§ 244-118. Drive-in restaurants.
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Drive-in restaurants may be permitted as a conditional use in those zoning districts specified, provided that the lot, use and structures shall adhere to the minimum standards of the particular zone and the following: | |||||||
A. A buffer area, a minimum of 20 feet in width, shall be provided adjacent to all public street rig hts-of-way.
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B. Side and rear buffer strips of 15 feet must be provided. Where the property abuts a residential use or district, these buffers must be increased to 30 feet. In addition to landscaped buffering, drive-in restaurants shall be screened from abutting properties by a decorative masonry or wooded fence of acceptable design six feet in height. No such wall or fence shall be located so as to obstruct safe traffic vision.
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C. There shall be at least one major means of access and egress, divided by a median strip. Entrances and exists shall be located at least 80 feet from a street intersection.
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D. Direct access from the roadway right-of-way line to the nearest turn or parking space on the lot on which the drive-in establishment is located shall be an unobstructed distance of at least 20 feet.
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E. All signs shall conform to the requirements set forth in § 244-207.
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F. All service, storage and trash areas shall be completely screened from public view. All outside trash receptacles shall be located within an enclosure constructed of decorative masonry material a minimum of four feet and a maximum of six feet in height and shall be provided with opaque gates of the same height.
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G. The minimum distance between driveways and adjacent property lines shall be 20 feet, measured from the curb return to an extension of the side property line.
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H. The minimum distance between driveways on the site shall be 65 feet, measured between the curb returns.
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I. Drive-in window lanes shall be physically separated from the traffic circulation system on the site by means of concrete curbed and landscaped islands which allow for a minimum width of three feet for landscaping. The drive-in window aisle shall have a minimum width of 10 feet. The length of the drive-in lane shall be such as to permit the stacking of a minimum of five vehicles.
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J. Sites shall be so designed as not to permit a conflict between pedestrian and vehicular drive-in traffic in either the stacking lane or drive-in exit.
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K. On-site lighting shall conform to the requirements set forth in § 244-197.
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