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~~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />...Meeting Date: February 23, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C-4 <br />SUBJECT: Zoning Ordinance Amendment establishing regulations for drive-thru facilities <br />DEPARTMENT:. Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Proposed Ordinance Amendment Name, Phone Number <br />Options Craig Benedict 245-2592 <br />2. Articles on drive-thru concerns Michael D. Harvey 245-2607 <br />PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing on a staff initiated Zoning Ordinance Amendment to Article <br />Six (6) Application of Dimensional Requiremenfs to establish regulations governing the <br />development of drive-thru facilities within the County. <br />BACKGROUND: During the review of a recent development project, there was a discussion on <br />the need to regulate drive-thru facilities within the County. Concern was expressed over the <br />pollution generated by vehicles idling within adrive-thru lane and what effect this would have on <br />the environment as well as passing pedestrians. <br />Since 2001 drive-thru facilities are prohibited within the Hillsborough Area Economic <br />Development District and within the Efland Cheeks Overlay Zoning District (ECOD), which was <br />adopted in 2008. Far all ~ other non-residential zoning districts, the .Orange County Zoning <br />Ordinance does not contain specific development guidelines or standards for -the development <br />and/or -use of such facilities. Staff currently interprets these facilities to be a customary <br />accessory use to several non-residential land uses and would allow for their development <br />consistent with an approved site plan. <br />OPTIONS: Staff believes the County has the following options, with respect to addressing the <br />development of drive-thru facilities: <br />1. Adopt regulations banning the development andJor use of such facilities throughout the <br />County's planning jurisdiction, or <br />2. Adopt regulations designed to mitigate the impacts of such facilities through the <br />imposition of buffering and site design standards. <br />