Drive thus are considered Automobile Oriented Uses and require a Special Exception permit from the Board of Zoning Appeals.
(a) The following criteria shall be utilized by the Board of Zoning Appeals when approving a Special Exception permit for a drive thru.
Activity | Minimum Stacking Spaces (per lane) | Measured From and Including |
Banks and ATMs | 3 | Teller/Window or ATM machine |
Restaurant, Coffee Shop, or other similar use | 8 | First pick up window |
Full Service Car Wash* | 20 | Entrance of tunnel |
Self Service - Automated Car Wash* | 4 | Washing Bay |
Fuel/Gasoline Pump Island | 1 | Pump Island |
Other - Not Specified | As determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals | |
* BZA shall also ensure adequate spaces are provided at the end of the tunnel or wash bay for the drying and vacuuming of vehicles.
(b) Design and Layout.
(1) Pump spaces can count toward the stacking space requirement.
(2) Stacking spaces shall be a minimum of nine (9) feet by twenty (20) feet in size.
(3) Stacking spaces may not impede on- or off-site traffic movements or movements in or out of off-street parking spaces. There shall be a separate drive aisle allowing ingress and egress of vehicles that are not waiting in the drive thru lanes.
(4) Stacking spaces shall be separated from other internal driveways by surface markings or raised medians.
(5) These stacking space requirements shall be in addition to the off-street parking space requirements.
(6) When adjacent to the RE, R-LD, or R-MD Districts, stacking spaces shall be required to be located on sides of the lot opposite the adjacent residential use. (Ord. 15-23. Passed 8-14-23.)