The purpose of these regulations is to promote good access management and to protect the character of the City by regulating the location and design of drive-thru windows. The requirements for drive-thru windows are as follows:
(a) Off-street stacking for waiting automobiles between the drive-thru entrance and drive-thru windows ("dedicated stacking lane") shall be provided based on the following ratios:
(1) Fast food/Drive-thru Restaurant w/Drive-thru Service Window: ten (10) stacking spaces
(2) Drive-thru Financial Institutions/Drive-thru ATM: eight Stacking spaces; four stacking spaces per service window if more than one service window provided.
(3) Pharmacies: four stacking spaces.
(4) All other drive-thru service windows shall have five (5) stacking spaces.
(b) Stacking provision shall also be made for at least one exiting automobile between the service window (P/U Window) and the drive-thru exit. Such stacking space shall be twenty feet in length, ten feet wide (twelve feet wide if adjacent to building), and shall be designed to not interrupt the smooth flow of traffic within the subject site.
(c) Dedicated stacking lanes shall be provided separate from any other drive aisle.
(1) All stacking lanes shall minimize conflict with pedestrian traffic through the use of pavement markings and signage, and may include internal walkways and speed bumps in stacking lanes.
(2) The minimum distance between the street and the drive-thru entrance, and the distance between the drive-thru exit and the street line, shall be greater than the minimum setback required for the zone.
(3) No exit or entrance for such facilities shall be within one hundred feet of an intersection.
(Ord. 147-2018. Passed 7-2-18.)