CHARACTERISTICS OF DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITIES

The fast food restaurant style of drive-through facility is the most

common here in the Philippines.

DRIVE THROUGH DESIGN:

A retail drive-through or a restaurant drive-through must comply with the following standards: A.
Location of drive-through. Drive-through features, such as windows, menu/order boards and
stacking lanes, must be placed to the rear of the principal building and shall be located no closer
than forty (40) feet from any adjacent residential properties. This distance shall be measured from
the outermost edge of the outside drive-through feature to such property line. In addition, drive-
through features shall not extend closer than twenty five (25) feet to the curb line or, if there is no
curb, to the edge of street pavement. The site must have adequate stacking capacity for vehicles
waiting to use the drive-through without impeding vehicular circulation or creating hazards to
vehicular circulation on adjacent streets. (1) The width of the access connections at the property line
shall not exceed twenty five (25) feet, unless the traffic impact study and/or the Public Works
Director identifies the need for turning lanes from the access driveway onto the adjacent public
road. (2) For a property located on a state numbered highway with a driveway that cannot meet the
minimum distance between driveways or corner lot clearance standards set forth in the Town of
Standish Access Management Standards, the Planning Board may allow construction of an access
connection at a location suitably removed from the adjacent drive or intersection. In such cases, the
applicant shall provide for future joint or cross access and such directional restrictions (i.e., right
in/right out only and/or a restrictive median) as required by the Planning Board. (3) A system of joint
use and cross access drives shall be established along any state numbered highway and the
proposed development shall incorporate the following into the site plan:

A service drive or cross access drive extending the width of the parcel. (b) A design speed of 10 mph
and sufficient width to accommodate two way travel aisles. (c) Stub-outs and other design features
to make it visually obvious that the adjacent properties may be tied in to provide cross access via a
service drive; provided, however, that the Planning Board shall not require construction of a joint
use driveway/stub-out to adjacent properties when the length is over seventy (70) feet (as measured
from edge of any proposed parking or driveway edge to the adjacent property line).

Traffic Impact Study. A detailed traffic impact study shall be submitted with any site plan
application involving a drive-through facility. A Maine licensed professional engineer experienced
and qualified in traffic engineering shall prepare the traffic impact study. The traffic impact study
shall contain the following information: (a) Existing traffic conditions: average daily and peak hour
volumes, average and peak speeds, sight distances, accident data for the previous 3 years, and levels
of service (LOS) of intersections and streets affected by the proposed development. (b) Projected
traffic conditions for design year of occupancy. (c) Projected impacts of the proposed development
shall include: projected peak hour and daily traffic generated by the development on streets in the
vicinity of the development; sight lines at the intersections of the proposed access connection and
adjacent streets. (d) Proposed mitigation shall include a plan (with supporting text) to minimize
traffic and safety impacts.