§ 17.50.090. Drive-Through Businesses

A.

Location requirements for restaurants with drive-through service. A fast food or formula fast food restaurant with drive-through service shall not be closer than 500 feet from the following uses: a park and recreation facility; a public or private school; or another fast food or formula fast food restaurant with drive-through service. The distance requirement shall be measured from site-to-site.

B.

Additional application materials. In addition to the standard application requirements for a Conditional Use Permit, an applicant for a restaurant with a drive-through business shall submit a litter clean-up plan, a parking and circulation plan, and a site plan that includes: driveway locations, placement of audible equipment (if this type of equipment will be used), landscaping, light standards, sign locations, and trash enclosures. A litter clean-up plan shall address litter clean-up on-site and off-site and shall include, but not be limited to, a litter pick-up schedule and a map of the clean-up area.

C.

Findings required for approval. The approval of a drive-through business shall require that the review authority first make all of the following findings, in addition to those required for a Conditional Use Permit by Section 17.61.050:

1.

The proposed parking and circulation plan will provide adequate area for safe queuing and maneuvering of vehicles, and the site design will provide adequate buffering of the use from adjoining land uses; and

2.

The proposed location of the drive-through business will not result in adverse impacts upon the vicinity after giving consideration to a litter clean-up plan, the hours of operation, and the site plan.

D.

Disposable containers. A fast food or formula fast food restaurant with drive-through service shall have the name of the business establishment printed on all disposable containers and napkins.

E.

Driveway cuts. The design and construction of the drive-through facilities shall minimize the number of driveway cuts.