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7.1.6 Loading Regulations By Use
7.1.6.1         Berths shall be provided for the loading and unloading of stock, merchandise,
equipment, supplies, and other usual business and industrial commodities for each building containing the uses listed below. For combinations of uses, the Planning Board shall determine the amount of space required.

a)      Retail Stores and Service Establishments: For each retail store, or service
establishment, with a gross area of from five thousand (5,000) to eight thousand (8,000) square feet at least one (1) berth, and at least one (1) berth for each additional eight thousand (8,000) square feet or nearest multiple thereof.

b)      Office Buildings and Banks: For each office building with a gross floor
area of from eight thousand (8,000) to twenty thousand (20,000) square feet at least one (1) berth shall be provided and one (1) additional berth for each forty thousand (40,000) additional square feet or fraction thereof occupied by such use.

c)      Manufacturing Industrial and Similar Uses: For manufacturing and
industrial plants and similar uses with gross floor area of eight thousand (8,000) square feet or more, at least one (1) berth shall be provided. For larger floor areas additional berths shall be provided as required by the Planning Board.
        
7.1.6.2         The design regulations of Section 7.1.4.1 shall also govern off_street loading
except that :

a)      Required loading berths shall be of the following dimensions: forty (40)
feet in length, twelve (12) feet in width and fourteen (14) in height.

b)      Minimum turning radii for interior driveways, for single unit trucks only,
shall be sixty (60) feet, but for tractor trailer combinations minimum turning radii shall be one hundred and twenty (120) feet.

c)      A maximum profile gradient of three (3) percent for a distance of one
hundred and fifty (150) feet from the nearest edge of an intersecting roadway or drive shall be required.

 
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