(1) General Standards.

(a)   Audible electronic devices such as loudspeakers, automobile service order devices, and similar instruments shall not be located within 50 ft. of any residential property line and shall be subject to Chapter 10-400 of The Philadelphia Code.

(b)   No service shall be rendered, deliveries made, or sales conducted within the required front yard or corner side yard. Customers served in vehicles shall be stopped to the side or rear of the drive- through.

(c)   All areas associated with the drive-through, including but not limited to menu boards, stacking lanes, trash receptacles, loudspeakers, drive up windows, and other objects, shall be located in the side or rear yard of a property to the maximum extent feasible.

(d)   Any drive-through shall provide landscape in accordance with the requirements of § 14-803(5) (Parking Landscape and Screening), not including § 14-803(5)(e) (Interior Landscape Requirements for Parking Lots and Off-Street Loading Areas). 923

(e)   Unless otherwise provided by this Zoning Code, drive-throughs shall: 924

(.1)   Be prohibited in all residential districts and the CMX-1, CMX-2.5, CMX-4, CMX-5, and IRMX districts.

(.2)   Require special exception approval in the CMX-2 and CMX-3 districts in accordance with § 14-303(7) (Special Exception Approval).

 

Notes

923	Amended, Bill No. 220414 (approved September 13, 2022). For effective date provisions, see note 165.
924	Added, Bill No. 150766 (approved December 8, 2015).