Wayland City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 28
Restaurant Pre-Order Pick-Up Window Overlay District
[Added 4-7-2025 ATM by Art. 20]
§ 198-2801 Purposes and intent.
2801.1.
The purpose of this article is to encourage and support the vitality of local, well-designed fast casual restaurants and coffee shops along Route 20 in Wayland Center by allowing pre-order pick-up windows as an accessory use for restaurants that satisfy the special permit criteria of this Article 28 and are located in the Restaurant Pre-Order Pick-Up Window Overlay District.
§ 198-2802 Definitions.
2802.1.
In addition to the definitions in § 198-104, the following definitions apply in the Restaurant Pre-Order Pick-Up Window Overlay District:
COFFEE SHOP
An establishment that primarily provides coffee and tea beverages made to order and which may offer pre-made or quickly prepared foods as a complement.
FAST CASUAL RESTAURANT
An establishment which serves food or beverages for quick consumption either on the premises or to be taken out for consumption elsewhere. A fast casual restaurant is characterized as an establishment in which: food is cooked on a customer-demand basis, payment is required prior to consumption, seating or other physical accommodations for on-premises customer dining is provided, and while full table service is not provided (i.e., no waiters or waitresses), the establishment provides higher quality of food with fewer frozen or processed ingredients than drive-through restaurants. Examples of this type of facility may include, but are not limited to, establishments selling freshly prepared sandwiches, salads, soups, freshly baked breads, and other freshly prepared dishes.
§ 198-2803 Overlay district established.
2803.1.
The Restaurant Pre-Order Pick-Up Window Overlay District ("RPPWOD") is an overlay district superimposed on the underlying zoning districts on the parcels of land on Boston Post Road in Wayland, Massachusetts Plate 23 of the Atlas of the Town of Wayland, Massachusetts, 2002, numbered as Parcels 23-010. 23-011, 23-013, partial 23-014, 23-021, 23-022, 23-023, 23-024, 23-025, 23-027, 23-028, and 23-029. All uses permitted by right or by special permit in underlying zoning districts shall be similarly permitted in the RPPWOD, subject to the further provisions of this Article 28. Where the RPPWOD authorizes uses not otherwise allowed in the underlying district, the provisions of the RPPWOD shall control.
§ 198-2804 Administration.
2804.1.
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) shall be the special permit granting authority under this article and shall apply the criteria established herein and under Section 1102.1 (Permitted uses in Business District A and B) of the Zoning Bylaw. A special permit may be granted for a new pre-order pick-up window accessory use, or approval may be granted as part of an overall special permit for a new or modified restaurant under Section 1102.1 which includes a pre-order pick-up window accessory use in accordance with this Article 28.
2804.2.
The ZBA may adopt, maintain, and file with the Town Clerk a set of regulations that contains the necessary fee structures and procedures for application, review, and special permit issuance under this article.
§ 198-2805 Permitted uses.
2805.1.
A restaurant pre-order pick-up window, conforming to the standards defined in Article 28, may only be permitted in combination with fast casual restaurant or coffee shop uses (not drive-through restaurant uses) in the RPPWOD, subject to special permit approval issued by the ZBA.
§ 198-2806 Dimensional requirements and aggregate limits.
2806.1.
A restaurant pre-order pick-up window shall not be located within 300 feet of another restaurant pre-order pick-up window.
2806.2.
The restaurant pre-order pick-up window, including any associated awning or roof, shall not protrude more than five (5) feet from the restaurant's exterior wall.
2806.3.
The restaurant pre-order pick-up window vehicle lane shall be single-lane only and in the minimum width as required by the Wayland Fire Department.
2806.4.
The restaurant pre-order pick-up window must be accessory to a fast casual restaurant or coffee shop which must have a patron seating area of at least 600 square feet, which must be open to customers during the same hours of operation as the restaurant pre-order pick-up window.
2806.5.
Where feasible, the restaurant pre-order pick-up window shall be located on the facade of the building facing the rear lot line.
§ 198-2807 Performance Standards.
2807.1.
Landscaping and signage.
2807.1.1.
Landscaping shall visually screen the restaurant pre-order pick-up window from view from all roadways, abutters, and sidewalks.
2807.1.2.
Directional signage for a restaurant pre-order pick-up window shall be no more than six (6) square feet in area and no more than four (4) feet above grade. No exterior menu signs are permitted in the pre-order pick-up window area.
2807.1.3.
All signage for a fast casual restaurant or coffee shop under this Article 28 shall comply with Section 501.1, with the exception that any self-standing sign may be no more than four (4) feet in height instead of fifteen (15) feet.
2807.1.4.
One or more proximate outdoor trash receptacle(s) shall be provided for patron use for each pre-order pick-up window.
2807.2.
Design standards.
2807.2.1.
The following design standards shall be required of any fast casual restaurant or coffee shop which includes a restaurant pre-order pick-up window as an accessory use.
2807.2.1.1.
Exterior design and signage for the building shall be designed in a traditional New England style and color palette, which may be of a smaller scale, constructed of authentic or simulated wooden shingles or clapboards, stone or brick, and window pane fenestration typical of a traditional New England village center.
2807.2.1.2.
Exterior lighting design for the pre-order pick-up window shall illuminate the pre-order pick-up window area only. The source of light shall be so arranged and shielded as to prevent direct glare from the light source into any public street or sidewalk or onto any adjacent property, and shall be Dark Sky compliant.
2807.2.1.3.
Interior design of public areas within a fast casual restaurant or coffee shop shall, through finishes and furnishings, create a welcoming and comfortable patron seating area. For the purposes of this Section 2707.2.1.3, a welcoming and comfortable patron seating area may include an area that invites patrons to sit in for longer periods of time and Wayland, local, or traditional New England artwork or artistic component(s). Other permissible welcoming and comfortable patron seating area elements include but are not limited to: non-fluorescent pendant or directional lighting, real or simulated wood flooring, ambient music, sofa and/or arm chair seating areas, gas fireplace, children's tables and seating, banquette wall seating, or large round or long farmhouse tables for use by larger groups or multiple individual parties.
2807.3.
Submittals.
2807.3.1.
The applicant shall submit a site plan, including landscaping and signage, showing that the project will meet standards set forth in § 198-2807.1. The applicant shall submit design plans and elevations showing that the project will meet standards set forth in § 198-2807.2.
§ 198-2808 Inapplicability of certain other regulations.
2808.1.
Where this article specifies a standard or makes a requirement contrary to a requirement set forth elsewhere in the Town's Zoning Bylaw, the provisions of this article, as may be amended from time to time, shall govern.