Washington County, UT Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Washington County's off-street loading standard sits in Title 10, Chapter 17, 'Motor Vehicle Access and Loading,' a separate chapter from the general off-street parking rules in Chapter 16. Section 10-17-7 applies to any building erected, enlarged, or put to increased use for manufacturing, storage, a warehouse, goods display, a department store, a grocery store, a hotel, or a hospital, or any similar use that receives or ships materials by vehicle. It requires the owner to provide and maintain adequate on-site space for standing, loading and unloading so trucks don't spill into public streets or alleys, and the code draws a firm line against double-counting: a loading space can never be credited toward the separate off-street parking spaces required under Chapter 16.

The ordinance does not fix loading hours or a minimum number or dimension of loading berths; those specifics are worked out during site-plan review by the planning commission. What the code locks in is that loading space must exist and must be functionally separate from parking. The same chapter regulates what typically sits beside a loading dock: § 10-17-8 requires nonresidential lot lighting to be aimed away from adjoining residential uses and street traffic, and § 10-17-9 requires any central garbage-collection area serving the site to be screened from street view and kept clean and sanitary, both common companions to a commercial loading area.