HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL 09 of 2017 Amend Restaurant Drive-Throughs in CC Zones TOWN OF ITHACA
LOCAL LAW NO.9 OF THE YEAR 2017
A LOCAL LAW AMENDING RESTAURANT DRIVE-THROUGH PROVISIONS IN THE
COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONING PROVISIONS OF
ITHACA TOWN CODE CHAPTER 270
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 270 (Zoning), Article XVI (Community Commercial Zones) of the
Town of Ithaca Code, §270-135 titled "Principal uses authorized by special permit only"
subsection E, is amended as follows:
A. Delete the following words in the first sentence of subsection E: "provided,
however, that no new restaurant with a drive-through facility shall be permitted
within 1,500 feet of the property boundary line of an existing restaurant with a
drive-through facility" so that the first sentence reads as follows: "Restaurant or
other place for the serving of food, with or without a drive-through facility."
B. Add the following provisions to the end of subsection E:
"In addition to the requirements imposed by this section, a restaurant with a drive-
through facility must meet the following criteria:
(1) Drive-through lanes shall be a minimum of 165 feet in length to provide
on-site storage for a minimum of 8 vehicles, as measured from the
forwardmost drive-through window.
(2) The ends of drive-through lanes must be a minimum of 60 feet from the
midpoint of where any entrance driveway intersects with the public right-
of-way.
(3) Drive-through lanes shall be clearly delineated with striping, curbing, or
some other means, and be adequately separated from traffic aisles that are
necessary for on-site circulation, egress/ingress, and access to parking
spaces.
(4) Drive-through lanes and drive-through service windows shall not be
located along the street frontage of a building.
(5) Pedestrian access to building entrances shall be configured so that direct
pedestrian links to main parking areas do not pass through a drive-through
lane.
(6) The minimum required distance from any portion of a drive-through lane
to any residential zone is 60 feet."
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Section 3. In the event that any portion of this law is declared invalid by a court of
competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining portions shall not be affected by such
declaration of invalidity.
Section 4. This local law shall take effect immediately upon its tiling with the New York
Secretary of State.
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