06-09-2016 Planning Commission Packet

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4 6. Vehicular access points shall be limited, shall create a minimum of conflict with through traffic movements, shall comply with Sec tion 903.050 of this Ordinance and shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer. Such access points shall be located as far from intersections with major roadways as possible. 7. All lighting shall be hooded and so directed that the light source is not visible from the public right -of-way or from an abutting residence and shall be in compliance with Section 903.020.I of this Ordinance. 8. The entire area shall have a drainage system which is subject to the approval of the City Engineer. 9. The entire area other than occupied by buildings or structures or plantings shall be surfaced with a material which will control dust and drainage and which is subject to the approval of the City Engineer. 10. All signing and information or visual communicatio n devices shall be in compliance with Section 903.110 of this Ordinance. 11. The provisions of Section 921.010.C of this Ordinance are considered and satisfactorily met. The general review standard for Conditional Use Permits is that such uses are presumed to be allowed, provided that reasonable conditions necessary to mitigate specific negative impacts are adequately addressed. The applicant’s proposal includes the following elements: 1. General Traffic Flow. The traffic would flow into the site from the north access point on Rice Street along the north side of the Valvoline Instant Oil Change. The traffic lane jogs to the south at the rear corner of the Valvoline building to avoid a fence and retaining wall. That jog was required at the time of original site development to provide a specific buffer from the single family home to the north of this property boundary. a. Traffic to the drive -through would continue along a newly installed median to the rear of the site, where it would loop around clockwise, and enter the drive-through lane adjacent to the building wall, defined by the new median. b. An order board would be place at the northeast corner of the building. Waiting traffic would stack in the entrance drive “loop” before advancing to the order board. c. Drive-through vehicles would advance along the north wall of the building to the pick-up window. Between one car stopped at the window and a car stopped at the order board, the site plans show a stacking lane of two additional vehicles waiting. d. At the rear of the parking lot, several stacked vehicles would potentially interfere with any traffic traveling through the rear portions of the site, although it is expected that traffic in this area is minimal, since retail access is from the other (west) side of the building. e. After picking up an order, traffic would exit the window location and have to veer to the north around the Valvoline building. At this point, there is a crossing of exiting traffic and in-bound traffic to the drive-through stacking area.