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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 16-902 Required off-street loading spaces.">
  <section prefix="§" num="16-902" heading="Required off-street loading spaces.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="When required.">
      <para num="(1)">Off-street loading spaces must be provided in accordance with &lt;em&gt;Table 16-902: Off-Street Loading Requirements&lt;/em&gt; for a building, structure, or use that requires the receipt or distribution of materials or merchandise by trucks or other vehicles.</para>
      <para num="(2)">In the case of multi-tenant buildings or mixed-use developments, required loading spaces are calculated on the basis of each individual tenant.  For example, if only 1 commercial tenant of a multi-tenant building is over 10,000 square feet, only one 1 loading space is required; if all tenants are 10,000 square feet or less, no loading is required.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Maximum requirement.">In no case is a structure required to provide more than 5 loading spaces.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Preexisting structures exempt.">All structures that were constructed before June 5, 2017, without on-site loading spaces are considered to be legally conforming in terms of loading space requirements.  No new loading spaces are required to be constructed.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-015</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
