Oregon, OH Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Who must provide berths
- Retail, wholesale, office, industrial uses
- Location ban
- No front/side yard or right-of-way
- Near residential district
- Screening or fencing required
- Minimum berth size
- 12 ft x 50 ft, 15 ft clearance
- Retail threshold
- 1 space per 5,000-10,000 sq ft
- Penalty
- Up to $100/day, § 1105.99
Summary
Retail, wholesale, office and industrial buildings in the City of Oregon, Ohio must provide off-street truck loading berths under Codified Ordinances § 1157.07, and those berths cannot sit in a required front or side yard or in the road right-of-way. Berths next to a residential district must be screened or fenced, and larger buildings must add spaces under a set schedule in § 1157.08.
(a) Off-street truck loading spaces as defined in Chapter 1103 shall be provided as accessory to retail, wholesale, office and industrial buildings as prescribed in this chapter. ... (e) All required loading berths shall be on the same lot as the use served but if such berths abut a residential district they shall be suitably screened or fenced from view. (f) No loading berth shall be located in a required front or side yard nor shall it be located in the road right of way. If located in the required rear yard, the berth shall be open to the sky.
Full Breakdown
07(a). 07(c) requires the loading surface itself to be gravel or crushed stone with adequate dust treatment, or a permanent all-weather, dust-free surface. 07(d). 07(f) bars any loading berth from a required front or side yard or the road right-of-way, and a berth placed in the required rear yard must be open to the sky. 07(e) requires it to be suitably screened or fenced from view. 07(i)). 08 then sets a numeric schedule: a retail building needs one loading space for 5,000 to 10,000 square feet of retail floor area, rising to two, three or four spaces as floor area increases past 20,000 and 30,000 square feet; manufacturing, repair, wholesale, trucking-terminal or warehouse buildings need one space up to 40,000 square feet, two up to 100,000, and three above that. Every required loading space must measure at least 12 feet wide by 50 feet long, with 15 feet of vertical clearance.
Violations & Fines
Failing to provide a required loading berth, placing one in a front or side yard, or leaving a berth unscreened next to a residential district is a Zoning Ordinance violation under § 1105.99: a misdemeanor carrying a fine of up to $100 plus costs, with each day of continued violation after notice treated as a separate offense.
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