§ 3.1.3E. Small box retail, drive through.

Description: A building form that includes buildings comprised of 10,000 square feet or less of gross interior square footage on lots of 1.50 acres or less with drive-through facilities. By way of example, this includes banks, fast food restaurants, and pharmacies with drive throughs, This lot type also includes fuel stations, convenience stores with fuel service, and convenience stores with quick service restaurants and/or bank branches comprised of 10,000 feet or less of gross interior square footage on lots of 1.50 acres or less. This lot type provides necessary neighborhood services but can disrupt pedestrian flows, reduce opportunities for denser development patterns in areas such as town center, and impact the aesthetics of streetscapes, corridors, and districts. This building/lot type is only allowed in the mixed use commercial district and must adhere to section 3.4.5.2 architectural standards for small box retail/drive through buildings/lot type.

1.

Access: The principal entry to the building shall be oriented toward the primary abutting street.

2.

Parking:

a.

General: See zoning ordinance, section 1250.13—Off-street parking and loading.

b.

Lot standards: Service/delivery drives shall be located behind the principal building. Drive-through lanes shall be located to the side or rear of the principal building. For corner lots, drive-through lanes may be adjacent to a primary abutting street, so long as parking areas are limited to 62 feet in width and shall have a landscaped buffer facing the street with a minimum depth of five feet, and a street wall with a maximum height of 36 inches. Drive-through lanes shall access a side street, alley, or shared parking area to the rear of the principal building.

c.

Parking requirements: See parking placement illustration.

3.

Encroachments: Not permitted.

4.

Development standards:

a.

Architecture: See article 3.0 section 3.4.5.2

b.

Accessory buildings: Permitted on review of zoning administrator; not to exceed lot coverage maximum.

c.

Land uses: see article 5.0.0.

d.

This building/lot type is not allowed in the town center district. See 3.2.4 M for alternatives.

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Development standards: Small box retail, drive through (Also see section 3.4.5.2 and 5.2)
Lot size (max in sq. ft.)		1.50 acres
Lot width (min/max in ft.)		50/100
Building width (min/max in feet)		n/a
Building size (min/max in gross interior sq. ft.)		0/10,000
Lot coverage by buildings (max)		60%
Yard Requirements	Front (min/max in ft.)	0/5
	Rear (min/max in ft.)	25/50
	Side (min/max in ft.)	15/25
Height, min/max In stories (ft.)		1(12)/2(23) plus 3 ft.
Encroachments(max in ft.)		Not Permitted
Minimum floor-to-ceiling height (ground floor/upper floor)		n/a
Finish ground floor above grade (min/max in inches)		0/0
Corner lots must meet front yard requirements on each frontage. Minimum rear yards apply to principal buildings. Buildings for all accessory uses (including garages and accessory dwellings) must maintain a five-foot minimum rear yard, except where the rear yard is an alley where no separation is necessary.

 

Permitted frontages: Small box retail, drive through (See section 3.4.5.2 and 5.2)
Common yard	N
Porch	Y
Stoop	N
Forecourt	N
Awnings and canopies	Y
Balconies	Y
Colonnades	Y
Arcades	Y
Terrace and lightcourt	N
Bay windows	Y
Storefront	Y
Cafe	Y

 

Small box retail, drive through by development districts
Mixed-use commercial	Y—See 3.4.5.2 and 5.2
Town center	N
General neighborhood	N
Neighborhood residential	N
Rural residential	N
Y-Allowed/S-Special Use/N-Not Allowed

 

(Ord. No. 6016-07-16, 7-19-2016)