings having a common wall may locate their required loading berths together in a single location, provided that the number of berths shall not be less than the sum of the required berths for all the buildings concerned, and that there be access from each building to the loading berth. (Ord. 87-9 §1, 1987).