23.47A.028

A. Number of Drive-in Lanes and Fuel Pumps Permitted. 1. Drive-in lanes are permitted, conditioned, or prohibited as follows: NC1, except pedestrian-designated NC2, except pedestrian-designated NC3, except pedestrian-designated Pedestrian-designated zones C1 and C2, except pedestrian-designated Gas Stations 4 lanes subject to conditions in subsections 2, 3 and 4 4 lanes subject to conditions in subsections 2, 3 and 4 4 lanes subject to conditions in subsections 2, 3 and 4 Prohibited Permitted Restaurants Prohibited Prohibited 4 lanes subject to conditions in subsection 4 Prohibited Permitted Other Drive-in Businesses Prohibited 2 lanes 4 lanes Prohibited Permitted 2. In NC zones, gas stations may contain no more than four (4) fuel pumps capable of fueling no more than eight (8) automobiles simultaneously, except as may be allowed under subsection A3 of this section. 3. The Director shall permit one (1) additional lane and one (1) additional fuel pump provided that the additional lane serves, and the additional fuel pump dispenses, one or more of the following fuels: natural gas, bio-diesel, or hydrogen. 4. Gas stations in all NC zones, and restaurants with drive-in lanes in NC3 zones, are permitted subject to the following requirements: a. The design, including architectural treatment, signage, landscaping and lighting, is compatible with other structures in the vicinity; b. Appropriate litter-control measures are provided; and c. The applicant, if required by the Director, prepares an analysis of traffic, circulation and parking impacts, and demonstrates that the drive-in lanes will not: (1) Cause significant additional traffic to circulate through adjacent residential neighborhoods; (2) Disrupt the pedestrian character of an area by significantly increasing the potential for pedestrian-vehicle conflicts; (3) Create traffic or access problems that will require the expenditure of City funds to mitigate; (4) Interfere with peak-hour transit operations, by causing auto traffic to cross a designated high-occupancy vehicle lane adjacent to the lot; (5) Cause cars waiting to use the facility to queue across the sidewalk or onto the street; or (6) Interrupt established retail or service frontage designed to serve pedestrians. B. Drive-in businesses must provide queuing spaces according to the following: 1. Banks with drive-in facilities: a minimum of five (5) queuing spaces per lane when the number of lanes does not exceed two (2). When the number of drive-in lanes exceeds two (2) a minimum of three (3) queuing spaces per lane is required. 2. Car washes: a minimum of ten (10) queuing spaces. C. If the drive-in bank or car wash is located along either a principal arterial or a minor arterial, or along a street with only one lane for moving traffic in each direction, the Director will determine as a Type I Master Use Permit decision, after consulting with the Director of Transportation, whether additional queuing spaces are necessary or whether access should be restricted. The Director may restrict access to the facility from that arterial or street, or may require additional queuing space up to a maximum of: 1. Banks with one (1) or two (2) drive-in lanes, eight (8) spaces per lane; 2. Banks with three (3) or more drive-in lanes, six (6) spaces per lane; 3. Car washes, twenty (20) spaces per lane. D. The Director will determine the minimum number of queuing spaces needed for drive-in business uses not specifically identified in subsection B and C above. E. Screening and landscaping of drive-in businesses is required in accordance with subsection 23.47A.016 D2. (Ord. 122311 , § 44, 2006.)