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RESOLUTION NO. 2494
OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO
RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE
ATTACHED CRITERIA FOR REVIEW OF DRIVE -THROUGH USES.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of March, 1984, at a regular
ismeeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Cupertino,
State of California, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Commissioners Adams, Claudy, Koenitzer, Szabo,
Chairperson Blaine
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
_/_s/ James H. Sisk -------
James H. Sisk
Planning Director
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APPROVED:
1s1_Sharon Blaine _-_--___-__
Sharon Blaine, Chairperson
Planning Commission
CRITERIA FOR REVIEW OF DRIVE -THROUGH USES
0 BACKGROUND
The 198-:, General Plan Amendment allows case -by -case review of
drive -through facilities upon demonstration that the proposal
satisfies the following objectives:
- The proposed facility maintains the City's development
review standards relating to community design, landscaping,
traffic generation, parking and circulation.
- The proposed service or use enhances public convenience ,
particularly in respect to the needs of individuals of
limited mobility.
The following criteria are established to review requests for
drive -through facilities:
1. Urban_Design/Ci-vic-Image
Drive -through facilities and drive -through lanes shall be
discretely located in a manner which is minimally -visible to
public street areas, and which enhances the aesthetic
appearance of the site.
A. Visibility of drive -through lanes from public street
® areas shall be minimized by locating stacking lanes
behind buildings, or extensive landscaped areas.
B. Drive -through lanes shall not be located in required
perimeter landscape setback areas adjacent to public
streets.
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C. A minimum landscaped area of 30 feet measured from face
of curb of the public street to the outside edge of the
drive -through lane shall be maintained.
2. Location
Consistent with the above civic image criteria,
drive -through uses should locate in areas which are
separated from residential areas and which are not likely to
impact local residential streets. Additionally,
drive -through facilities are excluded or discouraged from
some areas of the community as specified below:
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Revised April 3, 1994
A. Drive -through uses may locate only on major collector
or arterial streets as identified in the City of
Cupertino General Plan.
B. Facilities served by drive -through, lanes must be a
minimum of 200 ft. away from residentially zoned,
General Planned, or used property. This standard does
not apply to residential uses located across a public
street.
C. Drive -through lanes must be a minimum of 100 ft. from
residential areas and should be separated, whenever
possible, from adjacent residential uses by buildings
or extensively landscaped areas-
D. Drive -through uses may locate only on sites of greater
than one acre in size, or a collection of parcels which
are interconnected by reciprocal ingress/egress
easements and which exceed one acre in size.
E. Drive -through uses are not permitted in the Stevens
Creek Boulevard frontage properties in the Monta Vista
Commercial Area. Additionally, drive -through uses are
discouraged in the Stevens Creek Boulevard Area between
Town Center and Vallco Park.
3. Use -Intensity
• Drive -through lanes shall not be utilized to significantly
increase the vehicular activity or intensity of use at a
particular site.
A. Hours of operation shall be limited to B a.m. to 10
p.m. when drive -through facilities are near residential
Areas whether they are contiguous or across public
rights -of -way.
B. A maximum of two drive -through lanes shall be permitted
per facility. In most cases, only one drive -through
lane shall be permitted per facility.
C. Applicants for drive -through uses. shall demonstrate
that the drive -through will not significantly increase'
traffic to the. site, especially during the peak traffic
hour (5 p.m. to b p.m. on weekdays).
4. Circulation/Parking
A. Drive -through lanes shall not significantly disrupt
pedestrian or bicycle access on or off -site.
B. The added facility will not disrupt traffic flow or
• create hazards to the movement of persons or vehicles.
C. No pedestrian crossing of drive -through lanes shall be
permitted. Pedestrian access to buildings shall be
preserved independent of the drive -through lanes.
D. Sites which are currently deficient in parking shall
not reduce the existing parking ratios due to the
introduction to or of a drive -through Facility. The entire
® drive -through must be contained on site.
E. The proposed drive -up facility shall be designed to
preclude direct ingress and/or egress to or from any
public street.
5. Stacking
Adequate capacity is essential to ensure that vehicles
stacking at drive -through lanes do not overflow into major
on -site parking aisles, or into public street areas.
A. Drive -through lanes to facilities offering photographic
services shall accommodate a minimum of two vehicle
stacking spaces per lane-
B. All other uses shall accommodate a minimum of 8 vehicle
stacking spaces per lane.
C. Overflow capacity shall equal 50% ❑f the required
spaces when the lane empties into a major on -site
driveway aisle.
D. Stacking lanes shall not disrupt access to required
parking spaces, and shall function independent of
parking aisles.
® E. If stacking or overflow stacking extends beyond the
property line onto an adjoining parcel, the applicant
shall provide written evidence indicating consent of
the affected property owner-
F. Required vehicle stacking spaces per lane shall equal a
minimum of ZO ft. in length for each space.
b. Noise
A. Noise from drive -through speakers shall not be audible
from adjacent residentially used, zoned, or General
Planned properties, nor beyond the confines of the
drive -through lane.
B. Drive -through lanes shall be separated from residential
areas with buildings, sound walls, or extensive
landscaping.
7. Air -Quality
It is recognized that drive -through facilities create the
potential for localized concentrations of auto emissions.
This effect is likely when drive -through lanes are located
® in a manner which confine emissions from vehicles between
adjacent buildings, buildings and walls, or buildings and
intensely landscaped areas.
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A. Drive -through lanes shall be located to avoid trapping
vehicle emissions in confined spaces, or shall. be
designed to provide equipment to evacuate and exchange
the airspace of the drive -through area to disperse
Pollutants within established safe exposure standards.
B. Appli'cants shall demonstrate positive steps to protect
employees of drive -through facilities from detrimental
effects of exposure to emissions from idling cars.
C. Drive -through lanes shall not be located adjacent to
patios and other pedestrian use areas other than
walkways.
8. Lighting
A. Lighting of drive -through lanes or facilities shall be
shielded to avoid spilling light over into nearby
residential areas.
9. Revvview-Procedure
Drive -through facilities are allowed in selected commercial,
planned development, office, or light industrial zones. Use
permit review is required in all applicable zoning
districts.
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