Off-street loading.
Montgomery City Code, App. C, art. VI, § 5
in effectSec. 5. - Off-street loading.
a. On the same lot with every structure or use hereafter erected or created there shall be provided and maintained space when required in article VII for loading and unloading of materials, goods or things and for delivery and shipping so that vehicles for these services may use this space without encroaching on or interfering with the public use of streets and alleys by pedestrians and vehicles.
b. Where any structures are enlarged or any use is extended so that the size of the resulting occupancy comes within the scope of this section, the full amount of off-street loading space shall be supplied and maintained for the structure or use in its enlarged or extended size. Where the use of a structure or land or any part thereof is changed to a use requiring off-street loading space under this article, the full amount of off-street loading space shall be supplied and maintained to comply with this article.
c. For the purpose of this section, an off-street loading space shall be an area at least 12 feet wide by 45 feet long with 14½-foot vertical clearance. Each off-street loading space shall be accessible from a street or alley and arranged for convenient and safe ingress and egress by motor truck and/or trailer combination.
d. Off-street loading space shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) For each retail store, storage, warehouse, wholesale establishment, industrial plant, factory, freight terminal, market, restaurant, mortuary, laundry, dry cleaning establishment or similar use which has an aggregate floor area of:
(a) Over 10,000 square feet but not over 25,000 square feet, one space.
(b) Over 25,000 square feet but not over 60,000 square feet, two spaces.
(c) Over 60,000 square feet but not over 120,000 square feet, three spaces.
(d) Over 120,000 square feet but not over 200,000 square feet, four spaces.
(e) Over 200,000 square feet but not over 290,000 square feet, five spaces.
(f) For each additional 90,000 square feet over 290,000 square feet or fraction thereof, one space.
(2) For each apartment building having over 50 dwelling units, one space.
(3) For each auditorium, convention hall, exhibition hall, museum, hotel, apartment, hotel, office building, sports arena, stadium, hospital, sanitarium, welfare institution or similar use which has an aggregate gross floor area of:
(a) Over 10,000 square feet but not over 40,00 square feet, one space.
(b) For each additional 60,000 square feet over 40,000 square feet or major fraction thereof, one space.
(4) For any use not specifically mentioned in this section, the requirements for off-street loading for a use which is so mentioned and to which the unmentioned use is similar shall apply.
e. Off-street loading facilities supplied to meet the needs of one use shall not be considered as meeting the off-street loading needs of any other use.
f. No area or facility supplied to meet the required off-street parking facilities for a use shall be utilized for or deemed to meet the requirements of this article for off-street loading facilities.
g. Nothing in this section shall prevent the collective, joint or combined provision of off-street loading facilities for two or more buildings or uses, provided that such off-street loading facilities are equal in size and capacity to the combined requirements of the several buildings or uses and are so located and arranged as to be usable thereby.
h. Plans for buildings or uses requiring off-street loading facilities under the provisions of this article shall clearly indicate the location, dimensions, clearance and access of all such required off-street loading facilities.
Source: City of Montgomery, Alabama, Code of Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/al/montgomery/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=APXCZO_ARTVIGEPR_S5ORELOFetched: 11/8/2026