Potential drive-thru ordinance change
By George Chapman | |
Proquest LLC |
The ordinance has been prompted by incidents where service was refused for pedestrians and bicyclists at drive-thru windows after hours. That does happen, but this ordinance is an overreaction to a business decision that takes into account the customer, public and worker safety and insurance costs. The specific language in the proposal (Title 5) is: "During business hours a building with a drive-through facility shall be accessible to all customers either through the drive-through, a walk-up window, in the dining room or by other means, notwithstanding whether they arrive on foot, bicycle, in a motor vehicle or another mode of transportation."
The proposal says that the standards "would improve pedestrian access and safety of future drive-thru developments" but encouraging the mixing of pedestrians and vehicles (possibly with incapacitated drivers) in a drive-thru window lane is an accident waiting to happen. Actually many accidents like this already happen. These accidents shouldn't be encouraged.
If the facilities are forced to stay open for the hours of drive- thru windows, they complain that they will be inundated with drunks, homeless and drug problems. Restaurants do not want drunk or drug incapacitated customers, especially inside their facilities. It increases the requirements for more
Some say that this ordinance will decrease drunk driving, but convincing a drunk to walk instead of driving is not realistic. The next step will be to place the same requirements on other drive- thru businesses, including banks and cleaners. There are potential solutions that might require pre-paying or ordering by phone prior to pickup, but businesses should decide if their facility can safely serve those customers after hours. They should not be told to serve customers that could cause significant public safety issues. This isn't just big mother government; it is big bully government.
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