File #: O-6-24    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Second Reader
File created: 3/26/2024 In control: Housing and Human Welfare Committee
On agenda: 9/9/2024 Final action:
Title: City-wide Prohibition on New Drive-through Windows - For the purpose of prohibiting new drive-through window facilities that allow people to remain in vehicles while receiving products or services; eliminating City Code references to drive-through windows and facilities; and generally related to drive-through facilities in Annapolis.
Sponsors: Rob Savidge, Brooks Schandelmeier, Gavin Buckley, Dajuan K. Gay
Indexes: Planning Commission, Rules and City Government Committee
Attachments: 1. O-6-24 First Reader, 2. O-6-24 Legislative Summary, 3. O-6-24 Fiscal Impact Note, 4. O-6-24 Staff Report, 5. O-6-24 Staff Report to Planning Commission with Attachments, 6. O-6-24 Equity Report, 7. O-6-24 Drive thru prohibition - sponsor position paper, 8. O-6-24 Planning Commission Findings, 9. O-6-24 Testimony from Restaurant Assoc. of MD - Annapolis
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City-wide Prohibition on New Drive-through Windows - For the purpose of prohibiting new drive-through window facilities that allow people to remain in vehicles while receiving products or services; eliminating City Code references to drive-through windows and facilities; and generally related to drive-through facilities in Annapolis.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Ordinance 6-24

Introduced by: Ald. Savidge
Co-sponsored by: Mayor Buckley, Alds. Schandelmeier, Gay

Referred to:
Planning Commission
Rules and City Government Committee

AN ORDINANCE concerning

City-wide Prohibition on New Drive-through Windows

FOR the purpose of prohibiting new drive-through window facilities that allow people to remain in vehicles while receiving products or services; eliminating City Code references to drive-through windows and facilities; and generally related to drive-through facilities in Annapolis.

BY repealing and reenacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2024 Edition:
21.64.230
21.48.020
21.48.030
21.65.220
21.64.230
21.64.420
21.64.530
21.64.540
21.66.130
21.70.080
21.72.010


SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:
Title 21- PLANNING AND ZONING
Chapter 21.64 - Standards for Uses Subject to Standards
Section 21.64.230 - Drive-through facilities associated with permitted or special exception uses.

21.64.230 - Drive-through facilities associated with permitted or special exception uses.
The following standards shall apply:
A. A site design plan for the use is required.
B. Drive-through windows are only permitted upon the preparation and approval of a traffic-impact study and the mitigation of identified impacts.
C. Sufficient stacking room for vehicles waiting to enter the drive-thru shall be provided as determined appropriate through the site design review process.
D. Drive-th...

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