City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250: Provisions for Drive-Through Operations (Sec. 112)

Ottawa, Ontario · No. 2008-250 · summary & facts

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Provisions for Drive-Through Operations (Section 112) 112. (1) Where a drive-through facility is a listed permitted use, and is provided on a site, off- street motor vehicle queuing space must be provided for that drive-through facility leading both to and from each service bay, window, kiosk or booth for the uses specified and at the rate set out in Table 112. Table 112- Minimum Number of Queuing Spaces Required I Land Use Minimum Number of Queuing Spaces Required II Leading to Use III Leaving Use (a) Bank or bank machine 3 before/at each machine 1 after each machine (b) Car Wash (i) Conveyor Type 10 before/in each wash bay 1 after each wash bay (if a through bay) (ii) Automatic Type 10 before/in each wash bay (iii) Manual Type 5 before/in each wash bay (c) Restaurant (i) No order board: 4 spaces before/at service window; (ii) With order board: 7 before/at order board and a minimum total of 11 (OMB Order, File #PL080959 issued May 20, 2009) (d) In all other cases 3 spaces before/at service window (2) All queuing spaces must be: (a) at least 3 metres wide; and (b) at least 5.7 metres long. (3) No queuing line, drive-through window or order board may be located within 3 metres of a lot line abutting a residential zone. (4) Despite subsection (3), where a queuing line, drive-through window or order board is located 3 metres or more from a residential zone, but is still within a yard abutting a residential zone, it must be screened from view from that residential zone by an opaque screen with a minimum height of 1.5 metres.(By-law 2011-124) (5) This section does not apply to queuing spaces provided for an electric vehicle charging station. (By-law 2017-302)