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Discussion on land uses associated with drive-in and drive-through windows
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is to provide the Board of Aldermen with an opportunity to discuss regulations affecting land uses with drive-in and drive-through windows.
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DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon - 919-918-7325; Patricia McGuire - 919-918-7327
INFORMATION: In June and September of 2013, the Board of Aldermen considered a request for a conditional use permit (CUP) modification for the Bank of America branch located on East Main Street regarding its drive-through teller station. Shortly thereafter, the Board received a request for text amendment to allow additional uses in M-1 zoning district subject to a CUP, including banks with drive-in windows and freestanding ATMs. These recent requests have brought to the surface questions relating to the appropriateness of drive-in and drive-through windows in the downtown and elsewhere in the Town's jurisdiction.
The Board discussed the topic of drive-in and drive-through windows at length during several meetings in 1997 and 1998 and subsequently adopted amendments to the Land Use Ordinance (LUO) following a public hearing on June 9, 1998. Agenda materials from the public hearing may be found at: http://www.townofcarrboro.org/BoA/Agendas/1998/06_09_1998.pdf. The LUO distinguishes drive-in uses from drive-through uses in the Table of Permissible Uses (Section 15-146). The descriptions for use category 8.000 restaurants (including food delivery services), bars, night clubs, includes the following subsections:
o 8.300 Drive-in -- (service to and consumption in vehicle on premises)
o 8.400 Drive-through windows - (service directly to vehicles primarily for off-premise consumption)
These uses are not to be confused with 8.500 carry out service (food picked up inside for off-premises consumption) or 8.600 food delivery, or 8.700 mobile prepared food vendors.
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