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Home My WebLink AboutORDINANCES-1976-109-O-7612/10/76 109-0-76 AN ORDINANCE Amending The Evanston Zoning Ordinance, 1960, As Amended, To Revise The Provision Of Section XA As They Pertain To Off -Street Loading Berths For Existing Structures Which Are Enlarged Or Altered Or Subject To A Change In Use WHEREAS, the Zoning Amendment Committee conducted a public hearing on August 4, 1976 to consider amending the Zoning Ordinance as it pertains to off-street loading berths for existing structures which are enlarged, altered, or changed as to use, pursuant to notice and publication thereof in the manner provided by law; and • WHEREAS, the. Zoning Amendment Committee has made its findings and recommendations to the City Council of the City of Evanston; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS: SECTION 1: That Section XA of the Evanston Zoning Ordinance, adopted November 21, 1960 as amended, be further amended to read as follows: "SECTION X. Off -Street Loading and Off -Street Parking A. Off -Street Loading In connection with any structure hereafter erected, or in • which additional dwelling units are created, off-street 12/10/76 109-0-76 loading berths shall be provided meeting all the minimum • requirements of this Section X. Whenever any structure is either altered so as to increase the "FLOOR AREA --for determining off-street parking and loading requirements," as defined herein, or a use or uses (as set forth in Section X.A.8.) are changed, or both, so as to increase the minimum loading requirements, as calculated by application of the formulae in Section X.A.8., loading berths shall be provided equal to the amount of the resulting increase, provided that in no case shall more berths be required than necessary to meet the minimum requirements as set forth in Section X.A.8. Loading berths accessory to buildings and uses which.exist on the effective date of this ordinance • shall not be reduced to less than the number required under Section X. for buildings hereafter erected. 1. LOCATION All required loading berths shall be off-street and shall be located on the same lot as the building to be served. No permitted or required loading berth shall be located within 25 feet of the nearest point of intersection of any two street lot lines, nor shall. it be located in a required front or side yard. 2. SIZE Unless otherwise specified in this ordinance or amend- ment thereto, a required loading berth shall be at -2- 12/10/76 109-0-76 least ten feet in width by at least 25 feet in length, exclusive of aisle and maneuvering space, and shall • have vertical clearance of at least 14 feet. 3. ACCESS Each required loading berth shall be served by appro- priate means of vehicular access to a street or alley in a manner which will least interfere with traffic movements as determined by the Traffic Engineer. 4. SURFACING All open loading berths shall be improved with a com- pacted macadam base not less than seven inches thick, or equal, surfaced with not less than two inches of asphaltic concrete or some comparable all-weather, • dustless material. 5. REPAIR AND SERVICE No storage of any kind, nor motor vehicle repair work or service of any kind, shall be permitted within any re- quired loading berth. 6. SPACE ALLOCATED Space allocated to a required loading berth shall not be used to satisfy any requirement of this ordinance for off-street parking spaces. 7. SPECIAL USES • For Special Uses, other than those listed hereinafter, loading berths adequate in number and size to serve -3- 12/10/76 109-0-76 0 such uses shall be provided as determined by the • Traffic Engineer. 8. REQUIRED OFF-STREET LOADING BERTHS a. Auditorium, exhibition hall, theatre, sports arena, or stadium, including those owned or operated by a college or university: For such a building containing 10,000 to 100,000 square feet of floor area, one loading berth. For each additional 100,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof in such a building, one additional loading berth. Each required loading berth for a building having more than 20,000 quare feet of floor area shall be not less than ten feet wide by 50 feet in length. b. Business and professional office or public ad- ministration building: For such a building containing 10,000 to 100j000 • square feet of floor area, one loading berth. For each additional 200,000 square feet of floor area, one additional loading berth. • c. School, college, university, hospital, sanitarium„ or other similar institutional building; and hotel, or multiple -family dwelling: For such a building having 20,000 to 200,000 square feet of floor area, one loading berth. For each additional 200,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof, one additional loading berth. d. Plant or establishment for the manufacturing, fabricating, assembling, disassembling, ware- housing, storing, cleaning, servicing, testing or repairing of materials, goods or services: For such a building containing 5,000 to 40,000 square feet of floor area, one loading berth. For such a building containing 40,000 to 100,000 square feet of floor area, two loading berths, -4- 12/10/76 109-0-76 plus one additional loading berth for each ad- ditional 100,000square feet of floor area or • fraction thereof. Each required loading berth for such a building in excess of 10,000 square feet of floor area shall be not less than ten feet in width by 50 feet in length. e. Retail 'store, including furniture and appliance store, repair shop, wholesale store, or restaurant: For such a building loading berths shall be pro- vided in accordance with the following schedule: SQUARE FEET OF MINIMUM NUMBER FLOOR AREA AND SIZE OF EACH BERTH 5,000 to 10,000 1 - 10 x 25 feet 10,000'to 25,000 2 - 10 x 25 feet 25,000 to -40,000 2 - 10 x 50 feet 40,000 to 100,000 3 - 10 x 50 feet 1001,000 to 250,000 4 - 10 x 50 feet For each additional 200,000 square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof, over. 250,000 square • feet of floor area,'one additional loading berth, not less than ten feet in width by 50 feet in length. f. Undertaking establishments or funeral parlor: For such a building containing 8,000 to 100,000- square feet of floor area, one loading berth. For each additional 100,000 square feet of floor area, or fraction thereof in such a building, one additional loading berth. g. Nothing contained in the foregoing Section 8, sub- sections a. through f. shall be construed to re- quire the' provision of an off-street loading berth, in a structure containing less than the minimum square footage therein provided for such structure. or use of structure. SECTION 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. 12/10/76 109-0-76 SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and • effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in the manner provided by law. . I Introduced TqUUary 3 197,6- Adopted January 10 19116 / Approved January 10 1976 3 /s/ Edgar Vanneman, Jr. Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Maurice F. Brown. • City Clerk Approved as to form: ic / Tarlr M. Gi oga1 Corporation Counsel -•