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Policy regarding bicycle access to drive in facilities--Palo Alto, California; 1988

The Palo Alto Municipal Code Zoning Ordinance includes regulations pertaining to bicycle access to drive-in facilities. Drive-in services require a conditional use permit in the following districts:

CC Districts (Community Commercial)

CD Districts (Commercial Downtown)

CN Districts (Neighborhood Commercial)

CS Districts (Service Commercial)

The following excerpts are from the pertinent Zoning Ordinance sections:

Section 18.040.03 (45) Definition of Drive-in Service:

"Drive-in Service" means a feature of characteristic of a use involving sales of products or provision of services to occupants in vehicles, including drive-in or drive-up windows and drive-through services such as mechanical automobile washing. Section 18.43.040 Conditional Uses (typical excerpt) The following uses may be conditionally allowed in the CC district subject to the issuance of a conditional use permit in accord with Chapter 18.90:

(e) Drive-in services or take-out services associated with permitted uses, so long as drive-up facilities, excluding carwashes, provide full access to pedestrians and bicyclists. A maximum of two such services shall be permitted within 304.8 (1,000 feet) and each use shall not be less than 45.7 meters (150 feet) from one another.



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