Drive through facilities shall be permitted as a special use and shall meet the following provisions:
(A) General requirements.
(1) Drive-throughs shall be permitted a maximum of one menu board and one pre-order board with a combined maximum area of 100 square feet per drive through lane. Each menu board or pre-order board shall not exceed 60 square feet in area and ten feet in height. Menu boards and pre-order boards may utilize electronic message boards for 100% of the permitted menu board or pre-order board area and must follow all regulations of § 16-6-9. Size, appearance and location of additional appurtenances associated with the drive through use, including but not limited to clearance bars, speaker boxes, pavement markings, and ordering canopies, shall be evaluated as part of the review of the drive through use.
(2) Stacking spaces and lanes for drive- through stations shall not impede on- and off-street traffic movement, are not to cross or pass through off-street parking areas or drive aisles and are not to impede pedestrian access to a public entrance of a building.
(3) Drive-through lanes are to be separated from off-street parking areas. Individual lanes are to be striped, marked, or otherwise distinctly delineated.
(4) Stacking spaces shall have a minimum depth of 20 feet. Stacking lanes shall have the following minimum widths:
(a) One lane: 12 feet,
(b) Two or more lanes: ten feet per lane.
(B) Requirements by use.
Use | Minimum Stack | Measure From |
Automated Teller Machine | 2 per machine | teller machine |
Bank Teller Lane | 2 per lane | teller or window |
Restaurant | 6 per order box | order box (1) |
Carwash Stall, Automatic | 5 per stall | stall entrance |
Carwash Stall, Manual | 2 per stall | stall entrance |
Oil Change Shop | 2 per service bay | service bay entrance |
Pharmacy | 4 per lane | machine or window |
(1) Four of the required stackingspaces are to be located between the order-box and pick up window, including the stacking space at the order box. | ||
(Ord. 2021-05-15, passed 5-3-2021; Ord. 2023-03-08, passed 3-20-2023)