Chapter 19.475 (Drive-thru Businesses)
Dimensional standards
Lot
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Must be located on an arterial street as indicated by the Riverside General Plan Figure CCM-4 - Master PlanComprehensive planThe long-range policy document zoning is meant to implement; it is not itself binding law. of Roadways.
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Design
- Drive-thru windows discouraged on street-facing elevations
Drive-thru windows are discouraged on any building elevation directly facing a street frontage.
- MU-U/MU-V: Drive-thru lanes at rear of building
Drive-thru lanes shall be located at the rear of the building and screened from view from adjacent streets.
- MU-U/MU-V: Drive-thru pick-up windows not on street-facing elevation
Drive-thru pick-up windows shall not be located on any building elevation facing a street.
Fencing & walls
- Maximum wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. from setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. line to front property line3 ft
such wall shall be only three feet high from the setback line of the adjoining property to the front property line.
- Minimum masonry wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. when adjoining residential/office/mixed use6 ft
When a drive-thru business adjoins any lot in a residential, office or any mixed use zones, a minimum six-foot-high masonry wall shall be erected and maintained along such property line; provided, however, that such wall shall be only three feet high from the setback line of the adjoining property to the front property line.
Lot
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. for freestanding drive-thru restaurant30,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
Freestanding drive thru restaurants should be located on lots with at least 30,000 square feet, except for drive thru restaurants in master planned integrated commercial complexes with shared parking and access.
Other
- Drive-thru lanes screened from street view
Drive-thru lanes shall be designed in such a way as to be screened from view from the street through elevation differences, landscaping, arbors, trellises, canopies, walls and other architectural features used to reduce the visual presence of drive-thru operations.
- Minimum drive-thru lane width12 ft
Each drive-thru lane shall be a minimum of 12 feet in width.
- Minimum landscape planter width along interior property lines5 ft
A landscape planter with a minimum width of five feet shall be provided along interior property lines, unless the site part of an integrated, master planned commercial complex, where no landscape setback is required along interior property lines.
- Minimum landscape planter width between drive-thru lane and parking5 ft
A minimum five-foot-wide landscaped planter should be installed between the drive-thru lane and parking lot maneuvering area when adjacent to one another, as determined necessary on a case-by-case basis.
- Minimum other drive-thru lane length36 ft
All other uses shall maintain drive-thru lanes that are a minimum of 36 feet in length to provide on-site automobile storage for a minimum of two vehicles.
- Minimum restaurant drive-thru lane length180 ft
Restaurants shall maintain drive-thru lanes that are a minimum of 180 feet in length to provide on-site storage for a minimum of ten vehicles, as measured from the forward most drive-thru window to the entrance to the queuing space.
- Minimum landscape planter width along street frontageFrontageThe length of a lot line that touches a public street.15 ft
Where a drive aisle or parking is adjacent to a street frontage, a landscape planter with a minimum width of 15 feet in width shall be provided along all street frontages.
From the ordinance
The drive-thru business shall maintain a minimum 100-foot street frontage and be located on an arterial street...