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.
A.
In the C-2 District, the following uses shall be permitted by right:
(1)
Amusement enterprises, including theaters, billiard or pool parlors,
bowling alleys or similar uses or places of assembly.
(2)
Automobile sales, provided they are located on Main Street.
(3)
Banks and business, fiduciary and professional offices.
(4)
Barbershops and beauty parlors.
(6)
Churches, places of worship and related uses.
(7)
Clubs and lodges.
(9)
Crafts or artisan's studio.
(10)
Department stores.
(11)
Emergency medical treatment centers or similar.
(12)
Health and recreation club.
(13)
Launderettes and dry cleaning establishments.
(14)
Medical and dental clinics and laboratories.
(15)
Mortuary and undertaking establishments.
(16)
Municipal buildings and uses.
(17)
Office.
(18)
Parking structure.
(19)
Personal service shops.
(20)
Private schools conducted for gain or profit, including instructional
studios, trade schools or similar.
(21)
Railway or bus passenger stations, telegraph offices and express
offices.
(22)
Restaurants, tearooms, cafes, taverns and other places serving
food or beverages, excluding drive-throughs.
(23)
Stores for the retailing of food, drugs, confectionery, hardware,
bakery products, clothing, household appliances, flowers or houseplants,
including convenience stores.
(24)
Veterinary office.
(25)
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above
uses.
(26)
Hotels.
(27)
Academic clinical research centers.
[Added 2-7-2017 by Ord.
No. 1336, approved 2-21-2017]
(28)
Medical marijuana growers/processors.
[Added 2-7-2017 by Ord.
No. 1336, approved 2-21-2017]
(29)
Medical marijuana transport vehicle offices.
[Added 2-7-2017 by Ord.
No. 1336, approved 2-21-2017]
(30)
Medical marijuana dispensaries.
[Added 2-7-2017 by Ord.
No. 1336, approved 2-21-2017]
The following uses are permitted when as a special exception
use:
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.
A.
The building coverage ratio shall not exceed 60%.
B.
The total coverage ratio shall not exceed 90%.
C.
A minimum of 10% of the lot shall be prepared and maintained as green
space, containing grass or other ground cover and appropriate shrubbery
or similar plantings. This requirement shall be met for all new development
and at the time of any substantial improvement or redevelopment.
A.
Where a development on a single lot contains multiple buildings,
the building to building separation shall be a minimum of 20 feet.
B.
No parking shall be allowed between the building and the street line.
Parking shall be placed to the rear of buildings and accessed off
an alley, existing curb cut or a side street.
C.
Off-street parking facilities may be provided within 600 feet of
the periphery of the designated commercial district.
D.
Off-street parking facilities are subject to the following provisions:
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.
