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4 <br /> a. Any non-residential land use utilizing a drive-thru facility, <br /> whether as a principal use of property or within a Planned <br /> Development or another similar multi-use non-residential or <br /> mixed use development, shall not be located within fifty (50) feet <br /> of an exterior property line. This includes the building, kiosk, <br /> drive lane for the drive-thru, or parking facilities, <br /> b. No menu board utilized as part of a drive-thru shall be visible <br /> from an external or internal roadway, <br /> c. There shall be a minimum twenty-five (25) foot vegetative strip <br /> planted along the length of the roadway utilized by the drive-thru <br /> facility including any and all applicable stacking lanes. This strip <br /> shall be planted with sufficient vegetation to form a dense, <br /> opaque, buffer planted to the following standard: <br /> i. There shall be a continuous evergreen hedge planted <br /> along the interior curb of the drive-thru lane that will <br /> have an initial planting height of thirty-six (36) inches <br /> and achieve a height of at least five (5) feet at <br /> maturity, <br /> ii. There shall be a second row of plantings behind the <br /> continuous hedge line comprised of deciduous and <br /> evergreen trees that will have an initial planting height <br /> of five (5) feet with spacing at 20 feet on center and <br /> achieve a height of at least twenty (20) feet at <br /> maturity. <br /> d. A minimum stacking distance of 180 feet shall be provided to <br /> each pick-up window or automated machine. <br /> e. A facility with a separate ordering point and pick-up window <br /> shall provide stacking space for at least 4 vehicles in advance of <br /> each ordering point and stacking space for at least 4 vehicles <br /> between each ordering point and pick-up window. <br /> f. Entrances to drive-up lanes shall be at least 25 feet from <br /> driveways entering a public or private street or alley. <br /> g. The minimum width of each drive-through lane shall be 11 feet. <br /> The entrance to the lane and the direction of traffic flow shall be <br /> clearly designated by signs and pavement marking or raised <br /> curbs. <br /> h. A solid six-foot high masonry sound wall shall be constructed on <br /> the property boundary when the site is contiguous to <br /> residentially zoned or used property (s). If the site is separated <br /> within a larger non-residential/mixed use zone by an intervening <br /> one acre or more site plan with building, then the wall and or <br /> restriction on hours of operation are not required. <br />