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Operation of the drive-up service facility shall be restricted to <br />between hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. when the site is <br />contiguous to residentially zoned or used property(s). If the <br />proposed building site is part of a larger non-residential/mixed <br />use development, and is separated from residential uses or <br />zoning districts by three hundred (300) feet, then the time <br />restriction shall not be required. <br />4. Development Guidelines <br />a. A minimum of a 0.50+ acre site shall be provided for adrive- <br />. through facility within an existing shopping center. <br />b. "Franchise architecture" shall be strongly discouraged. <br />c. Drive-through facilities shall be architecturally compatible with <br />the best examples of nearby structures (i.e. intended for the <br />zone) and complement existing or planned streetscape <br />elements. <br />d. Building design, location and parking areas shall be designed to <br />provide pedestrian orientation and clearly identify areas for <br />pedestrian access and limit pedestrian -drive-thru lane overlap. <br />e. Windows provided for aesthetics in dining and entry areas shall <br />be used abundantly to provide visibility to the street and <br />pedestrian view into the building. <br />f. Outdoor seating with high quality hardscape areas (such as <br />brick, cobblestone, and decorative pavers) and high quality <br />outdoor furniture shall be encouraged in zones approved for <br />outside seating. <br />g. A minimum of 20 percent of the site shall be landscaped <br />5. Operators of drive-thru facilities shall be required to pay an annual <br />carbon impact fee to the County in accordance with the County Impact <br />Fee Ordinance [at such time it is adopted by separate ordinance), <br />(Staff Comment. During the review of the Buckhorn Village PD, there <br />was some discussion over the need to assess developers for the <br />overall impact a particular project might have on the local environment. <br />Staff believes we have an opportunity to study the viability of imposing <br />an impact fee on such uses. This fee could be utilized by the County <br />to support on-going efforts to preserve open space, secure lands for <br />preservation, and possibly a reforestation program County wide. As <br />we continue to review the possible regulatory standards for drive-thru <br />development, this concept ought to be critiqued.) <br />5 <br />6. For any multi-use non-residential development there shall be no more <br />than one (1) drive-thru facility per ten (10) acres of property with an <br />ultimate cap of five (5) drive-thru units per development in total. <br />