REYNOLDSBURG ZONING CODE per street. K. Drive-Thru Service. The following regulations shall apply to the approval and operation of drive-thru establishments: i. Loudspeakers shall be located and designed, with volume and hours of operation controlled, in a manner to minimize noise impacts on nearby residential uses. ii. Lanes required for vehicle access to and waiting for use of a drive-thru facility shall be designed to have sufficient length to accommodate the peak number of vehicles projected to use the facility at any one (1) time, to provide escape/abort lanes for vehicles desiring to leave the stacking lanes or to avoid disabled vehicles, and to minimize impacts on the use of other required parking or drives or on the use of abutting streets and hazards to pedestrians. The Planning and Zoning Administrator or Board of Zoning and Building Appeals, as applicable, may require a traffic study which documents the projected vehicular use of the proposed facilities and evidence of compliance with the provisions of this Zoning Code. iii. The Planning and Zoning Administrator or Board of Zoning and Building Appeals, as applicable, may impose restrictions on the hours of operation in order to reduce inappropriate impacts on abutting uses and on street traffic and to ensure compatibility with normal vehicular activity in the district. iv. The applicant shall so design the site plan or otherwise provide assurances as to reduce the impacts of lighting, litter, noise, and exhaust resulting from the facility, especially impacts on nearby residential uses. L. Solar Panels and Solar Panel Arrays. The following regulations shall apply to the installation of solar panels and solar panel arrays: i. Accessory Use. A solar panel or a solar panel array, in each case, whether freestanding or roof mounted, shall be classified as a permitted accessory use in all zoning districts in the city, subject to the regulations set forth herein. Any solar panel or solar panel array shall be installed in accordance with all applicable building and electrical codes. Except as otherwise, provided herein, solar panels and solar panel arrays shall be installed and located in accordance with the zoning regulations for the base zoning district in which such panels or arrays are to be installed. Applications for solar panels or solar panel arrays shall be submitted to the Planning and Zoning Administrator on the forms provided from time to time. ii. Roof mounted solar panels and solar panel arrays. Roof-mounted solar panels or solar arrays shall be located in accordance with the following regulations. 1. Roof Line. A roof-mounted solar panel or solar panel array shall not be located so that it extends beyond the roof line in any direction including above and beyond the roof peak. 2. Roof Height Projection. When located on a flat roof, solar panels or solar panel arrays shall not be project vertically more than ten feet from the surface of the flat roof. For purpose of this subsection, “flat roof” shall mean any roof that is less than seventeen (17) degrees or 2/12 pitch. 3. Glare. Roof mounted solar panels or solar panel arrays shall not be positioned so as to create glare on to adjacent roads, buildings, lots, or rights-of-way. 169
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