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Home My WebLink About88-96 - Resolutions RESOLUTION NO. 88-96 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ESTABLISHING INTERIM DESIGN GOALS AND POLICIES FOR BUSINESSES WITH DRIVE-THRU FACILITIES WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has expressed numerous concerns with businesses that have drive-thru facilities including, but not limited to, fast food restaurants. The concerns are compatibility of use, circulation, and visual and aesthetic appearance. Previous projects have not adequately addressed these concerns, especially in the screening of the drive-thru lane; and WHEREAS, there is a need to establish a design goal for businesses with drive-thru facilities to guide future development; and WHEREAS, development standards and design guidelines are necessary to implement the design goal for businesses with drive-thru facilities; and WHEREAS, such development standards and design guidelines are needed to provide clear direction and guidance to developers and staff alike. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Rancho Cucamonga Planning Commission does hereby establish interim policies for businesses with drive- thru facilities as follows: Section 1: Goal Statement The intent of the guidelines is to assist the designer in understanding and complying with the City standards for building and site design. The goal is to provide high quality design, compatibility of use, and mitigate environmental and aesthetic concerns that are created by this type of land use. The following design standards and guidelines shall apply to uses with drive-thru facilities typically including, but not limited to, fast food restaurants, banks, mini-markets , dairy, photo kiosks, or auto service. Section 2: Development Standards A. Location - Uses with drive-thru facilities shall be 300 feet away from any intersection and from another drive-thru facility on the same side of the street, except within a shopping center or Master Plan. Restaurants with drive-thru facilities shall be a minimum of 200 feet away from any residential use or district boundary. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. DRIVE-THRU INTERIM DESIGN GOALS/POLICIES May 11, 1988 Page 2 B. Site Area - Uses with drive-thru facilities shall have a minimum 1 acre net land area. This minimum land area may be modified when the drive-thru facility is within a Master Plan or an integrated shopping center through the Design Review process. C. The minimum floor area for drive-thru facilities shall be 2,500 square feet. The minimum floor area for a drive-thru facility other than a fast food restaurant may be modified through the Design Review process. D. The maximum site coverage shall be 40 percent of the net lot area. The minimum on-site landscaping, which includes articulated plazas, courtyards, and patios, shall be 15 percent of the net lot area exclusive of public right-of-way. E. Parking and the drive-thru lane shall be setback 45 feet from the ultimate curb face. Greater setbacks may be required as mentioned in the Specific Plan and as deemed necessary during the Design Review process. Section 3: Design Guidelines A. Site Planning/Building Orientation - Future drive-thru facilities in a Master Plan or shopping center shall be identified early in the review process to avoid retrofitting the uses at a later date. The site design shall minimize pedestrian/vehicle conflicts and avoid locating driveways and service areas which interfere with the flow of the on-site circulation. Building placement shall be done in a manner to create new pedestrian spaces and plaza area. Buildings shall orient the public entrances toward the street. Building layout should be oriented to screen the drive-thru lane. Drive-thru lanes shall be screened through building orientation, the use of a combination of low screen walls, heavy landscaping, and trellis work. Separate pay windows and pick-up windows should be provided. B. Stacking Distance/Parking - The drive-thru lane shall be a sufficient length to accommodate the necessary stacking of cars. The stacking distance shall be determined through a parking study as stated in Section 17.12.040C, Special Requirements of the Parking Ordinance. Each drive-thru lane shall be separate from the circulation route necessary for ingress and egress from the property or access to any parking spaces within the site. PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. DRIVE-THRU INTERIM DESIGN GOALS/POLICIES May 11, 1988 Page 3 C. Parking - The parking requirements for drive-thru facilities shall be according to Section 17.12 of the Parking Ordinance. The gross floor area for outdoor seating shall be subject to the same parking requirement. D. Pedestrian Orientation - The Site Plan shall create opportunities for courtyards and plazas and other landscape open space to promote safe and convenient pedestrian movement with continuous landscape pathway between buildings. The design should discourage a need for pedestrians to have to cross a drive-thru wherever possible. E. Architecture - Standardized "corporate" architectural styles associated wit a chain is prohibited. Drive- thru facilities within an integrated shopping center or Master Plan must have architectural style consistent with the theme established in the center. Architecture must provide compatibility to surrounding uses in form, materials, colors, scale, etc. Building planes shall have variation in depth and angle to create variety and interest in its basic form and silhouette of the building. Articulation of building surface shall be encouraged through the use of openings and recesses which create texture and shadow patterns. Building entrances shall be well articulated and project a formal entrance through variation of architectural plane, pavement surface, treatment, and landscape plaza. F. Signing - All signs shall conform with the provisions of the Sign Ordinance. Drive-thru facilities within an integrated shopping center or Master Plan must comply with the Uniform Sign Program as established in the center. Section 4: Performance Standards A. Special performance standards for restaurants with drive-thru facilities: The use shall be operated in a manner which does not interfere with the normal use of adjoining properties. If, in the opinion of the City Planner, the provisions of this paragraph are being violated, the violations shall be grounds for reopening Conditional Use Permit hearings and adding conditions to control the violation. Performance standards include, but are not limited to the following considerations, which, where appropriate, shall be incorporated as conditions of approval in all use permits as determined by the Planning Commission or City Council : PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. DRIVE-THRU INTERIM DESIGN GOALS/POLICIES May 11, 1988 Page 4 (1) Noise levels measured at the property line shall not exceed the level of background noise normally found in the area. (2) The premises shall be kept clean, and the operator shall make all reasonable efforts to see that no trash or litter originating from the use is deposited on adjacent properties. For drive- thru restaurants or other uses which typically generate trash or litter, adequate trash containers, as determined by the City Planner, shall be required and employees shall be required daily to pick up trash or litter originating from the site upon the site and within 300 feet of the perimeter of the property. (3) All graffiti shall be removed within 72 hours. (4) No undesirable odors shall be generated on the site. (5) The on-site manager of the use shall take whatever steps are deemed necessary to assure the orderly conduct of employees, patrons, and visitors on the premises. (6) A copy of these performance standards and all Conditional Use Permit conditions of approval shall be posted along side the necessary business licenses and be visible at all times to employees. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 11TH DAY OF MAY, 1988. PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA BY: arry . 'c 'ie f airman ATTEST: :r: . ' lepu y 'ecre ary I, Brad ,:uller, Deputy Secretary of the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced, passed, and adopted by the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, at a regular meeting of the Planning Commission held on the 11th day of May, 1988, by the following vote-to-wit: AYES: COMMISSIONERS: CHITIEA, BLAKESLEY, EMERICK, MCNIEL, TOLSTOY NOES: COMMISSIONERS: NONE ABSENT: COMMISSIONERS: NONE