The purpose of this article is to provide for the retail sales
of goods, services and food to meet the needs of the surrounding neighborhood
in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan for the Borough of Middletown.
A related objective is to permit a wide range of business types and
residential uses that are compatible with the urban character.
The following uses are permitted when as a special exception
use:
A. Communication antennas, towers, equipment, transmitting and receiving facilities in accordance with §
260-193.
D. Commercial tourist homes.
The height of a principal building shall be not greater than
35 feet, except that the height of apartment housing for the elderly
shall not exceed 90 feet and the height of a hotel shall not exceed
50 feet.
The minimum lot area for all uses in the C-2 District is 2,000
square feet.
Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards of not less than
the depth or width indicated below:
A. Front yard: not required.
B. Two side yards, 10 feet in width, each side of a principal building,
provided that any lot adjoining a residential district shall have
a side yard of a width not less than the minimum width required in
the adjoining residential district. No side yards shall be required
where two commercial uses abut side to side and a written agreement
between the adjoining property owners is provided. However, in no
case shall party walls be permitted between properties of separate
ownership. In the case of a series of abutting structures abutting
and paralleling a public right-of-way, an open and unobstructed passage
for vehicles and pedestrians of at least 20 feet in width shall be
provided at grade level at intervals of not more than 400 feet.
C. Rear yard depth: 30 feet.
Parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article
XVI, except that for apartment housing for the elderly, the total number of parking spaces shall be not less than 1/5 times the number of apartments in the building, plus one space for each person employed therein.