It is moved that the Town amend the Code of the Town of Dalton, Chapter 350, Zoning, Attachment 1,

Table of Use Regulations, Principal Permitted Uses, line F.13. by deleting the language therein in its
entirety and substituting the following language as set forth below:

F. Permitted Accessory Uses

Principal Permitted Uses R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 B-1 B-2 I-1 I-2 PIDD
13. Drive Through Facility NP NP NP NP PA PA PA PA PA
for all primary business uses

It is moved that the Town amend 350-63.1 in Dalton’s Zoning Bylaws to add an additional sections;
“C. Location, D. Historic District Requirements, E. Stacking Lane Requirements” to the existing
bylaw text as set forth below:
A.
Special Permit Requirements: A special permit is required for the installation of a drive-through
facility where business is transacted from the vehicles of customers or patrons. (This is not a use
allowed by right in a business district.)
B. 
Traffic impact study: If a detailed traffic impact analysis is requested by the SPGA for any special
permit or site plan approval application containing a drive-through facility, a registered professional
engineer experienced and qualified in traffic engineering shall prepare the traffic impact study. The
traffic impact study shall contain the following information:
1. Existing traffic conditions – average daily and peak hour volumes, average and peak speeds,
sight distance, accident data, and levels of service of intersections and streets affected by the
proposed development.
2. Projected traffic conditions – average annual traffic growth, impacts of proposed development.
3. Projected impacts of the proposed development shall include projected peak hour and daily
traffic generated by the development on roads and ways in the vicinity of the development.
4. Proposed mitigation shall include a plan (with supporting text) to minimize traffic and safety
impacts through such means as physical design and layout concepts.
C.
Location: A Drive-Through Facility as defined in this bylaw, shall be permitted in B-1, B-2, I-1, I-2,
and PIDD Zoning Districts upon issuance of special permit from the Dalton Board of Appeals
D.
Historic District Requirements: Drive-through facilities shall not be allowed in the Town’s designated
Historic Districts
E.
Stacking Lane Requirements. Each drive-through facility shall provide stacking spaces meeting the
following standards:
1. Each stacking space shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet in length and at least ten (10) feet
in width along straight sections. Stacking spaces and stacking lanes shall be a minimum of
twelve (12) feet in width along curved segments.
2. Food and restaurant drive-through facilities shall require a minimum of six (6) stacking spaces
before the transaction window and one (1) stacking space adjacent to or directly in front of the
last window on the premise.
3. Drive-through facilities for other types of businesses shall provide stacking spaces as required
by the SPGA.
4. Stacking lanes shall be delineated from traffic aisles, other stacking lanes, and parking spaces
with striping, curbing, landscaping, and/or the use of alternative paving materials. If a stacking
lane is curbed, an emergency bypass or exit shall be provided.
5. Entrances to stacking lane(s) shall be clearly marked and begin no closer than twenty (20) feet
from the curb cut (measured from the property line).
6. Stacking lanes shall be designed to prevent vehicle circulation congestion both on site and on
adjacent public streets. The design shall separate drive-through traffic from other site traffic
and shall not impede or impair access into or out of parking spaces.