Kendall County, IL Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential setback
- 50 ft unless fully screened
- Intersection setback
- 35 ft from street corners
- Minimum berth size
- 12 ft x 30 ft, 14 ft clearance
- Surfacing
- concrete pad required
- Landscape screen height
- 4 ft minimum
Summary
Kendall County requires commercial loading berths to sit at least 50 feet from a residential district unless screened, stay clear of street intersections, and meet minimum size, surfacing and landscaping standards under the zoning code, not a separate hours-of-operation ordinance.
Location. All required loading berths shall be located on the same zoning lot as the use served. No loading berth for vehicles over two (2) tons' capacity shall be closer than fifty (50) feet to any property in a residential district unless completely screened by building walls, or a uniformly painted solid fence, natural vegetation screening providing one hundred (100) percent opacity, wall or any combination thereof, not less than six (6) feet in height. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within thirty-five (35) feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two (2) streets. ... Size. Unless otherwise specified, a required loading berth shall be at least twelve (12) feet in width by at least thirty (30) feet in length, exclusive of aisles and maneuvering space, and shall have a vertical clearance of at least fourteen (14) feet.
Full Breakdown
Section 36-1017 sets the location, size and design standards for off-street loading berths countywide. " Size is fixed unless otherwise specified: a required berth must be "at least twelve (12) feet in width by at least thirty (30) feet in length, exclusive of aisles and maneuvering space," with 14 feet of vertical clearance. Every open loading berth must be paved with a concrete pad, and no motor vehicle repair or service work of any kind is allowed at a loading facility in a residential, manufacturing or business district.
Landscaping is required around loading docks: a four-foot berm, a two-foot grade drop, or a wall, fence or vegetative screen at least four feet high, each paired with one tree and ten shrubs per 30 feet of frontage. The chapter's schedule of loading requirements (§ 36-1017(g)) then sets the number and dimensions of berths by use and gross floor area, for example one 12-by-30-foot berth for 10,000 to 100,000 square feet of business, professional and governmental offices, scaling up for larger buildings; retail stores need one 12-by-30 berth per 5,000 to 10,000 square feet, adding a berth per additional 15,000-square-foot bracket.
Space allocated to loading cannot double as required parking. The county does not set fixed loading hours in this section; instead it regulates berth siting, screening and capacity, leaving hours to whatever conditions attach to a project's special use or site plan approval.
Violations & Fines
Locating a loading berth for trucks over two tons within 50 feet of a residential property line without qualifying screening, siting a berth within 35 feet of a street intersection, or performing vehicle repair work at a loading facility in a residential, manufacturing or business district violates § 36-1017, enforced by the PBZ Department under Chapter 36 Article II.
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