B. - Off-Street Truck Loading Facilities

B. OFF-STREET TRUCK LOADING FACILITIES

1. Provision and maintenance required.

No structure shall be designed, erected, altered, used, or occupied unless the off-street truck loading facilities herein required are provided in at least the amount and maintained in the manner herein set forth; provided, however, that off-street truck loading facilities in excess of the amounts heretofore required by law need be neither provided nor maintained for structures actually used, occupied, and operated on the effective date of this ordinance unless, after the effective date of this ordinance, such structures are enlarged, expanded or changed, in which event the structures hereby excluded shall not be used, occupied, or operated unless there is provided for the increment only of such structures, and maintained as herein required, at least the amount of off-street truck loading facilities that would be required hereunder if the increment were a separate structure. The provision and maintenance of the off-street truck loading facilities required shall be the joint and several responsibilities of the operator and owner of the structure for which the off-street truck loading facilities are required to be provided and maintained.

2. Size and location.

For the purposes of this ordinance there shall be considered to be two (2) sizes of off-street truck loading spaces, "large" and "small". Each "large" space shall have an overhead clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet, shall be at least twelve (12) feet wide, and shall be at least fifty (50) feet long, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, platform, and other appurtenances; each "small" space shall have an overhead clearance of at least ten (10) feet, shall be at least eight (8) feet wide, and shall be at least twenty (20) feet long, exclusive of access or maneuvering area, platform, and other appurtenances. Off-street truck loading facilities shall be located on the same building site on which the structure for which they are provided is located; provided, however, that facilities provided under a cooperative arrangement as hereinafter permitted may be located on another site not more than three hundred (300) feet from the structure for which they are provided.

3. Maintenance.

Off-street truck loading facilities shall be constructed, maintained, and operated in accordance with the following specifications:

a. Drainage and surfacing. They shall be properly graded for drainage, surfaced with concrete, asphaltic concrete, or asphalt, and maintained in good condition, free of weeds, dust, trash, and debris;

b. Protective barriers. They shall be provided with barriers of such dimensions that occupants of adjacent structures are not unreasonably disturbed, either by day or night, by the movement of vehicles;

c. Lighting. Lighting facilities shall be so arranged that they neither unreasonably disturb occupants of adjacent residential properties nor interfere with traffic.

d. Entrances and exits. They shall be provided with entrances and exits so located as to minimize traffic congestion.

4. Cooperative establishment and use of facilities.

Requirements for the provision of off-street truck loading facilities with respect to two (2) or more structures may be satisfied by the permanent allocation of the requisite number of spaces for each use in common truck loading facility, cooperatively established and operated; provided however, that the total number of spaces designated is not less than the sum of the individual requirements unless, in the opinion of the zoning administrator, a less number of spaces will be adequate, taking into account the respective times of usage of the truck loading facilities by the individual users, the character of the merchandise, and related factors. In order to eliminate a multiplicity of individual facilities, to conserve space where space is at a premium, and to promote orderly development generally, the office [of] zoning administration is hereby authorized to plan and group off-street truck loading facilities cooperatively for a number of truck loading generators within close proximity to one another in a given area, and especially in the central business district, in such manner as to obtain the maximum efficiency and capacity, provided consent thereto is obtained from the participants in the cooperative plan.

5. Amount of off-street truck loading facilities required.

At least the following amounts of off-street truck loading facilities shall be provided for all structures containing uses devoted to commerce, business, industry, manufacturing, storage, warehousing, processing, offices, professional purposes, hotels, multiple-family dwellings, hospitals, airports, railroad terminals, and similar purposes; provided, however, that structures required to provide and maintain less than five (5) off-street parking spaces as per Section V shall be exempt from these requirements:

Square Feet of Gross Floor Area	Required Number of Spaces
0 to  12,500 .....	1 (small)
12,501 to  25,000 .....	2 (small)
25,001 to  40,000 .....	1 (large)
40,001 to 100,000 .....	2 (large)
For each additional 80,000 over 100,000 .....	1 (large)