§ 355-58. Off-street loading requirements.

Off-street loading and unloading facilities shall be located on the same site with the use to be served, except as provided in § 355-56A, and shall be provided as follows:

A. 

Size. Each off-street loading space shall be at least 15 feet in width, at least 40 feet in length and at least 14 feet in height, exclusive of access and turning areas, except that adjacent loading spaces may each be 12 feet in width.

B. 

Location. Off-street loading spaces may be located within any structure, within a side or rear yard or within a required off-street parking area, provided that such spaces do not bar access to such parking area or any parking space.

C. 

Required number of spaces.

(1) 

For retail and service business establishments, restaurants, cafeterias, fast-food restaurants and cabarets, a minimum of one space for the first 4,000 square feet of gross floor area or major portion thereof and one additional space for each additional 10,000 square feet of gross floor area or major portion thereof.

(2) 

For office establishments, a minimum of one space for the first 10,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus one space for each additional 100,000 square feet of gross floor area or major part thereof, except that no spaces are required for buildings of less than 5,000 square feet of gross floor area.

(3) 

For wholesale business, industry, storage, warehouse and other commercial establishments, a minimum of one space for each establishment, and one additional space for each 10,000 square feet of gross floor area or major portion thereof in excess of 4,000 square feet of gross floor area.

(4) 

Upon consideration of all factors entering into the loading and unloading needs of each use, the Planning Board may make appropriate reductions in the loading requirements of the above structures and uses and may determine reasonable and appropriate loading requirements for structures and uses which do not fall within the categories listed above.

(5) 

The Town Board, in granting a special permit application, may require additional reasonable and appropriate off-street loading spaces where it determines that such is necessary for the loading and unloading needs of such use.

D. 

Improvement of loading facilities. Off-street loading and unloading facilities shall be subject to the same minimum improvement requirements as set forth for parking facilities in § 355-56, except that the Planning Board may, on recommendation of the Town Engineer, require the surfacing of all or part of any such loading area to consist of reinforced poured or reinforced prefab concrete.