Drive-thru establishments and other establishments which, by their nature, create lines of customers waiting to be served within automobiles shall provide off-street waiting/queuing areas, on the same lot as the use, in addition to the required number of parking spaces specified in Schedule 1187.09, in accordance with the following in Schedule 1187.23:
(1) Establishments serving and/or selling food and/or drinks: | Twelve (12) waiting/queuing spaces per order board or station, as measured from the order board or station. |
(2) Automatic car wash facilities where a chain conveyor or other similar method is used to move the vehicle through the structure: | Twelve (12) waiting/queuing spaces |
(3) Facilities with service windows or service entrances such as banks, drug stores, dry cleaners, ticket booths, drive-up ATM machines and other similar facilities: | Four (4) waiting/queuing spaces for the first drive-thru window or stall and two (2) waiting/queuing spaces for each additional window or stall |
(4) Self-serve car wash facilities: | Two (2) waiting/queuing spaces per stall |
(5) Gasoline stations: | Two (2) waiting/queuing spaces per accessible side of a gasoline pump island |
(6) All other uses | Three (3) waiting/queuing spaces for each window or stall |
(b) Vehicles Prohibited within the Public Right-of-Way. In any case, vehicles shall not be permitted to wait within the public right-of-way for service at such drive-in or drive-thru facilities.
(c) Waiting/Queuing Space Dimensions. Each off-street waiting/queuing space shall have an area not less than 144 square feet (measuring 8 feet by 18 feet) exclusive of access drives and parking aisles and shall not interfere with parking or circulation.
(d) Change in Required Waiting/Queuing Spaces.
(1) The Planning Commission may require additional waiting/queuing spaces to adequately serve the establishment.
(2) The Planning Commission may reduce the number of required waiting/queuing spaces when the applicant provides credible documentation, such as studies from similar sites, that fewer than the required number of waiting/queuing spaces does not impede vehicular traffic flow on and off the site as well as ingress/egress to the site.
(e) A separate, clearly-defined vehicle lane shall be provided for any drive-through window, and such lane shall be defined by striping, curbs and/or landscaping as determined to be appropriate and approved by the Planning Commission.
(f) Access, waiting/queuing spaces and all other vehicular circulation shall be clearly defined and well marked to assure the public's safety and convenience. The circulation plan may be referred to the City Engineer for input and any additional, reasonable requirements deemed necessary to assure such safety and convenience.
(g) No waiting/queuing spaces or drive-through window shall be permitted within twenty (20) feet of any rear lot line, within twenty (20) feet of any side lot line, nor within thirty-five (35) feet of any property zoned for residential use. The Planning Commission may modify this buffer yard requirement pursuant to sub-section 1185.11
(h), Modifications to Buffering and Screening Requirements.
(h) No waiting/queuing spaces for a drive-through service shall be permitted which would obstruct access into or out of any off-street parking space on the property.
(i) Drive-in and drive- thru lanes, waiting/queuing spaces, speakers, & order windows shall not be located in the required front, side, or rear setbacks including the required setback adjacent to street rights-of-way. Drive-thru lanes and required waiting/queuing spaces shall not occupy any required parking space or driveway required to access these spaces. (Ord. 65-23. Passed 10-23-23.)