A. Findings. A conditional use permit shall not be granted for a drive-through restaurant unless the decision-maker, in addition to the findings required by section 17.808.200, makes the following additional findings:
1. The design and location of the drive-through restaurant service facility will not contribute to increased congestion on public or private streets or alleys adjacent to the subject property.
2. The design and location of the drive-through restaurant service facility will not impede access to or exit from the parking lot serving the business, impair normal circulation within the parking lot or impede pedestrian movement properties.
B. Development standards. The development standards in this subsection B shall be used to analyze the adequacy of the design of a drive-through restaurant.
1. A minimum stacking distance of 180 feet shall be provided to each pick-up window or automated machine.
2. A drive-through restaurant service facility with a separate ordering point and pick-up window shall provide stacking space for at least four vehicles in advance of each ordering point and stacking space for at least four vehicles between each ordering point and pick-up window.
3. Entrances to drive-through lanes shall be at least 25 feet from driveways entering a public or private street or alley.
4. A drive-through restaurant service facility shall not be considered as justification for reducing the number of required parking spaces.
5. The minimum width of each drive-through lane is 11 feet. The entrance to the lane and the direction of traffic flow shall be clearly designated by signs and pavement marking or raised curbs.
6. Operation of the drive-through restaurant service facility is restricted to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. when the site is contiguous to residentially zoned or used property, unless the decision-maker approves different hours of operation as a condition of approval of the conditional use permit.
C. Guidelines. The guidelines in this subsection C shall be used in analyzing the adequacy of the design of the drive-through restaurant. The decision-maker may require redesign of a drive-through restaurant to comply with these guidelines.
1. Public address speakers, on-site lighting, and drive-through lanes shall be designed and located such that noise, exhaust fumes, and stray light shall not unreasonable impact adjacent properties.
2. Placement of a canopy over the pick-up window is desirable to protect the customer from inclement weather. However, the canopy cannot be used as justification to reduce the amount of required on-site shading.
3. Interior landscaping shall be installed on the site to offset the extensive pavement area devoted to the drive-through lane.
D. Notice to city council. As soon as reasonably practicable after the zoning administrator or planning and design commission makes a decision on a conditional use permit required to establish a drive-through restaurant, the planning director shall report that decision to the mayor and the councilmember in whose district the project is located, by sending the report by electronic mail and confirming that each received it.
E. Procedures for call-up review. The mayor or the councilmember in whose district the project is located may call up for city council review any decision described in subsection D by filing a written request with the planning director within 15 business days of the zoning administrator's or planning and design commission's decision. Once the request is filed, the council shall notice and set the matter for the hearing before it. Notice of the hearing shall be given in the manner provided in section 17.812.010.A.2.a. The hearing before the city council shall be de novo.
F. Withdrawal of request for review. The requester under subsection E may withdraw that request. The withdrawal shall be noted on the next regularly scheduled meeting of the city council and shall be considered to have occurred on that date. (Ord. 2021-0032 § 2; Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)