A building may be erected, altered or used and
a lot or premises may be used for any of the following purposes and
for no other:
A.
Any uses permitted in Article VI, Class C Residential District, subject to the restrictions contained in said classification.
B.
Apartments over any use permitted in the Commercial District or Business District. Off-street parking shall be provided as required by this chapter for apartment uses; provided, however, in the case of apartments already existing at the date of passage of this chapter and not in the case of apartments constructed thereafter, that if or to the extent which there is not sufficient space on the same lot as the building and if a municipally owned parking lot borders within 500 feet of the nearest property line, the off-street parking requirements need not be met; provided, further, that the owner of the subject property shall procure and submit to the Borough of Lansdale, as a condition of receiving any apartment licenses required under the provisions of the Borough Code, evidence there have been procured for the whole term of the licenses stickers for tenant parking on municipal parking lots, as provided for in Chapter 268, Parking, Article II, Municipal Parking Lots, for such number of cars as parking spaces are required for under the provisions of § 405-1703. It is not intended by this provision to permit the elimination of existing parking spaces or available area.[1]
C.
Offices, banks or financial institutions.
D.
Retail stores for the sale of dry goods, variety and
general merchandise, clothing, foods, drugs, furnishings or other
household supplies, sale and repair of jewelry, watches, clocks, optical
goods or musical, professional or scientific instruments.
E.
Clubs, fraternal organizations and houses, lodges,
rooming houses or tourist homes, motels or hotels.
F.
Business or professional offices, studios, banks,
savings and loan associations, financial institutions, municipal uses
(excluding a dump), telephone control offices, telegraph or other
public utility offices or passenger stations for public transportation.
G.
Restaurants, tea rooms, places of business dispensing
alcohol and malt beverages in accordance with the Pennsylvania Liquor
Control Board licensing provisions, provided that none of the above
shall be located within 100 feet of: 1) any residential zone; 2) any
church or place of worship; and/or 3) any community center or youth
organization center. The one-hundred-foot setback provision shall
not apply in the POSRC Overlay District.[2]
[Amended 12-17-2003 by Ord. No. 1709; 7-21-2004 by Ord. No.
1717]
H.
Bakery, confectionery or custom shops for the production
of articles to be sold at retail on the premises and employing not
more than five persons.
I.
Florist shops or personal service shops, including
tailors, barbers, beauty salons, shoe repairs, dressmaking or similar
shops.
J.
Laundries or dry-cleaning establishments as long as
there is no cleaning, laundering, pressing or other processing of
goods on the premises unless granted by the Zoning Hearing Board as
a special exception.
L.
Newspaper publishing or job printing.
M.
Undertaking, embalming, mortuary or funeral homes.
N.
Radio-television stations, telephone exchanges or
transformer stations, provided that all buildings or structures except
fences and barriers are located not less than 50 feet from a residential
district.
O.
Hospitals, sanitariums, convalescent homes, nursing
homes, orphanages or homes for the infirm or aged, provided that all
main buildings are not less than 50 feet from any adjoining premises
in a residential district not used for similar purposes.
P.
Real estate and insurance offices, general office
buildings, business colleges, private trade schools and nursing schools.
Q.
Medical
marijuana dispensary.
[Added 6-21-2017 by Ord.
No. 2017-1898]
The following uses are permitted when authorized
as a special exception:
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions,
drive-in services shall be permitted only when authorized by the Zoning
Hearing Board as a special exception. In such case, at least 200 linear
feet of continuous driveway, as measured from the service window,
used exclusively for each drive-in window shall be provided and shall
be so arranged that such driveways do not interfere with the free
and uninterrupted use of the remaining parking areas and driveways.
A.
All buildings shall be set back 20 feet from the street
line.
B.
There shall be a rear yard with a depth of at least
15 feet measured from the rear lot line.
C.
In the event that there are any window or door openings
in the side walls of any building, then a side yard of at least four
feet shall be maintained on that side of the building.
D.
A lot area of not less than 8,000 square feet shall
be provided for every building hereafter erected, altered or used
in whole or in part, and the width of the lot shall be not less than
55 feet at the street line (frontage).
E.
In no case shall more than 75% of the lot area of
any lot be occupied by buildings, parking area, driveways and other
impervious coverage.
The height of any building or structure shall
not exceed 40 feet; provided, however, that said height limitation
of 40 feet may be exceeded by one foot for every one foot of additional
setback (above the required minimum) in each of the front yard, side
yards and rear yard dimensions. In no event, however, shall any building
or structure exceed 65 feet in height.
