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Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.10. Parking and Loading 5.10.4. Off-Street Loading Space Requirements

5.10.4. Off-Street Loading Space Requirements

A. Minimum Number of Off-Street Loading Spaces

1. New development involving the routine vehicular delivery or shipping of goods, supplies, or equipment to or from the development site shall provide a sufficient number of off-street loading spaces to accommodate the delivery and shipping operations of the development’s uses in a safe and convenient manner. 2. Table 5.10.4.A, Minimum Number of Off-Street Loading Spaces, sets forth the minimum number of loading spaces that presumptively satisfies the loading space needs of medium-sized and large sized delivery/shipping trucks based on the use classification or category of the principal use and the size of the development. It is assumed that the needs of small delivery/shipping trucks can be met through the temporary use of parking spaces or vehicle use areas, without impeding or blocking the use of adjacent driveways or fire lanes. 3. The Planning Director may require a higher or lower number of loading spaces than called for by Table 5.10.4.A on determining that the characteristics of the particular development warrant such an increase or decrease and the general standard in subsection 1 is met.

Table 5.10.4.A: Minimum Number of Off-Street Loading Spaces

Minimum Number of Loading Spaces

Gross Floor Area (GFA)

Medium-Sized Truck

Large-Sized Truck

Institutional and Office Uses

Up to 10,000 sf

0

0

10,001 to 50,000 sf

1

0

50,001 to 500,000 sf

2

0

2 medium-sized truck spaces; additional spaces based on development-specific assessment

Over 500,000 sf

Commercial Uses Other than Office Uses

Up to 5,000 sf

0

1

5,001 to 20,000 sf

0

1

20,001 to 50,000 sf

1

1

50,001 to 100,000 sf

1

2

100,001 to 200,000 sf

2

2

3 medium-sized truck spaces and 2 large-sized truck space; additional spaces based on development-specific assessment Industrial Uses

Over 200,000 sf

Up to 5,000 sf

0

0

5,001 to 10,000 sf

1

0

10,001 to 50,000 sf

0

1

50,001 to 100,000 sf

0

2

100,001 to 150,000 sf

0

3

3 large truck spaces; additional spaces based on development specific assessment

Over 150,000 sf

Notes: sf = square feet 1. See Sections 5.10.5, General Standards for Off-Street Vehicle Parking and Loading Areas, and Section 5.10.7,

Off-Street Loading Area Arrangement and Design, for applicable design standards. 2. For mixed-use developments, gross floor area devoted to residential uses is excluded. (Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

Morrisville, NC

June 13, 2023

Unified Development Ordinance

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