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Township of Londonderry, PA
Dauphin County
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[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(a)]
This district is designed to facilitate commercial enterprises which serve the local populace.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(b); as amended by Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001, § 5]
All uses permitted in R-1 and R-2 districts together with neighborhood service or convenience type facilities of the general character set forth below.
1. 
Stores for the retailing of food, drugs, confectionery, hardware, bakery goods, incidental clothing, household appliances, flowers, or house plants. No more than four gasoline pumps shall be permitted as an ancillary part of the above.
2. 
Personal service shops including barbers, beauty parlors, tailors, and shoe repair.
3. 
Self-service laundromat and dry cleaning.
4. 
Municipal buildings and municipal uses, firehouses and post offices.
5. 
Restaurants, but not including drive-thru or fast-food restaurants or night clubs.
6. 
Retail sale and/or rental of goods, including convenience stores, provided the total sales and/or display area is less then 3,600 square feet.
7. 
Retail services, including barber, beauty salons, music, dance, art or photographic studios, repair of clocks and small appliances, computer retail services.
8. 
Public uses and public utility structures.
9. 
Commercial day-care facilities, subject to the requirements of Part 16, § 1601(3).
10. 
Dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats, subject to the requirements of Part 16, § 1601.5.
11. 
The maximum floor space per lot allowed in this district shall be 10,000 square feet, with the exception of numbers 12 through 16 below, which uses shall be limited to a total floor area of not more than 4,000 square feet.
12. 
Banks and similar financial institutions, including credit agencies, security and commodity brokers and services.
13. 
Insurance agencies, brokers and services.
14. 
Diaper services.
15. 
Medical and dental offices.
16. 
Veterinary offices, provided no outdoor keeping of animals shall be permitted.
17. 
Business identification signs when erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of Part 18, "Signs."
18. 
Accessory buildings customarily incidental to the above uses.
19. 
Questions regarding usage in this category shall be referred to the Zoning Hearing Board for clarification and interpretation.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(c)]
The above businesses shall be retail establishments exclusively and shall be permitted only under conditions that they are conducted in an enclosed building and such usage, operation or products will not be objectionable due to odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration, or similar causes.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(d)]
1. 
The height of a building shall not exceed 35 feet.
2. 
The height of a building shall not be less then one story.
3. 
The maximum height limitation of this Chapter shall not apply to church spires, cupolas, monuments, silos, domes, or any other structures not intended for human occupancy nor to chimneys, ventilators, sky lights, water tanks, or other necessary mechanical appurtenances normally built above the roof level. Such building appurtenances, however, shall be erected only to such height as is necessary to accomplish the purpose they are to serve.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(e); as amended by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020]
Except for public pumping stations, each lot shall have a front, side, and rear yard of not less than those indicated:
A. 
Front yard: depth, 50 feet.
B. 
Side yards: two required, 20 feet each.
C. 
Rear yard: depth, 20 feet.
D. 
Buffer yards shall be provided under "General Regulations; Yard Regulations." [§ 1609]
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(f); as amended by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020]
The following coverage regulations shall apply, except that the requirements of this section shall not apply to public pumping stations:
1. 
Coverage shall be no more than 40%.
2. 
Not less than 20% of the lot area shall be covered with plant material.
3. 
Parking area shall be no more than 40% of the lot area.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(g); as amended by Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001, § 6]
1. 
Parking shall be in accordance with the provisions of Part 19.
2. 
Screening and landscaping shall be in accordance with Part 16, § 1609(5).
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(h); as amended by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020]
Except that the requirements of this section shall not apply to public pumping stations, the lot area shall be determined on the basis of yard requirements, coverage, parking, and buffer yard requirements contained in this Part and Chapter, but the lot shall not be less than 43,560 square feet (one acre).
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983; as added by Ord. 1992-3, 10/5/1992, § 5; as amended by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020]
Except that the requirements of this section shall not apply to public pumping stations, the lot width at the front street line, which shall be measured at the right-of-way line and at the building setback line, shall be not less than 100 feet.
[Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001, § 6]
All uses within this zone shall also comply with the general regulations in Part 16 of this Chapter if applicable.