§ 4.2.23. Drive-through facilities.

All drive-through facilities must comply with the following:

A.

Drive-through facilities shall not be located within sixty (60) feet of a residentially zoned property, as measured from any menu or speaker box to the property line of the residential property, unless part of a mixed use development.

B.

No drive-through facility shall be located on a property less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet in area, unless part of a mixed use development. Stacking spaces for queuing of cars shall be provided for the drive-through area as required in article 6 of this chapter.

C.

Drive-through lanes and service windows serving drive-through lanes shall only be located to the side or rear of buildings.

D.

Drive-through canopies and other structures, where present, shall be constructed from the same materials as the primary building and with a similar level of architectural quality and detailing.

E.

Speaker boxes shall be directed away from any adjacent residential properties and shall require masonry sound attenuation walls with landscaping or other speaker volume mitigation measures. Speaker boxes shall not play music but shall only be used for communication for placing orders.

F.

All lighting from drive-through facilities shall be shaded and screened so as to be directed away from any adjacent residential property.

G.

Stacking spaces shall be provided for any use having a drive-through facility or areas having drop-off and pick-up areas in accordance with the following requirements. Stacking spaces shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet wide and twenty-five (25) feet long. Stacking spaces shall begin at the last service window for the drive-through lane (typically the "pick-up" window).

H.

All drive-through facilities with the exception of drive-through restaurants shall provide at least three stacking spaces for each window or drive-through service facility.

I.

The following standards shall apply to all stacking spaces and drive-through facilities:

1.

Drive-through lanes shall not impede on and off-site traffic movements, shall not cross or pass through off-street parking areas, and shall not create unsafe conditions where crossed by pedestrian access to a public entrance of a building.

2.

Drive-through lanes shall be separated by striping or curbing from off-street parking areas. Individual lanes shall be striped, marked or otherwise distinctly delineated.

3.

All drive-through facilities shall include a bypass lane with a minimum width of ten (10) feet, by which traffic may navigate around the drive-through facility without traveling in the drive-through lane. The bypass lane may share space with a parking access aisle.

4.

Drive-through lanes must be set back five (5) feet from all lot lines and roadway right-of-way lines.

5.

Owner and operator are responsible for daily litter clean-up to ensure the property remains free of trash, litter, and debris.

6.

Drive-through restaurants shall not be located within five hundred (500) feet of an elementary, middle or high school.

7.

Drive-through restaurants located in activity centers require a special land use permit. In all other character areas a special land use permit is required unless the facility can meet at least two (2) of the following criteria:

a.

Facility is located within four hundred (400) feet of an intersection of a major arterial street and a major or minor arterial street, or within one thousand (1,000) feet of an interstate highway interchange do not require a special land use permit.

b.

Facility is accessible only through inter-parcel access or through a shared driveway.

c.

Facility is part of a major redevelopment as defined in section 8.1.16.

8.

Distance shall be measured from the right-of-way of the exit or entrance ramp, or street corner (middle of the radius), along the intersecting street right-of-way, to the nearest property line.

( Ord. No. 15-06 , 8-25-2015; Ord. No. 17-01 , Pt. I, 5-23-2017)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 17-01 , Pt. I, adopted May 23, 2017, changed the title of § 4.2.23 from "Drive-through facility, restaurant" to read as herein set out.