Plano, TX Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Sec. 16.1400, adopted by Ord. No. 96-8-11 and last amended by Ord. No. 2023-2-5 (ZC2022-016), sets the loading-space standards that sit alongside Article 16's regular parking requirements. Every retail, commercial and industrial structure must provide off-street loading and unloading facilities within the building or on the lot next to a private service drive, on a sliding schedule: no berths required under 10,000 square feet of gross floor area, one berth from 10,000 to 50,000 square feet, two from 50,000 to 100,000, three from 100,000 to 200,000, and one additional berth for each further 100,000 square feet. Hotels, office buildings, restaurants and similar establishments run on a separate schedule with larger thresholds: none under 50,000 square feet, one berth from 50,000 to 150,000, two from 150,000 to 300,000, three from 300,000 to 500,000, four from 500,000 to 1,000,000, and one more per additional 500,000 square feet.

At least half of the required loading spaces must measure at least 10 feet by 40 feet, with the remainder at least 10 feet by 20 feet. Where a loading space is adjacent to a residential use or district, it must be enclosed on three sides. Any loading dock that customarily receives goods between 9:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. and sits next to a residential use or district must be designed and constructed to fully enclose the loading operation specifically to cut the noise reaching nearby homes, and any loading area adjacent to residential uses or districts must be screened from view of that use or district.