In addition to the general goals listed in Article I, it is the purpose of this district to provide an area for a unified commercial center which provides goods and services to a regional trading area. Parking facilities shall be grouped to service a number of retail stores. The intent is for a commercial center with completely coordinated circulation and carefully designed access that is compatible with surrounding uses.
In any C-2 District, land, buildings or premises
shall be used by right for only one or more of the following:
A.
Beverage distributor.
B.
Retail sale of goods or service.
C.
Exercise club.
D.
Offices.
E.
Financial institutions, with or without drive-through
facilities.
F.
Commercial recreation, including a bowling alley,
movie theater, skating rink or miniature golf course.
G.
Commercial studios.
H.
Video arcade.
I.
Standard or fast-food restaurant, with or without drive-through service, in compliance with § 255-199A(36).
J.
Personal services.
K.
Child nursery/day-care center, in compliance with § 255-199A(29).
L.
Trade school.
M.
Adult day-care center, in compliance with § 255-199A(2).
N.
Massage therapist business.
O.
Forestry.
P.
Bus terminal
Q.
Tattoo parlor or establishment.
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 2007, approved 2-16-2004]
R.
Pawn shop.
[Added 2-12-2004 by Ord. No. 2007, approved 2-16-2004]
S.
Fire, emergency services and ambulance stations.
[Added 8-28-2008 by Ord. No. 2107, approved 9-1-2008]
T.
Community gardens, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(53).
[Added 7-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2182, approved 7-11-2013]
U.
Non-tower wireless communications facilities, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(50).
[Added 4-9-2015 by Ord.
No. 2220, approved 4-9-2015]
The following uses may be permitted as a special exception when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board, subject to § 255-197 of this chapter:
A.
Adult bookstore, adult movie theater, massage parlor or cabaret, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(1).
B.
Auto service station (see definition in Article II), and subject to compliance with § 255-199A(8).
C.
Auto repair garage (see definition in Article II), and subject to compliance with § 255-199A(6).
D.
Public utility uses, such as telephone exchange buildings and electric substation, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(33).
E.
Funeral homes, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(16).
F.
Testing, cleaning and repairing of small machines
for household or business use.
G.
Laboratories for research and development.
H.
Tavern.
J.
Commercial convenience store, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(51).
K.
Recycling collection center, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(35).
Only the following accessory uses shall be permitted:
A.
Commercial communication antenna mounted on a permitted structure, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(50).
B.
The retail sale of food and common household products as an accessory use to an auto service station, provided that the area devoted to such sales does not exceed 500 square feet or 10% of the total building area, whichever is less, and provided further, that all parking requirements for both the principal and accessory use set forth in Article XXV are met.
C.
A fast-food restaurant, with or without a drive-through
window, inside the primary building of a commercial convenience store,
when permitted as a special exception, so long as it does not occupy
more than 2,000 square feet or 25% of the total building area, whichever
is less.
D.
A place of worship when used within a theater or any
other assembly use area, which use shall be the primary use for the
property.
E.
Community gardens, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(53).
[Added 7-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2182, approved 7-11-2013]
The following shall be observed for each lot:
A.
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
B.
Maximum building coverage: 50%.
C.
Maximum impervious coverage: 80%. Nonimpervious coverage
may include area of a lot that becomes divided by a new street; provided,
that all of the land in the C-2 District remains in one ownership,
except for any land that may be dedicated as permanent open space.
D.
Minimum distance between street access points: 300
feet along an arterial street; 150 feet along a collector street.
E.
Minimum tract size: 15 acres.
F.
Minimum lot area: 20,000 square feet.
G.
Minimum tract width at the front yard building setback
line: 300 feet.
H.
Minimum paved setback: 30 feet from an arterial street and 15 feet from any other public street from the right-of-way line; except when a joint parking lot is proposed; subject to compliance with § 255-209, five feet from all other property lines, except 25 feet from the property line of an abutting residential use or district. In addition, paved areas abutting residential uses or districts shall be screened in accordance with § 255-191 of this chapter.
I.
Minimum setback requirements for principal and accessory
uses and structures:
A.
Any proposed lot or use within the C-2 District shall
be designed to make maximum use of a well-designed internal circulation
system. Driveway entrances onto arterial streets shall be held to
an absolute minimum.
B.
Within a tract in the C-2 District, deed restrictions
may be required by the Borough Council at the time of subdivision
of any lot to ensure that access involving left-hand turns will only
be provided onto the interior street system instead of public streets.
C.
The interior street system of a commercial tract shall
be carefully designed with well-marked traffic ways that are separated
throughout the tract from off-street parking spaces by curbing, landscaping
or sidewalks. These features shall prevent vehicles from traveling
across a parking lot except within defined traffic ways.
The following additional requirements shall
apply:
