Overland Park, KS Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)
Key Facts
- Loading area size
- set at site plan review, no fixed table
- Governing chapter
- Municipal Code Section 18.430
- BP/M-1/M-2 districts
- trucks must stay off right-of-way
- Street-facing docks
- require approved screening plan
- Building permit
- requires prior site plan approval
Summary
Overland Park doesn't set a fixed number of loading berths citywide; instead Section 18.430.190 requires loading areas "adequate to serve the uses or categories of uses proposed" to be locked in at site plan or preliminary development plan approval. In its Business Park, M-1 and M-2 industrial districts, every establishment must keep truck loading, standing and maneuvering off the public right-of-way, and a loading dock facing a street needs an approved screening plan.
18.430.190 Loading Areas. Loading areas adequate to serve the uses or categories of uses proposed shall be determined at the time of site plan or preliminary development plan approval. [...] Each establishment shall provide adequate loading space within a building or in a side or rear yard, in such a way that all storage, standing and maneuvering of trucks shall be off the public right-of-way. [...] No loading dock shall be permitted to face any street unless a screening plan therefor is approved as part of final plan approval.
Full Breakdown
430, Parking and Loading Regulations, governs off-street loading citywide. 190, titled "Loading Areas," reads in full: loading areas adequate to serve the uses proposed are determined at the time of site plan or preliminary development plan approval. That means Planning Division staff size each site's loading area case by case when reviewing the development plan, rather than working from a fixed berth count or table the way Overland Park's off-street parking chapter does for vehicle parking. 040(C)) each require, in nearly identical language, that every establishment provide loading space inside a building or in a side or rear yard so that all storage, standing and maneuvering of trucks stays off the public right-of-way. 050(K) both require a screening plan before a street-facing dock is allowed. 050(L) before any building permit is issued.
Violations & Fines
Loading area size and dock placement are fixed at site plan or preliminary development plan approval, so a business cannot add loading space or install a street-facing dock later without returning to the Planning Division for a revised, screened plan. Site plan approval must be obtained under Section 18.300.050(L) before any building permit issues, and Section 18.430.010 ties building permits and certificates of occupancy to Chapter 18.430's standards.
Frequently Asked Questions
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