17.05.050 Drive-in businesses.
All banks, savings and loan associations, cleaning establishments and other businesses that maintain drive-in facilities which are intended to serve customers who remain in their motor vehicles during the business transactions, or are designed in such a manner that customers must leave their automobiles temporarily in a driving line located adjacent to the facility, shall provide stacking space for the stacking of motor vehicles as follows:
A. Relationship of Loading Space to Residential Areas. Loading berths shall be located not closer than 50 feet to any residential district, unless wholly enclosed within a building, or unless screened from such residential area by a wall or uniformly painted fence not less than six feet in height.
B. Relationship to Setback. Space for loading berths may occupy all or any part of any required setback as long as the loading berth is uncovered. A covered loading area shall comply with the minimum setback requirements for the district.
C. Types of Uses for Which Loading Space Shall Be Provided. Loading space shall be provided for the following types of buildings or businesses: warehouses, supermarkets, department stores, office buildings with a floor space in excess of 20,000 square feet, industrial or manufacturing establishments, freight terminals, railroad yards, mortuaries and such other commercial and industrial buildings which, in the judgment of the town council, are similar in nature in regard to loading space requirements.
D. Maneuvering Area for Buildings with Dock-High Loading Doors. Buildings which utilize dock-high loading doors shall provide a minimum of 100 feet of clear maneuvering area in front of each door.
E. Maneuvering Area for Buildings with Ground-Level Loading Doors. Buildings which utilize ground-level service of loading doors shall provide a minimum of 45 feet of clear maneuvering area in front of each door.
F. Driveways. Ingress and egress points from public rights-of-way (driveways) shall be designed and located in such a manner as to preclude off-site or on-street maneuvering of vehicles. [Ord. 378 § 2 (Exh. 1), 1999.]