In the C Commercial Districts, the following
regulations shall apply.
The erection and continued maintenance of a
building and site within a C Commercial District shall require compliance
with the following standards:
A. Landscaping and screening. A planting area no less than 25 feet in width of grass, lawn, shrubbery, evergreens and trees shall be planted in accordance with a landscaping and screening plan as provided in Article
VI of Chapter
205, the Montgomery Township Subdivision Ordinance, No. 18, and continuously maintained in a proper and attractive manner along all street frontages of property, exclusive of driveway and access areas, and along all side and rear boundary lines.
[Amended 8-3-1987 by Ord. No. 17-033; 6-25-2018 by Ord. No.
18-306Z]
B. Entrance- and accessways. All entrance- and accessways
shall be of sufficient width, with widened radii where they meet the
sides of roads and highways, to conveniently and safely accommodate
the flow of traffic. The locations of entranceways shall be subject
to the approval of the Board of Supervisors. The entrance- and accessways
shall be designed, constructed and maintained to provide safe and
efficient ingress and egress for traffic without undue congestion
or interference with the normal traffic flow on the abutting streets
and highways.
C. If deemed appropriate by the Board of Supervisors
and approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation when
required, the developer shall be required to widen the paved road
frontage abutting the commercial site, install curbing along the same,
and/or build acceleration and deceleration lanes to provide for the
safe and efficient ingress and egress of motor vehicles.
[Amended 7-28-1986 by Ord. No. 17-037]
D. Safe and efficient ingress and egress is to be provided
to and from public streets serving the site without undue congestion
to or interference with traffic flow within the Township.
E. Outdoor storage. No outdoor storage or display of
merchandise, materials, equipment, products, parts or commodities
shall be permitted outside of the main or accessory building or structure,
except as noted below.
[Added 11-18-1985 by Ord. No. 17-028; amended 11-9-1992 by Ord. No. 92-5Z]
(1) Because of the fire hazard presented by indoor sales
of live-cut Christmas trees, outdoor sale of live-cut Christmas trees
and cuttings is permitted between November 23 and December 31, provided
that a permit is received from the Zoning Officer. Sales shall be
prohibited unless enough parking is available to satisfy the requirements
of the C Zone and safe access is available.
F. Waste disposal.
[Added 11-18-1985 by Ord. No. 17-028]
(1) No waste, rubbish and discarded materials shall be
stored outside of the building unless it is placed within a completely
fenced-in area so as to conceal the materials.
(2) No materials or wastes should be deposited upon a
lot in such form or manner that may be transferred off the lot by
natural causes or forces.
(3) All materials or wastes which might cause fumes or
dust or which constitute a fire hazard or which may be edible or otherwise
attractive to rodents or insects shall be stored outdoors only in
closed containers.
G. Adequate off-street parking and loading space shall be provided in accordance with Article
XIX here.
[Added 1-28-2002 by Ord. No. 01-140Z]
[Added 1-28-2002 by Ord. No. 01-140Z]
Uses located in separate detached building(s)
having less than 7,500 square feet but on the same site as a shopping
center may be permitted upon authorization of a conditional use subject
to the following:
A. No more than 10% of the total allowable building coverage
shall be devoted to satellite uses.
B. In addition to the parking provisions contained in Article
XIX herein, the following parking and circulation requirements shall pertain to satellite uses:
(1)
Access to parking intended for satellite uses
shall be taken from the parking area or internal access drive intended
for the primary use; in no case shall access to parking for satellite
uses be taken directly from an abutting street.
(2)
Parking intended for satellite uses shall be
separated from the primary parking area by landscaped planting islands
to allow for proper traffic flow channelization.
(3)
Should any satellite use(s) be added to a shopping
center development at any time after initial development is completed,
adjustments to the parking area shall be made to comply with the requirements
of this section and current requirements of the Zoning Ordinance and
Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance for parking and landscaping.
C. Pedestrian access. Within all parking areas, signing
and pavement markings or pavement differentiation shall be provided
indicating paths of heavy pedestrian traffic. Whenever such paths
cross landscaped islands, a break in the landscaping shall be provided.
Curb cuts shall also be provided as necessary to allow access by elderly
and the physically handicapped.