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A. Purpose and Applicability. This section provides standards for drive-through facilities. Each such drive-through business shall be subject to all of the regulations applicable to the permitted use in the zone in which the drive-through is located and the regulations of this section.

B. Development Standards. Drive-through facilities shall comply with all of the following:

1. Pedestrian walkways should not enter through drive aisles, but where they do, they shall have clear visibility, and they must be identified by special paving or striping.

2. Drive-through aisles shall be a minimum twelve-foot width on curves and a minimum eleven-foot width on straight sections.

3. Drive-through aisles shall provide sufficient stacking area behind the menu board to accommodate a minimum queue of six cars.

4. Landscaping shall be used to screen drive-through aisles from the public right-of-way and shall be used to minimize visual impact of readerboard signs and directional signs.

5. Drive-through aisles shall be constructed with Portland cement or other material approved by the city engineer.

6. Parking areas and the drive-through aisle and structure shall be set back from the ultimate frontage curb face a minimum of twenty feet.

7. Menu boards shall be a maximum of thirty-two square feet, with a maximum height of eight feet and shall face away from the street or be screened from street view.

8. No drive-through aisles shall exit directly onto a public right-of-way.

9. Drive-through restaurant loudspeakers shall not be audible above sixty-five dB at the edge of any adjacent property.

10. Credit for off-street parking: Vehicle stacking spaces within the drive-through lane(s) may be granted credit toward required off-street parking at a maximum rate of fifty percent, at the discretion of the approving entity (planning director or planning commission).

11. Drive-through lanes shall be designed to avoid the blocking of parking stalls and pedestrian access.

12. All exterior lighting shall be arranged and shielded to prevent any glare, reflection, and any hazardous interference of any kind on adjoining streets or property. (Ord. 706 § 3 (Exh. A), 2019).