For developments in unincorporated Lake County, off-street loading areas must be designed so all vehicle maneuvering and loading/unloading happens on private property, may not sit in any street yard, and must be surfaced like parking areas. There is no on-street loading-zone permit program at the county level.
UDO 154-13-140 requires that off-street loading areas be designed so that all vehicle maneuvering and loading/unloading operations occur on private property, prohibits loading areas in any street yard, and requires the same surfacing as parking areas. The county does not run curbside loading-zone permitting for public streets — that is a municipal function inside cities and towns. Off-street parking spaces themselves 'may not be used for the storage, display or sale of goods equipment or materials,' and no motor-vehicle repair is allowed in a parking space (154-13-100.B), so a business cannot convert parking stalls into a de facto loading/storage yard.
Loading-area violations are UDO development-standard violations (154-20-040): 15-day cure notice, then fines up to $2,500 first / $7,500 subsequent (IC 36-1-3-8).
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