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Township of South Fayette, PA
Allegheny County
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[Added 3-19-2007 by Ord. No. 4-2007]
The purpose of this District is to provide an area designated for planned commercial development, with a parklike setting utilizing substantial areas of undeveloped land and/or land that is primed for redevelopment, which is visible to major highway routes. Primary uses intended for this District are offices, medical campuses, research and development uses, related personal services and limited commercial activities.
In the B-1 Business District, only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Business or professional offices.
(b) 
Business services.
(c) 
Commercial schools.
(d) 
Essential services.
(e) 
High technology industries.
(f) 
Medical offices; medical clinics.
(g) 
Personal services.
(h) 
Research and development, including pilot manufacturing.
(i) 
Township-related facilities.
(j) 
Public recreation.
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Signs, subject to Article XVIII.
(b) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XVII.
(c) 
Fences, subject to § 240-99.
(d) 
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use authorized in this District.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Business park development plan, subject to §§ 240-109.1 and 240-95A(52).
(b) 
Billboards, subject to § 240-95A(5).
(c) 
Firehouses, subject to § 240-95A(9) and subject to § 240-95A(52).
(d) 
Golf course; golf or country club, subject to § 240-95A(19) and subject to § 240-95A(52).
(e) 
Hotel, subject to § 240-95A(53).
(f) 
Planned research or technology park, subject to § 240-95A(35) and subject to § 240-95A(52).
(g) 
Public parking lot or public parking garage, subject to § 240-95A(33) and subject to § 240-95A(52).
(h) 
Public buildings, other than Township-related facilities, subject to § 240-95A(9) and subject to § 240-95A(52).
(i) 
Open space design option, subject to Article XIV and subject to § 240-95A(52).
(j) 
Public utility building or structure, subject to § 240-95A(39) and subject to § 240-95A(52).
(k) 
Schools, public or private, subject to § 240-95A(9) and subject to § 240-95A(52).
(l) 
Retirement community, subject to § 240-95A(40) and subject to § 240-95A(52).
(m) 
Support services:
[1] 
Beauty shop or barber, subject to § 240-95A(53).
[2] 
Card and gift shop, subject to § 240-95A(53).
[3] 
Catering service, including rental hall, subject to § 240-95A(53).
[4] 
Coffee shop, delicatessen or sandwich shop providing either sit-down or take-out service primarily for convenience of employees of the planned business park, subject to § 240-95A(53).
[5] 
Commercial recreation, subject to § 240-95A(10) and subject to § 240-95A(53).
[6] 
Convenience store, subject to § 240-95A(53).
[7] 
Day-care center, subject to § 240-95A(15) and subject to § 240-95A(53).
[8] 
Dry cleaning pickup store, subject to § 240-95A(53).
[9] 
Financial institution, subject to § 240-95A(53).
[10] 
Newsstand, subject to § 240-95A(53).
[11] 
Restaurant, carryout, fast food or sit-down, subject to § 240-95A(53).
[12] 
Printing establishment, subject to § 240-95A(53).
(n) 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(1)(n), regarding oil and gas development, added 11-15-2010 by Ord. No. 5-2010, was repealed 7-8-2015 by Ord. No. 1-2015. See also 7-13-2016 by Ord. No. 6-2016.
(o) 
Medical marijuana dispensary, subject to certain conditions set forth in § 240-95A.
[Added 11-14-2020 by Ord. No. 10-2020]
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or on an existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to § 240-95A(12) and subject to § 240-95A(52).
(b) 
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 240-95A(49) and subject to § 240-95A(52).
C. 
Uses by special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Temporary use or structure, other than a construction trailer or sales office, subject to § 240-95A(42) and subject to § 240-95A(52).
(b) 
Comparable uses not specifically listed, subject to § 240-95A(13) and subject to § 240-95A(52);
(2) 
Accessory uses: none.
In the B-1 Business District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article XV. No individual parcel or lot within the B-1 shall contain more than one principal structure or use without being a part of an approved business park master plan.
A. 
Minimum lot area:
(1) 
Lots in a business park master plan: no minimum. There are no minimum lot size requirements for individual development sites within the office park when approved as part of the overall development parcel plan.
(2) 
Within the B-1 Business District, all land to be developed as part of a master plan must be at least 10 acres.
(3) 
Within a master plan, there may be individual development sites that consist of a single building or cluster of buildings. Such sites may be developed individually after subdivision of the parcel or as part of a comprehensive development of the entire parcel. Both subdivision and development of such sites must conform to the adopted master plan for the parcel and the standards contained in this article.
(4) 
Lots in an open space design option: see Article XIV.
(5) 
All other individual lots: 43,560 square feet.
B. 
Minimum lot width:
(1) 
Lots in a business park master plan: no minimum.
(2) 
Lots in an open space design option: see Article XIV.
(3) 
All other individual lots: 150 feet.
C. 
Maximum lot coverage: 70%.
D. 
Minimum front yard:
(1) 
Lots in a business park master plan: see § 240-109.1.
(2) 
Lots in an open space design option: see Article XIV.
(3) 
All other individual lots: 50 feet along collector/arterial streets, or 30 feet along all other public or private streets.
E. 
Minimum rear yard:
(1) 
Lots in a business park master plan: see § 240-109.1.
(2) 
Lots in an open space design option: see Article XIV.
(3) 
All other individual lots:
(a) 
Adjoining any R District: 100 feet.
(b) 
All other principal structures: 40 feet plus 25 feet for each story over one.
(c) 
Accessory structures: 50 feet.
F. 
Minimum side yard:
(1) 
Lots in a business park master plan: see § 240-109.1.
(2) 
Lots in an open space design option: see Article XIV.
(3) 
All other individual lots:
(a) 
Adjoining any R District: 100 feet.
(b) 
All other principal structures: 25 feet plus 25 feet for each story over one.
(c) 
Accessory structures: 25 feet.
G. 
Special yard requirements: see § 240-99.
H. 
Permitted projections into required yards: see § 240-100.
I. 
Maximum height:
(1) 
All principal structures: six stories but no more than 60 feet.
(2) 
All accessory structures: one story but no more than 20 feet.
J. 
Height exceptions: see § 240-101.
See Article XVII.
See Article XVIII.
See § 240-98.
See § 240-104.
See § 240-109.1.