Shafter Zoning Code § 11.150 Drive-In, Drive-Through, Fast Food, and Take-Out Restaurants

1. Intent

This Section is intended to ensure that drive-in, drive-through, fast food, and take-out restaurants do not create adverse impacts on adjacent properties and residents or on surrounding neighborhoods due to customer and employee parking demand, traffic generation, noise, light, litter.

2. Applicability

   • a. The provisions of this Section shall apply to all new drive-in, drivethrough, fast food, and take-out restaurants and to the expansion of twenty (20) percent or more of the gross floor area or an increase in the number of seats in any existing restaurant that results in a drive-in or drive-through facility.

   • b. Floor area added for the purpose of compliance with state or local health laws or access requirements of the disabled shall not be included in floor area calculations of purposes of determining applicability of this Section.

3. Development Standards

   • a. Hours of Operation

When located on a site adjacent to or separated by an alley from any residentially zoned property, a drive-in, drive-through, fast food, or take-out restaurant shall not open prior to 6:00 A.M., nor remain open after 12:00 midnight, unless otherwise approved by the Planning Commission.

• b. Driveways

  • (1) Drive-in and drive-through restaurants shall have driveways which shall provide for both ingress and egress, in all instances, and these driveways shall provide stacking space adequate for a minimum of six (6) vehicles waiting for service.

  • (2) Each drive-through lane shall be separated from the area of vehicle circulation necessary for ingress and egress to any

Specific Use Development Standards

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parking space. Each drive-through lane shall be striped, marked, or otherwise distinctly delineated.

c. Parking

A parking and vehicular circulation plan encompassing adjoining streets and alleys shall be submitted for review and approval by the City Engineer.

d. Refuse Storage Area

On-site outdoor trash receptacle shall be provided at a rate of one (1) trash receptacle for every ten (10) required parking spaces. One outdoor trash receptacle shall be provided on-site adjacent to each driveway exit or as otherwise approved by the Planning Director.