Retail trade or service uses providing drive-in/drive-through facilities shall be designed and operated to effectively mitigate problems of traffic, congestion, excessive pavement, litter, noise and unsightliness.
A. Drive-through aisles shall have a minimum ten-foot interior radius at curves and a minimum twelve- (12-) foot width. Each drive-through entrance/exit shall be at least fifty (50) feet from an intersection of public rights-of-way, measured at the closest intersecting curbs, and at least twenty-five feet from the curb cut on an adjacent property. Each entrance to an aisle and the direction of traffic flow shall be clearly designated by signs/pavement markings.
B. Each drive-through aisle shall be separated by curbing and landscaping from the circulation routes necessary for ingress or egress from the property, or access to a parking space.
C. Pedestrian walkways should not intersect the drive-through drive aisles, but where they do, they shall have clear visibility and be emphasized by enhanced paving or markings.
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DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY DESIGN
DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY DESIGN
D. The provision of drive-through service facilities shall not justify a reduction in the number of required off-street parking spaces.
E. Drive-through aisles shall provide adequate on-site queuing distance to accommodate six cars (one hundred twenty (120) feet) before the first stopping point (e.g.. menu board, teller window, automatic teller machine). No portion of the queuing aisle shall serve double duty as a parking aisle.
F. Each drive-through aisle shall be appropriately screened with a combination of landscaping, low walls, and/or berms to prevent headlight glare from impacting adjacent streets and parking lots.
G. A six-foot high solid decorative wall shall be constructed on each property line that is adjoining a residentially zoned or occupied parcel. The design of the wall and the proposed construction materials shall be subject to the approval of the director.
(Ord. 182 § 2 (part), 1997)