[Amended 11-11-1980 by Ord. No. 41-1980; 6-11-1985 by Ord. No. 81-1985; 10-14-1986 by Ord. No. 92-1986; 3-21-1988 by Ord. No. 97-1988]
A.
It is the intent of the C-1 District, as outlined
in the East Bradford Township Comprehensive Plan, to provide for retail
and service establishments that are local in scale within a village
or neighborhood setting. The C-1 District establishes planned commercial
development standards for a unified and organized arrangement of buildings,
service and parking areas to facilitate access management in the Township.
B.
In the C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District, the following
regulations shall apply.
[Amended 7-11-1989 by Ord. No. 112-1989; 6-9-1992 by Ord. No.
135-1992; 1-11-2005 by Ord. No. 1-2005; 11-8-2005 by Ord. No.
9-2005; 8-10-2010 by Ord. No. 2-2010]
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot may be
used for any of the following purposes and for no other:
A.
The retail sale of dry goods, variety and general merchandise, clothing, food, flowers, drugs, household supplies or furnishings, including convenience stores, as defined by this chapter and consistent with the site development standards in § 115-35B(7) of this chapter; the sale or repair of jewelry, watches and clocks, optical goods or musical, professional or scientific instruments.
B.
Barbershops, hairdressers, cleaning and pressing and
other shops for personal service.
C.
Bakery, confectioner or similar patisserie for production
of articles to be sold at retail on the premises.
D.
Day-care center.
F.
Commercial
accessory uses.
G.
Solar energy systems, as an accessory use, subject to the provisions of § 115-151 of this chapter.
H.
The following uses shall be permitted as conditional uses when authorized by the Board of Supervisors, subject to the provisions of this chapter and, in particular, § 115-77:
(1)
Planned commercial development.
(3)
Adaptive reuse of Class I or Class II historic resource pursuant to the provisions of §§ 115-131.2 and 115-131.3. In this C-1 Neighborhood Commercial District, an adaptive reuse of a Class I or Class II historic resource may include the conversion of the resource to a residential use that is permitted in the R-4 Residential District.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection H(4), regarding telecommunication
antennas, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed
7-14-2015 by Ord. No. 10-2015.
A.
The following shall apply for planned commercial developments:
(1)
Lot area: 14,000 square feet for each individual use
with a minimum tract size of one acre.
(2)
Lot width at street line/building line: 200 feet minimum.
(3)
Building coverage: 30% maximum.
(4)
Floor area ratio: 50% maximum.
(5)
Landscaped open space: 20% minimum, provided that
landscaping required for parking is not included.
(6)
Building setback line: 75 feet minimum.
(7)
Side and rear yards: 50 feet minimum abutting residential
districts and 25 feet minimum abutting nonresidential districts.
(8)
Building and accessory building or structure height: three stories
above grade plane or 35 feet maximum.
[Amended 9-13-2011 by Ord. No. 3-2011]
B.
The following shall apply for all other uses:
(1)
Lot area: one acre minimum.
(2)
Lot width at street line/building line: 150 feet minimum.
(3)
Building coverage: 25% maximum.
(4)
Floor area ratio: 40% maximum.
(5)
Landscaped open space: 30% minimum, provided that
landscaping required for parking is not included.
(6)
Building setback line: 75 feet minimum.
(7)
Side and rear yards: 50 feet minimum abutting residential
districts and 25 feet minimum abutting nonresidential districts.
(8)
Building and accessory building or structure height: three stories
above grade plane or 35 feet maximum.
[Amended 9-13-2011 by Ord. No. 3-2011]
C.
In addition to area and bulk regulations enumerated
herein, the following shall apply for all principal buildings and
uses within the vicinity of a Class I or Class II historic resource:
[Added 11-8-2005 by Ord. No. 9-2005]
(1)
Historic setback line: 150 feet minimum from any Class
I or Class II historic resource, regardless of whether such resource
is located upon a tract or lot itself.
The following standards shall apply to all uses
within the C-1 District:
A.
General.
(1)
With the exception of planned commercial developments and office buildings, which are addressed in § 115-30B below, there shall be a maximum of one access for each road frontage which may consist of a combined point of ingress and egress or separate points of ingress and egress, one each. The minimum distance from access points on any adjacent properties along Routes 52, 100 or 322 shall be 300 feet, measured along both sides of the highway. A reduction in the minimum separation distance shall occur only when compliance with said distance will not allow for minimum safe sight distance as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
[Amended 8-10-2010 by Ord. No. 2-2010]
(2)
A landscaped buffer shall be provided in accordance with § 115-45.1 of this chapter.
[Amended 11-8-2005 by Ord. No. 9-2005]
(3)
Parking areas shall be landscaped in accordance with § 115-45.1 of this chapter.
[Amended 11-8-2005 by Ord. No. 9-2005]
(5)
Unless adequate provision for off-site sewage disposal
is provided, there shall be a minimum contiguous area suitable for
on-site sewage disposal which is 20% of the tract, but in no case
less than 10,000 square feet.
(6)
The uses permitted by this article in § 155-28
shall not be open to the public between the hours of 12:00 midnight
and 6:00 a.m. In addition, there shall be no truck or other deliveries
arriving or leaving during the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
Furthermore, any delivery trucks or other vehicles arriving prior
to 12:00 midnight and parked on the property shall not have engines,
refrigeration units or other motors associated with the delivery truck
or vehicle operating between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00
a.m.
[Added 7-12-2005 by Ord. No. 5-2005]
B.
Planned commercial development and office buildings.
(1)
The applicant shall prepare a plan indicating how
the lot will be developed and used. The plan shall also identify specific
ownership and maintenance responsibilities of the lot, buildings,
structures and other improvements.
(2)
The combined uses, buildings, structures and other improvements shall collectively comply with the bulk regulations of § 115-29A.
(3)
A single shared access shall be provided in order
to limit new accesses onto the highway. Access shall take the form
of an internal road which directs traffic to a single entrance with
divided lanes, or by means of reverse frontage access.
(4)
Entrances shall be of a minimum width and depth as
specified by the Pennsylvania Code, Title 67, Transportation, Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation, Chapter 441, “access to and occupancy
of highways by driveways and local roads,” for the traffic volume
level of driveway proposed, or other width and depth requirements
as may be required by state regulation.
[Amended 11-8-2005 by Ord. No. 9-2005]
(5)
Parking requirements shall be calculated in accordance with § 115-58. Parking facilities may be designed as a common parking lot, provided that the required number of parking spaces are provided for each use. Pedestrian access to a use shall not be provided across a main access loop road, unless raised pedestrian walkways including stop signs or other appropriate traffic controls, are provided for each crossing. In any event, such pedestrian access over or through a main access loop road shall not be a primary access, but shall instead be used primarily to serve overflow parking areas.
[Amended 11-8-2005 by Ord. No. 9-2005]
(6)
Only one freestanding sign shall be permitted on any entrance to a planned commercial development or office building lot as a directory use on the lot. Only one freestanding sign as permitted by § 115-95 shall be permitted at each building court. All individual signs shall be mounted to the building or structure housing the use. Signs shall be designed in accordance with Article XVII.
[Amended 11-8-2005 by Ord. No. 9-2005]
