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CUP No. 2025-11 – Dutch Bros (1819 N. Tustin Avenue) April 28, 2025 Page 5 4 9 5 2 vehicle circulation, light pollution, and noise. Dutch Bros has prepared a Traffic Management Plan (Exhibit 9) to address overflow scenarios during peak hours. Under this plan, Dutch Bros staff will deploy employees to key areas of the drive-through to expedite operations. “Drink Runners” will deliver food orders more quickly, “Line Busters” will take orders more efficiently, and “Traffic Coordinators” will manage parking lot circulation to ensure smooth traffic flow and prevent sensitive areas from being blocked. Additionally, during peak hours of operation, access to the drive-through will be restricted to the Tustin Avenue frontage road. Per the traffic management plan, temporary directional signage will be installed to close ingress driveway areas and direct traffic into the site from the Tustin Avenue frontage road. As a condition of approval, the applicant will be required to provide a final landscape plan that includes enhanced buffer shrubs/vines in conjunction with appropriately sized fencing alongside the southern property line from Tustin Avenue until the location of where the In-N-Out building begins, in an effort to mitigate and discourage any unsafe crossing of pedestrians through the drive aisle connecting the Dutch Brother’s site and 1809 North Tustin Avenue (In-N-Out site). Additionally, signage instructing pedestrians to use the sidewalk shall be installed in this location in an effort to ensure traffic flow and pedestrians remain on designed walkways for safety. Additionally, by locating commercial activity closer towards Tustin Avenue, noise and light from the business will have minimal affect across Ponderosa Street, which is approximately 280 feet from the commercial building. The applicant is proposing exterior lighting and strategically placed light standards to limit impacts to the neighboring residential properties while ensuring all adequate illumination for all commercial and parking areas. Lighting adjacent to residential properties would be less than 5-foot candles as required by the City’s design guidelines and range from 0 to 1.5-foot candles at the property line, adjacent to the residences to the east and north. Within the drive- through lane, through the landscape plan, enhanced shrubs and vegetation will act as a buffer, screening vehicular lights and areas outside of the drive-through. In commercial and parking areas, a minimum of 1-foot candle light is provided throughout the site for a well illuminated area in which contributes to overall safety and security. The primary noise sources associated with the proposed Dutch Bros would consist of drive-through operations (e.g., sound from the employees taking orders and vehicles idling/queuing in the drive-through lanes), parking lot noise, and mechanical equipment. To mitigate noise concerns, the applicant proposes enhanced landscaping along the northern property line wall with Davis Gold Toyon shrubs and Australian Willow trees. These plants can grow up to the height of the perimeter wall in order to provide additional sound attenuation, which would supplement existing/proposed perimeter block walls. Moreover, the nearest residence, located north at 2232-2240 Lenita Lane, is buffered by an existing parking area consisting of carports and is physically located approximately