Leon County, FL Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Sec. 547(a) requires every use in the unincorporated county that involves receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by motor vehicle to provide one or more loading berths on the same or an adjoining premises, sized per Schedule 6-6: hotel and motel uses need one berth per 100,000 square feet of floor area (capped at five), while industrial and commercial buildings scale from one berth under 8,000 square feet up to five berths above 100,000 square feet. Loading space must be sufficient for normal loading and unloading for the property served and cannot double as vehicle or material storage, and cannot be counted toward the separate off-street parking requirement.

Sec. 547(b) applies the standard only to new structures and additions, so an existing building already lacking loading berths is not made nonconforming. Sec. 547(c) lets the county require adequate fire lanes based on the adopted fire prevention code. Sec. 548 sets the physical standards: berths must let a semitrailer truck gain access and use the space in one continuous parking maneuver, must observe the same minimum street and interior setbacks required for structures, must be surfaced in all-weather material, and cannot let a vehicle intrude on travel lanes, walkways, or adjacent public or private streets.

Each required berth must be at least 12 feet wide with 16 feet of vertical clearance, at least 30 feet long for local delivery vehicles, and at least 60 feet long for semitrailers, and no more than two-thirds of the required berths may be sized for local delivery vehicles rather than semitrailers.