All uses with a gross floor area as specified in this section, which require deliveries or shipments, shall provide off-street loading facilities in accordance with the requirements specified below. Existing buildings, however, shall be exempt from these provisions if installation is impossible. Although access can be taken, alleys can not be used to meet the off-street loading requirements.
A. Commercial, Industrial and Related Uses. Every commercial retail establishment, restaurant, industrial or manufacturing use, warehouse, wholesale use, freight terminal, hospital or sanitarium, or other similar use having an aggregate gross floor area of six thousand square feet or more shall provide off-street loading facilities as specified in Table 17.30.110.
B. Office, Recreational, Institutional and Related Uses. All office uses; every public assembly use included in outdoor recreational, indoor recreational, institutional residential and commercial lodging; and categories including auditoriums, convention halls, exhibition halls, funeral homes and hotels; with a gross floor area exceeding fifteen thousand square feet, shall provide one off-street loading facility. One additional off-street loading facility shall be provided for each additional one hundred thousand square feet of gross floor area above the use’s first one hundred thousand square feet of gross floor area.
C. Uses Requiring Loading Space Regardless of Size. All liquor stores, warehouses, or other uses served by large trucks shall provide at least one off-street loading facility. (Ord. 1524-97 § 2(part), 1997; Ord. 1495-96 § 3(part), 1996).