Bonneville County, ID Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Minimum loading space size
- 10 ft by 25 ft
- Minimum height clearance
- 14 feet
- Spaces required
- 1 per 20,000 sq ft of floor space
- Applies to
- Manufacturing, storage, retail, hotels, hospitals
- School loading
- Separate bus space requirement, § 156.056
Summary
Bonneville County requires off-street loading space on the same lot for manufacturing, storage, retail and similar uses, sized at 10 by 25 feet with 14 feet of clearance for every 20,000 square feet of building floor space.
OFF-STREET TRUCK LOADING SPACE. Off-street loading and unloading space shall be provided on the same lot for every building used for manufacturing, storage, warehousing, goods display, department store, grocery, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry, dry-cleaning or other use similarly involving the receipt or distribution by vehicle of materials or merchandise. Each space, unless otherwise adequately provided for, shall include a minimum of ten feet by 25 feet loading space with a minimum 14 feet height clearance, for every 20,000 feet of floor space in the building or fraction thereof.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-1: Ordinance 280-26, passed 1-20-2026).
Full Breakdown
055 requires off-street loading and unloading space on the same lot for any building used for manufacturing, storage, warehousing, goods display, department store, grocery, hotel, hospital, mortuary, laundry or dry-cleaning, or any other use that involves receiving or distributing materials or merchandise by vehicle. Unless another adequate provision is made, each required space must measure at least 10 feet by 25 feet with a minimum 14-foot height clearance, and one space is required for every 20,000 square feet of floor space in the building, or fraction thereof, meaning a 30,000-square-foot warehouse needs two spaces.
048, which frames the county's broader parking and loading purpose as keeping vehicles off public streets to protect safety, reduce congestion and preserve street maintenance and traffic flow (with a narrow exception for roadways engineered with extra pavement width for short-term parking of up to seven days). 049, so a commercial building has to satisfy both its parking count and its loading-space count before the county will issue a building permit.
Violations & Fines
Constructing or occupying a qualifying commercial, industrial or institutional building without providing the required off-street loading space under § 156.055 is a zoning violation. Under Chapter 156's general penalty section, § 156.999, violations of the zoning ordinance are infractions punishable by a $100 fine, with each day of continued noncompliance treated as a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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