This section applies to an accessory use to a principal use such as a bank or fast food restaurant, designed to enable customers in parked vehicles to transact business with persons inside of the principal building.

(Code 1992, § 16.50.150.1)

Products of the automobile age, drive-through facilities have become a common amenity for a specific range of uses, including banks, freestanding drug stores, and fast-food restaurants. A well designed drive-through on a parcel with adequate area can be convenient for motorists and have minimal impact upon the streetscape and pedestrians. Conversely, a poorly designed drive-through on a parcel of inadequate size can cause problems with traffic circulation and create areas that are hostile to the pedestrian. Moreover, drive-throughs have the potential to generate undesirable impacts for adjacent properties such as odors from vehicle exhaust and noise from engines, car stereos, and menu board speakers. The purpose and intent of this section is to establish appropriate standards which allow for the typical range of activities while ensuring public safety and mitigating the associated impacts.

(Code 1992, § 16.50.150.2)

Drive-through facility or use with drive-through service uses shall be allowed as provided in the Matrix: Use Permissions and Parking Requirements and shall comply with the development standards of the zoning district, the general development standards and this section.

(Code 1992, § 16.50.150.3)

A.

Restaurants and retail establishments, such as drug stores, pharmacies, or beverage stores, shall provide not less than five stacking spaces at or behind the menu board.

B.

Financial institutions shall provide not less than three stacking spaces at or behind the pneumatic tube for the drive-through.

C,

Drive-through stacking lanes shall be delineated from other vehicular use areas by means of a landscaped divider median. Stacking lanes may include part of the drive aisles in a parking area.

(Code 1992, § 16.50.150.4.1)

A.

Drive-through lanes that obstruct the pathway between parking areas and entries into the building shall be designed with a pedestrian crossing that is delineated by landscaping, curbing, raised or decorative pavement, and signage.

B.

Where a drive-through lane intersects a public or private sidewalk, the sidewalk pavement shall be continued through the driveway to clearly delineate the pedestrian network. The maximum width of a driveway shall be 24 feet at the intersection of a public sidewalk.

(Code 1992, § 16.50.150.4.2)

No drive-through speaker shall be oriented to face a single-family residential use or neighborhood zoning district.

(Code 1992, § 16.50.150.4.3)

When the drive-through facility abuts a residential use or neighborhood zoning district, drive-through services shall be prohibited between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. weekdays and between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. This prohibition shall apply to any drive-through facility operating after September 10, 2007, except those facilities that were, on that date, and continue to be, operating during the prohibited hours. Any drive-through facility that was legally operating during the prohibited hours on September 10, 2007, and ceases such operation for any period of time shall, thereafter, comply with this requirement that drive-through services are prohibited during certain hours.

(Code 1992, § 16.50.150.4.4; Ord. No. 893-G, § 10(16.50.150.4.4), 9-4-2008)

Drive-through facilities shall be located to take advantage of the first available alternative in the following prioritized list:

1.

Interior side or rear yard when the either yard abuts a nonresidential use;

2.

Street side yard when the interior side and rear yard abut an existing residential use or a neighborhood zoning district, or when abutting a nonresidential use, the interior side and rear yard are impractical due to the lot's physical constraints or concerns regarding vehicle and pedestrian safety.

(Ord. No. 893-G, § 10(16.50.150.4.5), 9-4-2008)

Lighting shall be shielded in accordance with the general development standards for lighting.

(Ord. No. 1029-G, § 46, 9-8-2011)