Drive up windows or drive up ATM machines for banks or financial institutions
Drive up windows or drive up ATM machines for banks or financial institutions in a BA or BB Zone may be allowed by special use permit, provided the proposed development complies with the following development standards, in addition to all other applicable requirements of this ordinance.
1. Site. The minimum lot area shall be 20,000 square feet with the minimum street frontage of not less than 100 feet.
2. Front, side and rear yards. The front, side and rear yard setbacks for structures must be at least the minimum applicable dimensions specified in the Table of Dimensional Regulations in section 6.4 of this ordinance, unless the lot abuts a residential zone with more restrictive minimum yard requirements. In that case, the dimension of the yard which abuts the residential zone must be equal to the dimensions required in the residential zone.
3. Driveways. Driveway curbcuts shall be at least 24 feet wide. In the instance of one way segments not servicing parking spaces, driveway curbcuts may be 12 feet wide. No driveway shall be less than 50 feet from any side lot line, which also fronts on a street, 20 feet from any side lot line, or 40 feet from another driveway serving the lot.
4. Screening and Landscaping. The development must comply with the requirements for landscaping and buffer areas prescribed in section 7 of this ordinance. An applicant may be required to provide buffering for any adjacent residentially zoned or developed lots.
5. Illumination. Lighting fixtures used to illuminate drive up windows shall be no higher than 14 feet above the ground. At the close of business, all lighting shall be limited to that necessary for security.
6. Striping and curbing. Drive up lanes shall be delineated from traffic lanes and parking areas with striping, curbing, landscaping and/or the use of alternative paving material. Where pedestrians will intersect with a drive up lane, crosswalks shall be provided, making use of striping and/or alternative paving material.
7. Traffic circulation. Adequate directional warning signs shall be provided to assure smooth traffic circulation and pedestrian safety, including marking entrances, exits and one way lanes of drive up areas. There shall be a provision for an extra travel lane allowing vehicles to traverse the perimeter of the site without being impeded by vehicles in the drive up lane. This provision may be waived by the fire marshall and the town engineer if accessability [accessibility] without the escape lane is reasonable.
8. Stacking spaces. The drive up window and drive up ATM shall provide total stacking spaces for a minimum of ten automobiles. The total number of stacking spaces may be reduced by the planning board if there is either only one drive up window or one ATM machine proposed. Each stacking space will be a minimum of ten feet by 18 feet. The stacking spaces shall be designed so as to not interfere with points of access to or from streets and shall be separate from any entranceways. Location of stacking spaces shall not interfere with entry to or exit from parking spaces.
9. Speakers. No speaker board shall be allowed. A two-way speaker or phone may be used at the window.
10. No grandfather rights. The special use permit shall only be valid as long as the property is used as a bank or financial institution. The granting of the special use permit shall not give the property any grandfathered rights for the drive up window if the use is changed. This allowance shall cease immediately upon the discontinuance of the use by the bank or financial institution.
11. Town council review. Unless waived by the town council, the site plan for all applications seeking relief under this section shall, subsequent to review and action by the planning board and prior to the public hearing before the zoning board of review, be required to be reviewed and approved by the town council.
(Ch. 873, § 1, 2-27-2006)