Santa Rosa County, FL Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

LDC § 4.06.02(E)(2) sets the county's loading-space standard. Every building erected or occupied for commercial or industrial use must provide and maintain one loading space for each 10,000 square feet (or fraction thereof) of floor area. Each loading space must be at least twelve (12) feet wide, thirty-five (35) feet deep, and fourteen (14) feet high, and may not impede normal vehicular circulation in the parking lot. For businesses that primarily use small (non-semi) delivery trucks, overflow parking may satisfy the loading requirement with Planning Director approval. In no case may loading or unloading of any vehicle occur from a public right-of-way. These are commercial standards; residential lots have no loading-zone requirement.