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City of Arden Hills City Council Work Session for March 15, 2021 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2021\21-003 Chick-fil-A- CP Page 3 of 8 Parking – Flexibility Requested The applicant is requesting flexibility of parking requirements. Parking will be located east of the proposed building. The City Code requires a total of 58 parking spaces for a restaurant use containing 116 indoor and outdoor seating spaces and the applicant is proposing a total of 50 parking spaces on the site. The parking lot has been configured to maximize circulation and minimize backups given the drive-thru facility. The City Code requires 15 stacking spaces for each customer pickup window. The applicant is proposing 40 stacking spaces, more than what is required in the Code. Access to the parking lot will be provided via a one-way entrance off Red Fox Road and a one-way exit onto Red Fox Road. Trash Pick Up A dual bin trash enclosure has been situated at the north side of the parking lot in order to provide maximum separation from the Red Fox Road frontage and the Lexington Avenue frontage. Drive-Thru Facilities – Flexibility Requested Chick-fil-A’s drive-thru operation consists of two lanes of customer ordering and two lanes of meal fulfillment. This dual flex lane concept allows the restaurant operator to use the outer lane as either a second meal fulfillment lane or as a by-pass lane at their discretion to properly support the operational needs of the business. If/when the outer lane is not in use, a series of magnetic delineators will be used to merge cars back into one lane for meal fulfillment at the window. The pick-up window will be a multi-function door that can also function as a window. The purpose of the drive thru door is to allow team members to stage more meals and beverages indoors while they are delivering meals outside, directly to vehicle windows. The door allows easier access to the meals without passing them through a small window. During non-peak times or periods of inclement weather, the door can be closed and will function as a standard pickup window. The applicant is requesting flexibility of setback requirements for the two canopies proposed on the site. A dual drive-thru lane is proposed to start on the north side of the parking lot, curl around to the west side of building, and end on the south side of the building. The drive thru lane has been positioned in a way to promote circulation on the exterior of the site in order to prevent backups within the parking lot. The applicant is proposing to install two free-standing canopies over the drive-thru lane: An order point canopy to be located north of the building, setback 14.7 feet from the property line; and an order meal delivery canopy to be located on the west side of the building, over the pick-up window, setback 2.3 feet from the property line. The Zoning Code requires accessory structures to be setback 10 feet from the property line in the B-3 District. Section 1325.04 of the Zoning Code lists special requirements for drive-up facilities. One of these requirements states no drive up facility shall be located within 1,320’ of another facility. The nearest drive-up facility is the Starbucks, located to the south across Red Fox Road. Section 1320.09 allows this requirement to be waived if the following conditions are met: A. The operation consists of one or more drive-up windows and is an integral part of a building containing one or more other allowed uses, or the operation is part of an architecturally unified complex containing two or more businesses using drive-up windows B. Shared access drives and shared parking are utilized by all such businesses using drive-up windows in said building or complex.