Unified Development Ordinance, 34th Supplement, October 2024

Article 6.8. Temporary Uses| CHAPTER 6. ​USE REGULATIONS

J. Drive-Thru A facility, whether attended or unattended, designed for the provision of products and/or services to persons remaining in their vehicles that are queued in a designated service lane. 1. Drive-thrus, with the exception of pharmacies, are prohibited in the DX-, RX-, and OX- districts, and any district with an Urban Frontage. 2. All drive-thrus existing in the DX-, RX-, and OX- districts, or any district with an Urban Frontage, prior to July 4, 2024, shall be subject to the following provisions: a. Replacement, repair, and renovation of drive-thrus may be made provided the replacement, repair, or renovation conforms to all provisions of this UDO except 6.7.3.J.1. Replacement, repair, or renovation allowed under this section shall be like for like. This item is applicable to both voluntary and involuntary demolition of drive-thrus which leads to replacement, repair, or renovation. b. Drive-thrus made non-conforming may be re-established provided the drive-thru conforms to all provisions of this UDO and provided the use is discontinued, vacated, or abandoned for a period of fewer than 730 consecutive days. This section is applicable to both voluntary and involuntary cessation of use. c. Drive-thrus shall not be extended, expanded, enlarged or increased in intensity, unless a special use permit is issued by the Board of Adjustment for such extension or expansion. K. Drive-In A facility where patrons can be accommodated remaining in a parked vehicle. Drive-ins typically incorporate canopies, installed electronic ordering systems, designated space numbers and other elements to facilitate service to the vehicle. This does not include designated drive-up/pick-up spaces within a standard parking facility. 1. Drive-ins are prohibited in the DX-, RX-, and OX- districts, and any district with an Urban Frontage. 2. All drive-ins existing in the DX-, RX-, and OX- districts, or any district with an Urban Frontage, prior to July 4, 2024, shall be subject to the following provisions:

minimum floor space of 100 square feet of space is provided for each individual sheltered. 3. No individual or family resides at the facility for a period longer than 18 months, and no person or family shall be readmitted until at least 14 days have elapsed from their last residency. 4. It is located in a place of worship which is established on the site for a period of 1 year or longer. 5. It provides an employee or volunteer to maintain continuous on-site supervision. 6. No religious shelter unit may be located within ¾-mile radius of another religious shelter unit (determined by a straight line from property line to property line). 7. It is not located within a Primary Reservoir Watershed Protection Area or an -AOD. I. Residential Accessory Service 1. A nonresidential accessory use located within an apartment or townhouse development or congregate care facility in an R-1, R-2, R-4, R-6, R-1o or RX- district. Allowed accessory uses are limited to eating establishment, beauty or barber shop, laundry or dry cleaning pickup, drug store, flower shop, gift shop or newsstand. Does not include an adult establishment. 2. The gross floor area of all accessory uses can be no more than 25% of the dwelling unit. 3. In no case shall the accessory use occupy more than 50% of the building gross floor area or 2,000 square feet, whichever is less (except that laundry facilities shall be excluded from this maximum floor area). 4. The primary entrance to the accessory use must be internal to the main building. 5. The display of products and activity of the accessory use must not be visible from outside the building. 6. The signage and location must not be designed to attract clientele from outside the building or lot within which the use is sited. 7. Residential accessory service uses are not allowed in a Primary Watershed Protection Area.

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Part 10: Unified Development Ordinance City of Raleigh, North Carolina

Supp. No. 34