Goodyear, AZ Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

5 of the Goodyear Zoning Ordinance sets the trigger at fifteen thousand square feet of aggregate gross floor area combined with delivery trucks measuring thirty-six feet or more including cab and trailer; once both conditions are met, the property must provide at least one off-street truck loading space. Self-storage warehouses are the only listed exemption, regardless of size or truck traffic. The Development Services Department can push the required count higher during Site Plan Review, weighing factors including aggregate floor area, so a distribution center or big-box retailer often ends up with more than the one-space floor.

Physical standards apply to every required space: each must measure at least forty-five feet in length, twelve feet in width and fourteen feet in height, and those figures exclude the aisle and maneuvering area needed to get a truck in and out. Placement is restricted too: a loading space cannot sit closer than fifty feet to an existing or planned residentially zoned lot, protecting neighboring homes from truck noise and idling. Site design must also eliminate any need to back a truck onto or from a public street, so maneuvering room has to be built into the layout itself.

Loading facilities are use-specific: a loading area serving one business on a shared site cannot be counted toward another use's requirement, and every required space must sit on the same parcel as the use it serves.