Mebane, NC Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Loading requirements sit in the same parking, stacking, and loading chapter as the vehicle-parking rules. UDO § 6-5(H)(1) requires every building used for business, trade, or industry to provide off-street loading space with access to an alley, or to a street where no alley exists, and § 6-5(H)(2) requires that space to sit on the same zone lot as the use it serves rather than off-site. A companion table sets the minimum number of loading spaces on a sliding scale tied to a building's gross floor area, with retail, office/hotel, and industrial uses each following their own schedule, so bigger buildings must provide more spaces.

Whatever the count, § 6-5(H)(3)(b) fixes the size of each space at a minimum of twelve feet wide, sixty feet long, and fourteen feet of vertical clearance, dimensions large enough for a standard delivery truck to maneuver and unload. Section 6-5(H)(3)(c) then governs how the space must function: it has to be arranged and marked for orderly, safe loading and unloading, it cannot block the free movement of vehicles or pedestrians, and every loading and unloading maneuver, including backing in, must happen entirely on private property, never on the road or its right-of-way. The chapter also cross-references the landscaping standards of Section 6-4 for screening loading areas and Section 6-6 for controlling lighting spillover from them.