Sandy, UT Parking Rules: Loading Zones (2026)

Section 21-24-6, Loading Areas, governs how commercial and industrial sites in Sandy handle deliveries. Loading and refuse collection areas cannot sit between a building and the street, cannot face toward any street, and must be screened from view of both public and private streets and rights-of-way. Streets themselves cannot be used directly for loading, unloading, or refuse collection, and buildings must be designed to properly accommodate these functions on-site. The size trigger for a required loading space is a gross floor area of 10,000 square feet or more for a commercial or industrial use that receives regular motor-vehicle deliveries; at least one off-street loading space must be provided and maintained on that lot.

That space cannot block a site's required parking areas and must sit at least 30 feet from the edge of the loading dock to any residential district, located in the side or rear yard rather than the front. All loading and unloading has to happen on-site, in addition to (not instead of) the required off-street parking, and cannot be located inside a driveway. Each loading space must measure at least 12 feet wide by 25 feet long, and if it is enclosed or covered, at least 14 feet high, with adequate room on the site for trucks to turn and maneuver. Loading, unloading, and refuse collection activity must also follow the hours set out separately in Chapter 13-2.