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

Land Development Code Sec. 7290 (Chapter 7, Transportation Systems Standards, adopted by Ord. 2025-A04, effective March 11, 2025) sets the off-street loading standards for unincorporated Citrus County; Crystal River and Inverness apply their own separate codes inside city limits. The rule applies to all commercial and industrial development, new or altered. Loading space must be available for use before the county issues a Certificate of Compliance or Local Business Tax Receipt, and the property owner and occupant must keep it maintained for as long as the use needing it continues; loading facilities cannot be altered or discontinued except as the chapter allows.

Loading spaces cannot double as vehicle or material storage, and they cannot be counted toward a site's separate off-street parking requirement. Space count is tied to gross floor area and varies by use classification (financial institutions and hotel/motel uses get one space for the first 75,000 square feet plus one for each additional 25,000 square feet; industrial uses get one space for 5,000 to 20,000 square feet plus one for each additional 20,000 square feet), with offices and general commercial uses following their own bracket in the same schedule.

Every loading space must be striped and marked. Minimum bay size depends on the delivery trucks the site expects: 10 feet by 20 feet where deliveries run in trucks up to two tons, and 12 feet by 60 feet where deliveries run in heavier trucks. Larger projects must submit a delivery-truck turning-movement analysis using the largest truck expected to visit the site. Loading areas must sit on the same building site as the use they serve, outside rights-of-way, and must be buffered from any abutting residential use under the LDC's buffer standards.