§ 350-54
Drive-in businesses
The following requirements shall be met for any drive-in business:
- A. The minimum lot area shall be the minimum required for the zoning district.
- B. A drive-in business window, service area, or vehicular stacking lane shall not be located within a required front, side or rear yard area. Where such a window or service area abuts a residential zoning district or residential land use, the window, service area, or vehicular stacking lane shall be set back at least 50 feet from the adjacent property boundary.
- C. Plans for any drive-in business shall include provisions for drainage, lighting, glare prevention, landscaping and screening, and noise buffers, between the vehicular service or waiting area and adjacent properties. Outside audio systems such as ordering stations or loud speakers are prohibited.
- D. Plans for any drive-in business shall provide that on-premises vehicular service or waiting areas will not cause conflict or otherwise interfere with moving traffic on an adjacent public street, on- or off-premises pedestrian movement and safety, or emergency access.
- E. Site plan requirement. Any business that includes a drive-in use must submit, as a part of a special use permit application, a site plan to the Zoning Officer at a suggested scale of one inch to 20 feet, which shall include the following information:
- (1) Lot dimensions and area;
- (2) All buildings and structures existing and proposed;
- (3) Yards and space between buildings;
- (4) Walls, fences, landscaping, and drainage control provisions for groundwater and stormwater;
- (5) Vehicular, pedestrian, and service access;
- (6) Automobile stacking spaces from service and ordering station;
- (7) Parking spaces, including number of spaces and dimensions of parking area;
- (8) Signs and lighting, including location, height, size, and method of illumination;
- (9) Outdoor storage, including trash, seating, and other outdoor activities;
- (10) The relationship of proposed construction to adjacent properties;
- (11) The name, registration number, date, and stamp of the licensed preparer of the map.
- F. Unless plans requiring Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management approvals or permits are accompanied by evidence of such approvals, any approval of plans by the Zoning Board of Review shall be conditioned upon such state agency approval.