This Section provides standards for the location, development, and operation of drive-in and drive-through facilities in compliance with Article 2 (Zoning Districts, Allowable Land Uses and Zone-Specific Development Standards), which shall be designed and operated to effectively mitigate problems of congestion, excessive pavement, litter, noise, traffic, and unsightliness.
A. Development Standards for Drive-In/Drive-Through Facilities.
1. Drive aisle length. The drive-through aisle shall provide a minimum of 140 feet of queuing length, of which at least 60 feet shall be provided before an on-site menu board. The drive aisle shall be measured along the centerline, from the entry or beginning of a drive-aisle to the center of the farthest service window area.
2. Drive aisle width. Drive aisles shall have a minimum ten-foot interior radius at curves, and a minimum 12-foot width.
3. Drive aisle separation. Each drive aisle shall be separated by curbing and landscaping from the circulation routes necessary for ingress or egress from the property, or access to any off-street parking spaces.
4. Drive aisle entrance. Each entrance to a drive aisle and the direction of traffic flow shall be clearly designated by signs and/or pavement markings, as deemed necessary by the Director.
5. Walkways. To the extent possible, pedestrian walkways should not intersect the drive aisles. Where they do, they shall have clear visibility and be emphasized by enhanced paving or markings, as deemed necessary by the Director.
6. Screening. Each drive aisle shall be appropriately screened with a combination of landscaping, low walls, and/or berms to prevent headlight glare from impacting adjoining land uses, public rights-of-way, and parking lots, as deemed necessary by the Director.
7. Decorative wall. A six-foot-high, solid decorative masonry wall shall be constructed on each property line that adjoins a residential developed parcel. The design of the wall and the proposed construction materials shall be subject to the approval of the Director.
(Ord. No. 2005-007 § 1 (part); Ord. No. 2022-008; Ord. No. 2024-006)