Boca Raton, FL Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Sec. 28-1661(1) requires "adequate space for the loading and unloading of materials, goods or merchandise, and for delivery and shipping, so that vehicles for these services may use this space without encroaching on or interfering with the public use of streets or alleys," and applies the same requirement when an existing structure is enlarged or its use changes into a category needing loading space. Subsection (2) defines a qualifying loading space as "an area at the grade level at least 12 feet wide by 45 feet deep with 14 feet of vertical clearance, directly accessible from a street or alley and arranged for convenient and safe entrance by a truck," and requires that it also be accessible from inside the building it serves.

Subsection (3) sets a sliding scale for retail stores, warehouses, wholesale establishments, industrial plants, factories and similar uses: one loading space for 10,000 to 30,000 square feet of gross floor area, two spaces up to 80,000 square feet, three up to 150,000, four up to 240,000, five up to 320,000, and one additional space for every 90,000 square feet beyond that. Auditoriums, hotels, office buildings, restaurants, hospitals and similar assembly or institutional uses need one space between 50,000 and 250,000 square feet, plus one more for every additional 200,000 square feet.

Subsection (5) bars double-counting: space supplied to meet off-street parking requirements cannot also count toward the loading requirement, and subsection (6) allows the IG/S1 industrial district's loading standards to be modified under Sec. 28-1053.