Consistent with the general purposes of this chapter and the goals and objectives of the Lower Allen Township Comprehensive Plan, the specific intent of this article is:
A. 
To provide standards for the development of a variety of regional commercial uses.
B. 
To establish these districts in existing commercial areas and to allow for the reasonable expansion of such uses.
C. 
To develop standards designed to minimize traffic congestion and to provide for public conveniences.
The permitted uses are as follows:
A. 
Nonresidential uses shall be permitted in accordance with the NAICS, as follows:
NAICS No.
Category
22112
Electric Power Transmission, Control and Distribution
2212
Natural Gas Distribution
2213
Water, Sewage and Other Systems
323
Printing and Related Support Activities
44-45
Retail Trade
482
Rail Transportation
483
Water Transportation
485
Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
486
Pipeline Transportation
491
Postal Service
492
Couriers and Messengers
51412
Libraries and Archives
52
Finance and Insurance
53
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing, except Industries 53113 (Lessors of Miniwarehouses and Self-Storage Units); 5321 (Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing); and 5324 (Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing)
54
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
55
Management of Companies and Enterprises
56
Administration and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services, except Industry 5617 (Services to Buildings and Dwellings) and Subsector 562 (Waste Management and Remediation Services)
61
Educational Services
62
Health Care and Social Assistance, except Subsectors 622 (Hospitals) and 623 (Nursing and Residential Care Facilities) and Industries 6242 (Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services) and 6243 (Vocational Rehabilitation Services)
71
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
72
Accommodation and Food Services, except Industry 721191 (Bed-and-Breakfast Inns)
81
Other Services (except Public Administration), except Industries 8113 (Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance, except Automotive and Electronic) and 8114 (Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance)
92
Public Administration, except Industry 92214 (Correctional Institutions)
B. 
Signs, when erected and maintained in accordance with Article XXV.
C. 
Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to the above permitted uses, in accordance with § 220-150.
D. 
Parking lots as a principal use.
A. 
All uses shall be provided for in accordance with performance standards as contained within Article XIX herein.
B. 
Outdoor storage and display, when accessory to a permitted use, shall be regulated as follows:
(1) 
Outdoor storage or display shall not occupy any part of the street right-of-way and no other area intended or designed for pedestrian use, required parking areas nor required front yard.
(2) 
Outdoor storage areas, excluding display areas, shall be shielded from view from the public streets and adjacent residential uses in accordance with § 220-201.
(3) 
Roadside produce and nursery stands shall be exempted from outdoor storage limitations.
C. 
Stores, shops and businesses shall be conducted within an enclosed building, except as otherwise permitted in accordance with Article XIX herein.
D. 
There shall be no manufacturing, compounding, processing or treatment of products other than that which is clearly incidental and essential to a retail store and when all such products are sold on the premises.
[Amended 9-10-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-08]
No building shall be erected to a height in excess of 75 feet. When adjacent to a residential district or use, two feet in additional setbacks along the adjacent property lines shall be provided for every foot that the building height exceeds 50 feet.
A. 
There shall be no minimum lot area. Lot area shall be based upon required setbacks, impervious coverage, off-street parking and loading/unloading, floodplains/wetlands, steep slope requirements, woodland preservation and other applicable criteria as set forth in this chapter.
B. 
The minimum lot width shall be not less than 50 feet at the dedicated right-of-way line.
A. 
Yards of the following minimum depths and widths shall be provided:
(1) 
The minimum front yard depth shall be 30 feet at the dedicated right-of-way.
(2) 
The minimum side yard depth shall be 10 feet.
[Amended 9-10-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-08]
(3) 
The minimum rear yard depth shall be 35 feet.
B. 
The establishment of unlimited area buildings, as defined within Chapter 70, Building Construction and Safety Standards, as amended, may require yard depths and widths exceeding the minimum depths and widths required by this article.