18.120.090 Drive-in and drive-through facilities, including fast-food facilities.
Drive-in and drive-through facilities, including fast-food facilities, shall be located, developed, and operated in compliance with the following standards:
A. General. Drive-through facilities shall provide safe, unimpeded movement of vehicles at street access points, in travel aisles, and parking areas. Drive-through aisles shall be a minimum of 12 feet in width and 20 feet in length, or as otherwise required by Table 18.120.090.D. Drive-through aisles shall have a minimum interior turning radius of 15 feet and an exterior turning radius of 30 feet.
B. Screening. Drive-through aisles shall be screened from view from public and private streets, areas accessible to the general public, and areas shown for residential use in the general plan by:
1. A decorative masonry fence a minimum of three and one-half feet in height measured from the grade of the aisle; or
2. A continuous landscape planter a minimum of six feet in width; or
3. A combination of a masonry fence and landscape planter.
C. Landscaping. When applicable, in addition to complying with the following standards, drive-in and drive-through facilities shall meet landscaping standards in Chapter 18.90 MCC.
D. Stacking. Vehicular stacking areas shall be provided in accordance with Table 18.120.090.D, Drive-Through Facility Stacking Space Requirements.
Use Classification | Stacking Space Requirement |
|---|---|
Banks and Financial Institutions | 5 spaces per teller or ATM drive-through |
Eating and Drinking Establishments | |
Restaurants | |
Restaurants, Limited Service | 4 spaces |
Retail Sales, General | |
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Dry Cleaning | 2 spaces per window |
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Pharmacy | 2 spaces per aisle |
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Photo Drop | 1 space per window |
Automobile/Vehicle Equipment Sales and Services | |
Automobile/Vehicle Washing, Automated or Self-Service | 4 spaces per bay |
Automobile/Vehicle Washing, Full Service | 8 spaces minimum |
Service Station | 1 space on each end of each side of each fuel pump island (one-way facilities require 2 spaces on approach end of each island). |
Fueling Facility, Alternative | 1 space on each end of each side of each fuel pump island (one-way facilities require 2 spaces on approach end of each island). |
Automobile/Vehicle Repair, Major | 1 space per service bay |
Automobile/Vehicle Repair, Minor | 1 space per service bay |
1Drive-through restaurants’ stacking shall be calculated beginning from call box.
E. Eating and drinking establishments providing a designated take-out counter or window shall identify one or more parking spaces adjacent to the take-out entrance for exclusive use by take-out customers.
F. Site and Building Design.
1. If the proposed building is located within 50 feet of the public street, locate the main entrance door directly off (oriented towards) the public sidewalk or provide clear and direct access from the public sidewalk to the main entrance or secondary entrance.
2. Walls along the street face and visible from the street shall be transparent with windows, doors and other forms of transparent building materials to maximize views in and out of the building and the relationship between interior and exterior to support and animate the public street and sidewalk.
3. Drive-through elements shall be placed to the side or rear of the building. Orient the drive-through window away from the street frontage and provide adequate screen measures through landscaping and design to minimize visibility of drive-through.
4. The architecture of drive-through uses shall be compatible and harmonious with that of the shopping center motif or immediate neighborhood, in terms of building color, materials, mass, scale, and form.
G. Menu and Preview Boards. All menu and preview boards are signage and are subject to the sign regulations in Chapter 18.115 MCC.
H. Pedestrian Walkways. Interior pedestrian walkways shall not intersect vehicle aisles, unless no alternative exists. In such cases, pedestrian walkways shall have clear visibility, emphasized by enhanced paving or markings.
I. Litter. Trash receptacles shall be provided at the exit of the drive-through facility. [Res. 21-09; Ord. 21-05 § 2; Res. 14-36 § 410.09; Ord. 14-12 § 1.]