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Borough of Crafton, PA
Allegheny County
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A. 
The purpose of the C-2 Commercial Core District is to encourage economic development in the older core area of the region.
B. 
The C-2 District authorizes a mix of residential and commercial uses in a pedestrian-oriented setting. The area and bulk regulations are designed to encourage the redevelopment of properties with more open space than currently exists in the core area.
In the C-2 Commercial Core District only the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses:
(a) 
Single-family dwellings.
(b) 
Conversion apartments.
(c) 
Two-family dwellings.
(d) 
Art, music or dance studio.
(e) 
Bar or tavern.
(f) 
Bed-and-breakfast.
(g) 
Business or professional offices.
(h) 
Business services.
(i) 
Clinic.
(j) 
Church.
(k) 
Commercial amusement enterprise.
(l) 
Commercial recreation.
(m) 
Convenience store.
(n) 
Day-care center.
(o) 
Drugstore.
(p) 
Financial institutions.
(q) 
Food store.
(r) 
Funeral home.
(s) 
Garden center.
(t) 
Laundromat; dry cleaners pickup.
(u) 
Medical offices.
(v) 
Personal service shop.
(w) 
Pet grooming.
(x) 
Repair shop.
(y) 
Retail stores.
(z) 
Retail and wholesale distribution of beverages.
(aa) 
Restaurant; catering business.
(bb) 
Veterinary clinic.
(cc) 
Essential services.
(dd) 
Forestry, subject to § 225-120K.
(ee) 
Tattoo parlor and body piercing establishment, not adult-oriented.
[Added 9-11-2018 by Ord. No. 1647]
(ff) 
Microbrewery with tap room, subject to § 225-120L.
[Added 2-25-2019 by Ord. No. 1655]
(2) 
Accessory uses:
(a) 
Signs, subject to Article XV.
(b) 
Off-street parking areas (public or private) and off-street loading, subject to Article XIV.
(c) 
Accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this zoning district.
(d) 
Fences, subject to § 225-122C(3).
(e) 
Drive-in facility accessory to a permitted principal use, subject to § 225-125.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Apartment in a commercial building, subject to § 225-118B.
(b) 
Assisted living facility, subject to § 225-118A.
(c) 
Wireless communications facilities greater than 50 feet in height and wireless and wireless communications facilities located outside the public right-of-way, subject to § 225-118I.
[Amended 7-13-2020 by Ord. No. 1663]
(d) 
Community service institution, subject to § 225-118M.
(e) 
Educational, religious or philanthropic institutions, subject to § 225-118M.
(f) 
Automobile service station, subject to § 225-118C.
(g) 
Firehouses, subject to § 225-118CC.
(h) 
Hotel, subject to § 225-118V.
(i) 
Farmer's market, flea market, subject to § 225-118Q.
(j) 
Garden apartment, mid-rise apartment, subject to § 225-118AA.
(k) 
Group home facilities, subject to § 225-118A.
(l) 
Noncommercial recreation, subject to § 225-118EE.
(m) 
Hospital or nursing home, subject to § 225-118U.
(n) 
Private club, subject to § 225-118MM.
(o) 
Public building, subject to § 225-118CC.
(p) 
Public utility building or structure, subject to § 225-118FF.
(q) 
Public parking garage, subject to § 225-118L.
(r) 
Theater and places of assembly with seating of no more than 100 patrons.
C. 
Uses By special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses:
(a) 
Temporary use or structure, other than a construction trailer, subject to § 225-118II.
(b) 
Expansion of nonconforming use, subject to §§ 225-118P and 225-140D.
In the C-2 Commercial Core 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 XVI.
A. 
Minimum lot area.
(1) 
Mid-rise apartments: one acre.
(2) 
All other multifamily dwellings: 20,000 square feet.
(3) 
All other uses: 5,000 square feet.
B. 
Minimum lot width.
(1) 
Mid-rise dwellings: 200 feet.
(2) 
All other multifamily dwellings: 100 feet.
(3) 
All other uses: 100 feet.
C. 
Maximum dwelling unit density.
(1) 
Multifamily dwellings: 15 units per acre.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 25 feet.
E. 
Minimum rear yard.
(1) 
Abutting any R or S District: 20 feet.
(2) 
All other principal and accessory structures: 15 feet.
F. 
Minimum side yard.
(1) 
Abutting any R or S District: 15 feet.
(2) 
All other principal and accessory structures: five feet.
G. 
Special yard requirements: see § 225-122.
H. 
Permitted projections into required yards: see § 225-123.
I. 
Maximum height.
(1) 
Mid-rise apartments: five stories, but no more than 60 feet.
(2) 
All other principal structures: three stories, but no more than 45 feet.
(3) 
All accessory structures: one story, but no more than 15 feet.
J. 
Height exceptions: see § 225-124.
See § 225-130.
See Article XIV.
See § 225-120.
See Article XV.
See § 225-121.
See § 225-128.
See § 225-129.