ZDO 827: Drive-Thru Window Services

827.01 Standards

Drive-thru window services:

1. Shall not limit the development of pedestrian-oriented or transit-supportive uses, or adversely impact such uses on adjacent lots. This criterion does not apply in the RC District;
2. Shall create minimal conflict with pedestrian access to the building from adjacent lots and roads;
3. Shall not attract vehicle traffic into existing or proposed pedestrian and transit service areas; and
4. Shall not create offsite congestion due to lack of onsite vehicle queuing area commensurate with the estimated volume of traffic to be generated.
5. In the Clackamas Regional Center Area, but outside the Clackamas Regional Center itself:
   1. When drive-thru window service facilities are oriented toward front lot lines or street corners, pedestrian areas shall be buffered from the noise and exhaust of drive-thru vehicles.
   2. When building entrances are separated from sidewalks by drive-thru window service facilities, special design features may be required to ensure safe, direct, and convenient crossings and to screen pedestrian areas from drive-thru window service facilities. These may include different paving types, raised elevation, warning signs, landscaping, walls, bollards, or other similar methods.
6. Inside the Clackamas Regional Center, drive-thru lanes are prohibited between the building and the street to which a building public entrance is oriented pursuant to Subsection 1005.08(B).

[Amended by Ord. ZDO-250, 10/13/14; Amended by Ord. ZDO-252, 6/1/15; Amended by Ord. ZDO-266, 5/23/18; Amended by Ord. ZDO-268, 10/2/18; Amended by Ord. ZDO-268, 9/5/23]