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Article 5: Development Standards Section 5.8. Access and Circulation 5.8.6. Vehicular Access and Circulation

H. Vehicle Stacking Space for Drive-Through, Pick-up/Drop-off, and Related Uses

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Required Number of Stacking Spaces For uses with drive-through facilities and other auto-oriented uses where vehicles queue up in a driveway or drive aisle to access a service facility, the driveway or drive aisle shall include the minimum number of stacking spaces established in Table 5.8.6.H.1, Minimum Stacking Spaces for Drive-Through and Related Uses.

Table 5.8.6.I.1: Minimum Stacking Spaces for Drive-Through and Related Uses

Minimum Number of Stacking Spaces [1]

Use

Measured From

Automated Teller Machine (ATM)

2

Teller machine

Each end of the outermost gas pump island

Automobile Service Station

1

Car Wash/Detailing, Automatic

4 per bay

Bay entrance

Car Wash/Detailing, Self-service

2 per bay

Bay entrance

The point where the stacking lane reaches a full ten feet in width

Cluster Box Unit (CBU) [3]

1 per 20 mailboxes

Eating or Drinking Establishment (with drive-through service) [4] Retail Sales and Service Use (with drive-through service)

4 per lane

Order box

3 per lane

Window

School, elementary or middle [5]

40

Building entrance

Uses not specifically listed are determined by the Planning Director based on standards for comparable uses, or alternatively based on a parking demand study

Other

Notes: [1] For uses requiring a TIA, the minimum number of stacking spaces may be increased based on a queuing analysis. [2] When computation of the number of required stacking spaces results in a fraction, the result shall be rounded upward to the next highest whole number. [3] Stacking spaces are only required if the parameters of subsection 4.3.5.B.8.c are met. [4] Restaurants with drive-through service shall provide at least four additional stacking spaces between the order box and the pick-up window. (See Figure 5.8.6.H.1: Stacking spaces for a drive-through restaurant.) [5] Drop-off/pick-up spaces for schools may include the temporary, supervised use of dual stacking lanes. (Ord. No. 2015-002, 04/29/2015; Ord. No. 2016-001, 05/10/2016)

Morrisville, NC

June 13, 2023

Unified Development Ordinance

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