The TCD Town Center District is intended to
be consistent with Article VII-A of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code (Act 247) and is designed to improve the aesthetic quality
and walkability of the area and streetscape, support the economic
viability of the area, and promote opportunities for mixed-use buildings
which permit residential and nonresidential uses above or behind nonresidential
uses.
Mixed uses are encouraged. Land and buildings
may be used and occupied for any one or combination of the following
uses, and no other, unless otherwise specified:
A. Retail (excluding auto sales and service).
D. Public or private club or lodge.
G. Restaurant (excluding drive-in/drive-through facility),
provided that any outdoor consumption shall meet all of the following
requirements:
(1)
Outdoor seating must be contiguous to the establishment
preparing the food being served and shall not extend beyond the limits
of the establishment's frontage(s).
(2)
If any outdoor seating extends into any public
right-of-way, an unobstructed walkway at least six feet wide shall
be maintained for pedestrian circulation.
H. The following residential uses are permitted as part
of a mixed-use development, provided no residential use shall be permitted
on the ground floor of a mixed-use development when the development
has frontage on a major arterial highway as defined in the Township's
Comprehensive Plan, and further that residential uses shall only be
permitted above or behind nonresidential uses:
(1)
Single-family attached dwelling (townhouse).
(2)
Two-family detached dwelling (duplex).
J. Structured parking facility, subject to the requirements of §
139-188D below and §
139-95.
K. Day-care center, when authorized by the Board of Supervisors as a conditional use as set forth in §
139-118.1, and further provided that:
(1)
Outdoor play or instruction areas shall be located
at least 50 feet from any street line or property line and shall be
provided with landscape screening sufficient to buffer adjoining properties
from noise or other disturbances.
(2)
As deemed warranted by the Board of Supervisors,
adjustments to applicable parking standards may be required when a
day-care center is located within a building containing a primary
use.
L. Signs, when erected and maintained in accordance with Article
XVIII, Signs, of Chapter
139. In addition, applicants shall adhere to the streetscape design standards provided in §
123-47.1 of Chapter
123, Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, to provide uniform signage throughout the District. A signage plan, including wayfinding signs, shall be prepared and be consistent across the site; such plan shall be submitted to the Township for review and approval.
Every building or use shall comply with the
following requirements. In the case of a group or combination of buildings
erected on a lot in accordance with a unified plan, the group as a
unit shall comply.
A. Lot area and width. The lot area shall not be less
than 7,500 square feet and the lot width at the building line shall
be not less than 50 feet.
B. Lot area per dwelling unit. Each two-family attached
dwelling (duplex) development shall have a lot area per dwelling unit
of not less than 5,000 square feet. Each single-family attached dwelling
(townhouse) development shall have a lot area per dwelling unit of
not less than 2,900 square feet per dwelling unit. Each multifamily
dwelling (apartment house) development shall have a lot area per dwelling
unit of not less than 1,500 square feet.
C. Building footprint. For single-use buildings or mixed-use
buildings, the maximum gross floor area of the ground floor shall
be 5,000 square feet.
D. Impervious coverage. For lots with frontage along
a major arterial highway, not more than 90% of the lot area may be
covered by impervious surface. For lots without frontage along a major
arterial highway, not more than 70% of the lot area may be covered
by impervious surface.
E. Front yard. There shall be no minimum front yard setback,
except that distance necessary to provide the required sidewalks and
streetscape.
F. Side yards. No side yard shall be required, except
that where a lot abuts a residential district in the Township or a
similar residential district in an adjoining municipality, a side
yard shall be provided which shall be not less than 20 feet in width.
If a side yard is provided where none is required, it must be a minimum
of 10 feet.
G. Rear yard. No rear yard shall be required, except
that where a lot abuts a residential district in the Township or a
similar residential district in an adjoining municipality, a rear
yard shall be provided which shall be not less than 25 feet in width.
If a rear yard is provided where none is required, it must be a minimum
of 10 feet.
H. Height.
(1)
Minimum. The minimum height of any building
shall not be less than 28 feet.
(2)
Maximum. The maximum height of any building
shall not be more than 35 feet.
I. Buffer. Buffers shall be consistent with Article
X of Chapter
73, Environmental Protection.