The purpose of this district is to provide appropriate locations
for the conduct of activities suitable for the small suburban central
business district. These regulations are intended to support and complement
the overall development plan as contained in the Borough's most
recently adopted Comprehensive Plan and Downtown Revitalization Strategy.
Visitors to the C-1 District may initially arrive by foot, motor vehicle,
or mass transit. But once arrived, pedestrian traffic will account
for the principal mode of transportation. Accordingly, individual
parking needs may be satisfied either individually or through common
parking lots.
Land, buildings, or premises shall be used by right for only
one or more of the following uses:
A. Apartment units located above the first floor of the structure.
C. Personal service shops, including tailors, barbers, beauty salons,
dressmaking, shoe repair, or similar uses, not including nail salons.
E. Professional or business offices or studios.
F. Confectioneries or bakery shops.
G. Banks and other financial institutions.
I. Billboards in accordance with Article
XV, §
213-100A(4).
[Added 9-20-2011 by Ord.
No. 1198]
The following uses are permitted by special exception only, subject to the applicable provisions of Articles
XVII and
XXIII:
B. Group day-care home, subject to §
213-127.
D. Theaters and places of amusement, recreation, or assembly.
E. Off-street parking, subject to the primary use to serve one or more
permitted uses.
F. Conversions of the second floor, subject to §
213-132.
The following uses are permitted as accessory uses incidental
to the uses permitted by right:
A. Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to
any of the above permitted uses.
B. Storage within a completely enclosed building in conjunction with
a permitted use.
C. Signs in accordance with Article
XV.
This section applies to all new structures and to additions
of 400 square feet or more to existing structures.
A. The use of contemporary interpretations of earlier design styles
of surrounding structures in the C-1 District is encouraged, including
characteristics such as scale; massing; roof shape; window size, shape,
and spacing; and exterior materials.
B. The street elevation of principal structures shall have at least
one street-oriented entrance and contain the principal windows of
the structure.
C. Site plans shall include drawings, renderings, or perspectives of
a professional quality which illustrate the scale; massing; roof shape;
window size, shape, and spacing; and exterior materials of the structure.
D. The Planning Commission shall review the site plans and make recommendations
to the applicant for amendments to achieve consistency with this section.
E. In order to prevent blank front walls with little or no window area,
any new construction, renovation, or addition involving the front
wall or facade shall have a wall to window ratio of not more than
2:1.