Drive up windows for drug stores and bakeries and coffee shops
Drive up windows for drug stores in a 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 greater number of yard dimensions. 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. Driveways shall be at least 24 feet wide. No driveway shall be less than 50 feet from any corner lot line, 10 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 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.
8. Stacking spaces. The drive through window shall provide stacking spaces for a minimum of four automobiles. 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. A special use permit shall be used only for the sale of prescription items. A floor plan shall be filed showing the proposed window in the pharmacy area.
10. No speaker board shall be allowed. A speaker and phone may be used at the window.
11. The special use permit shall only be valid as long as the property is used as a drug store. 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.
(Ch. 839, § 1, 7-21-2003; Ch. 1117, § 7, 12-18-2023)
Editor's note— Ch. 1117, § 7, adopted December 18, 2023, amended the title of § 7.20 to read as herein set out. The former § title pertained to drive up windows for drug stores.