§ 12.5. Off-street loading requirements by use.

1.

Except as otherwise provided in this resolution, when any building or structure is hereafter erected or structurally altered to the extent of increasing the floor area by 25 percent or more, or any building is hereafter converted, for the uses listed in table 12.2.

Table 12.2. Minimum Off-Street Loading Requirements

Use or Use Category	Floor Area as Defined	Loading Spaces Required
Retail store, department store, restaurant, wholesale house, warehouse, general service, manufacturing, or industrial establishment	2,000— 10,000	One
	10,000— 20,000	Two
	20,000— 40,000	Three
	40,000— 60,000	Four
	Each 50,000 over 60,000	One additional
Apartment building, motel, motel, offices or office building, hospital or similar institutions or places of public assembly	5,000— 10,000	One
	10,000—100,000	Two
	100,000—200,000	Three
	Each 100,000 over 200,000	One additional
Funeral home or mortuary	2,500—  4,000	One
	4,000—  6,000	Two
	Each 10,000 over 6,000	One additional

 

2.

Interpretation of the chart.

a.

The loading space requirements apply to all districts but do not limit the special requirements which may be imposed in the district regulations.

b.

Under the provisions of article 15, the board of appeals may waive or reduce the loading space requirements whenever the character of the use is such as to make unnecessary the full provisions of loading facilities, where provision is made for community loading facilities or where provision of loading space for uses which contain less than 10,000 square feet of floor area.

3.

Mixed uses in one building. Where a building is used for more than one use or for different uses, and where the floor area used for each use for which loading spaces is required is below the minimum for required loading spaces but the aggregate floor area used is greater than such minimum, then off-street loading space shall be provided as if the entire building were used for that use in the building for which the most spaces are required. In such cases, the zoning administrator or his designee may make reasonable requirements for the location of required loading spaces.

4.

Design standards.

1.

Minimum size. For the purposed of these regulations, a loading space is a space within the main building or on the same lot, providing for the standing, loading or unloading of trucks, having minimum area of 608 square feet, minimum width of 35 feet, a minimum depth of 45 feet and a vertical clearance of at least 14.5 feet.

b.

Loading space for funeral homes. Loading spaces for a funeral home may be reduced in size to 10 by 25 feet and vertical clearance reduced to eight feet for all but one space when multiple spaces are provided.

c.

Drainage and maintenance. Off-street loading facilities shall be drained to eliminate standing water and prevent damage to abutting property and/or public streets and alleys, and surfaced with erosion-resistant material in accordance with applicable town specifications. Off-street loading areas shall be maintained in a clean, orderly and dust-free condition at the expense of the owner or lessee and not used for the sale, repair, dismantling or servicing of any vehicles, equipment, materials or supplies.

d.

Entrances and exits. Location and design of entrances and exits shall be in accord with applicable requirements of town traffic regulations and standards. Where the entrance or exit of a building is designed for truck loading and unloading, such entrance or exit shall be designed to provide at least one off-street loading space.