Falls Church, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 48-867(2)a

Dimensional standards

lot requirementsSTREETMin frontage 200 ftMIN LOT AREA1 ac
Plan view of the district’s stated lot requirements. Solid line: the property line. Dashed: the setback lines the ordinance imposes; a building must stay inside the tinted envelope. Drawn from the figures extracted below — illustrative, not a survey.

Uses

Conditional / special use1

Extracted standards

6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Design

  • By-pass lane minimum width10 ft

    A by-pass lane shall be provided adjacent to the drive-through lane or lanes, with a minimum width of ten feet.

  • Menu board orientation

    A drive-through window or menu board shall not be located on the front of any building, nor on the side of a building which faces a public street. Menu boards or other informational boards shall face away from public rights-of-way.

  • No cover within 25 feet of intersection25 ft

    No portion of a drive aisle nor any of the standing spaces required for a drive-through, shall be covered by a roof, overhang, canopy, building or structure within 25 feet of an intersection with any of the following: public right-of-way, pedestrian walkway, drive aisle.

Noise

  • Noise abatement required

    Plans shall include provisions for noise buffers to adjacent properties.

Other

From the ordinance

The minimum lot area for a building with a drive-through window shall be no less than one acre (43,560 square feet), with a minimum street frontage of not less than 200 feet.
Sec. 48-867(2)a