Title
Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Moratorium and Staff Recommendations on Restaurants or Food Service Operations Whose Business Model Provides that more than 10% of the Business Activity is Directed at Providing Food Products or Services to Customers in Drive Through Lanes (OA#14-011)
Requested Action
To consider the staff recommendations.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Zoning Ordinance be amended to require a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for the subject restaurant and food service operation. The former Zoning Ordinance No. 416 adopted in 1980 also required a SUP for such restaurants and operations. A reinstated SUP requirement will provide a detailed site plan for staff and Council to adequately evaluate impact and compatibility. Staff also recommends the following site plan criteria to help mitigate issues that involve restaurants with drive-through facilities:
1. Two points of access should be provided to aid in traffic circulation.
2. Shared driveway access with adjacent lots should be established wherever feasible.
3. Cross access, across the width of the lot with the necessary easements, should be provided to adjacent lots so drivers need not enter the public street system.
4. The stacking stacking lane should not be parallel to a public street when there is not a building or a row of parking spaces between the stacking lane and the street.
5. The stacking lane should be designed to prevent circulation congestion on site and on adjacent public streets, minimize conflicts between pedestrian and vehicular traffic and should not impede access in or out of parking spaces.
6. The stacking lane for vehicles, waiting for drive-through service, should be clearly delineated from traffic aisles, other stacking lanes and parking areas with striping, curbing, landscaping or alternative paving.
7. The stacking lane should be integrated with the on-site circulation pattern and should not enter or exit directly ...
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