Rothschild, WI Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Village Code § 590-86 sits in Chapter 590's site-design article and applies the moment a commercial, business or industrial use is established on a lot: the owner must provide space, with access to a public street or alley, for loading and unloading vehicles off the public right-of-way. The dimensional standard is specific: every required loading area must measure at least 60 feet in length and 12 feet in width, with a minimum vertical clearance of 14 feet, so it can actually accommodate a delivery truck or box trailer.

The area has to sit on the private lot itself, clear of any required front or street yard setback, and it cannot be positioned so a truck must back into the public right-of-way to use it. Access drives and the loading surface itself must be paved with unit pavers, asphaltic concrete or portland cement concrete, the same paving standard the code applies to parking lots. The code closes an obvious loophole: a business cannot double-count its loading area as part of the off-street parking supply required elsewhere in Chapter 590, and no part of a vehicle may extend into a public street right-of-way while loading or unloading is underway.

Bus and truck terminals get their own one-sentence standard: sufficient space must be provided to store, load, and unload the maximum number of buses or trucks the terminal handles at any one time. These requirements are reviewed as part of the Planning and Zoning Commission's site plan approval process for new commercial, business, or industrial development.