No building or other structure shall hereafter
be erected or altered to exceed the height, to accommodate or house
a greater number of families or persons, to occupy a greater percentage
of lot area, or to have a narrower or smaller rear yard, front yard,
side yards or other open spaces than are herein required, or in any
other matter contrary to the provisions of this chapter, except as
hereinafter provided.
No part of a yard or other open space or off-street
parking or loading space required in connection with any building
or use for the purpose of complying with this chapter, shall be included
as part of a yard, open space or off-street parking or loading space
similarly required for any other buildings or uses, except as hereinafter
provided.
The height limitations of this chapter shall
not apply to silos, belfries, cupolas and domes not used for human
occupancy, nor chimneys, ventilators, skylights, water tanks, communications
towers, similar necessary mechanical appurtenances usually carried
above the roof level. Such features, however, shall be erected only
to such height as necessary to accomplish the purpose they are intended
to serve. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to prevent
the erection above the building height limit of a parapet, wall or
cornice for ornament (and without windows) extending above such limit
not more than five feet. Public and quasi-public buildings and other
similar permitted uses shall increase the required front, rear and
side yards by one foot for each foot by which such building exceeds
the height limit herein established for such zone in which it is located,
and further provided that in no case shall any building have a height
greater than 35 feet overall unless it is specifically permitted by
the Schedule of District Regulations.
Any occupied mobile home existing on a lot within
the Township which hereafter becomes dilapidated or uninhabitable,
may be replaced in accordance with all applicable Township regulations
regarding same and subject to the issuance of a zoning permit for
same.
If two or more lots or combinations of lots
or portions of lots with continuous frontage in single ownership are
of record at the time of passage or amendment of this chapter, and
if all or part of the lots do not meet the requirements for the lot
width and area as established by this chapter, the lands involved
shall be considered to be an undivided parcel for the purpose of this
chapter, unless approval for such lots has been obtained under provisions
for Township subdivision and site plan review; and no portion of said
parcel shall be used or sold which does not meet lot width and area
requirements established by this chapter.
Every principal building shall be built and all principal uses shall be established upon a lot having frontage on a public street either improved to Township requirements or standards or for which such improvements have been ensured by posting of a sufficient performance guaranty pursuant to the provisions of Article
IX of this chapter.
Where a building lot has frontage upon a street
which is shown on the adopted Master Plan or Official Map of the Township
of Commercial or the County of Cumberland and which street is proposed
for right-of-way widening, the required front yard shall be measured
from such proposed right-of-way lines.
Nothing shall be erected placed or allowed to
grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height
of 30 inches and 10 feet above the center line grade of the abutting
streets or driveways within the triangular area formed by the intersecting
street and driveway lines. Such sight triangle areas at all such intersections
shall be as established or defined in accordance with the provisions
of "A Policy of Geometric Design of Highways," published by the American
Association of State Highway Officials, latest version.
In the case of irregularly shaped lots on a
cul-de-sac or curved street sections, the minimum lot width specified
in the Schedule of District Regulations shall be measured at the building setback, provided that
in no case shall be a distance between side lot lines be reduced to
less than 75% of the minimum lot width requirement at the street line.
Building projections, including bays, chimneys,
cornices and gutters or drain spouts, may extend into yard areas for
a distance not to exceed five feet and shall not be located within
10 feet of any property line.