Mesa County, CO Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- LDC § 8.05.A(1) and (6)
- Applies to
- Nonresidential and multi-family zoning districts
- Screening required
- Structures plus evergreen landscaping
- Maneuvering room
- Required for delivery and trash vehicles
- Review point
- Site plan / landscape plan approval
Summary
Mesa County requires commercial and multi-family loading areas to be screened from view and sized for real trucks, not just parking-lot leftovers. Section 8.05.A applies in every Nonresidential and Multi-Family Residential zoning district: truck parking and loading areas must be screened with structures and evergreen landscaping, and must provide enough on-site room for delivery and trash vehicles to maneuver.
1. Areas for truck parking and loading shall be screened by a combination of structures and evergreen landscaping, to minimize visibility from adjacent streets and neighboring urban residentially zoned properties.
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6. All trash collection and loading areas shall be located and designed to ensure adequate on-site maneuvering area for delivery and trash collection vehicles.
Full Breakdown
05 of the Land Development Code, 'Outdoor Storage, Trash Collection and Loading Areas,' sets site-design standards that apply in every Nonresidential and Multi-Family Residential zoning district in unincorporated Mesa County; single-family residential lots are not covered. 1 requires that areas used for truck parking and loading be screened using a combination of structures and evergreen landscaping so they are not visible from adjacent streets or from neighboring property zoned for urban residential use. 6 requires that all trash collection and loading areas be located and designed with adequate on-site maneuvering room for delivery trucks and trash collection vehicles, so those vehicles are not forced to back into a public street or block a drive aisle. 7. Site plans and landscape plans reviewed by Community Development must show the screening and maneuvering layout before a building permit is issued.
Violations & Fines
Community Development reviews loading-area screening and maneuvering layouts at site-plan approval, before a building permit issues, so a project built without the required screening or maneuvering room is a plan-compliance violation subject to Code Compliance Services enforcement, corrective site work, and can hold up a certificate of occupancy until the layout is brought into compliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do single-family homes in Mesa County have to screen their driveway or loading area?
What has to screen a commercial loading area in Mesa County?
Does a Mesa County loading area need room for trucks to turn around?
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