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TAC weighs stricter pedestrian rules for drive‑throughs and new rules for food trucks and pods
Summary
The TAC debated model CFA walkable‑design language that would push drive‑through stacking lanes off street frontages, require walk‑up service windows and set minimum stacking lengths; members also discussed moving mobile food units from transient merchant permits into development code with a temporary‑use review and debated 24 vs 72‑hour thresholds.
Springfield staff presented model CFA walkable‑design code language that would require drive‑through facilities to support pedestrian orientation and place walk‑up service windows facing the street. "Walk up service areas must be accessible by customers arriving on foot... a walk up service area must have the same or better access to goods and services as customers using the drive through," staff read from state model language.
The draft sets stacking‑lane minimums from a model code — for one stacking lane, roughly 150–160 feet; for two lanes, 75–80 feet — to reduce queuing in public right‑of‑way. Committee members…
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