Kissimmee, FL Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Kissimmee's off-street loading standards sit in Part II of Land Development Code Chapter 14-7, adopted under Ord. No. 3034 on August 4, 2020. The stated intent (§ 14-7-10) is to make sure development provides adequate parking, access, and loading facilities rather than leaving deliveries to spill onto public streets. Section 14-7-11 makes loading zones mandatory: off-street loading and unloading space is required on the same premises as any building used for non-residential purposes, sized to avoid undue interference with public streets and customer parking. The number of required spaces scales with a building's gross floor area under § 14-7-12, from one restaurant-only space under 5,000 square feet up to multiple spaces for buildings over 100,000 square feet, adding one additional space per 60,000 square feet beyond that threshold.

Section 14-7-13 sets minimum dimensions: a loading space for a building of 20,000 square feet or less must be at least 10 feet wide by 40 feet long with 14 feet of vertical clearance, rising to 12 feet by 55 feet, still 14 feet of clearance, for larger buildings. General regulations in § 14-7-14 require every loading space to be clearly marked by sign or pavement marking, located so access and loading never block the public right-of-way, internal circulation, other parking spaces, or fire lanes, and prohibit counting loading spaces toward a site's required parking total. Sites within the downtown form-based code area (chapter 14-5) face additional loading-area requirements layered on top of these citywide standards.