The Unified Development Code requires off-street loading areas for larger uses — for example, office buildings of 10,000–100,000 square feet need one loading area. Loading areas must be accessible from an adjacent alley, service drive, or open space on the same zoning lot.
The Unified Development Code (UDC Ch. 17, Section 17.6 and Table 17.G) sets off-street loading requirements. Uses required to provide loading must supply adequate receiving facilities accessible by motor vehicle off an adjacent alley, service drive, or open space on the same zoning lot. Table 17.G scales the number of loading areas to gross floor area: office uses of 10,000 to 100,000 square feet require one loading area, with an additional area for each further 100,000 square feet up to 500,000; residential uses generally need loading only for nursing homes and continuing-care retirement communities over 10,000 square feet. Standard single-family homes have no loading-zone obligation. On-street loading/delivery zones downtown are managed under Title 11 parking regulations.
Site plans lacking required loading areas are denied or cited by the Department of Development; on-street loading-zone violations are ticketed under Title 11.
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