The C-1 Light Commercial District is established
to provide locations for general business and related activities for
the use and convenience of area and district consumers. Regulations
for this district are intended to generate commercial activities and
associated supporting amenities, to encourage and sustain such functions,
to strengthen the local economic base, to effectuate safe and efficient
traffic circulation and to provide necessary parking facilities.
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Use Permitted by Right
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Bank and related financial services
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Municipal buildings and facilities, including
recreation
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Offices: business, professional, sales personal
and professional services
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Recreation, commercial Indoor/including private
clubs
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Restaurants, (not drive-in)
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Retail sales and service
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Veterinary clinics
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Conditional Use
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Cellular communication tower/antenna
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Special Exception
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Ancillary residential
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Car wash and auto service
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Drive-in - restaurant
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Accessory Use
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Uses customary to principal use
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The following conditional uses may be authorized
by the Township Supervisors pursuant to the standards and criteria
specified herewith:
The following special exceptions may be authorized
by the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to the standards and criteria
specified herewith:
A.
Ancillary residential.
(1)
Residential use ancillary to commercial establishments
shall be limited to one dwelling unit per commercial unit.
(2)
Occupancy of the dwelling unit shall be limited to
a person or persons directly associated and involved with the business
through ownership or employment on an on-going basis.
(3)
All such dwelling units shall be situated within the
primary related commercial structure.
(4)
The dwelling unit shall meet the following minimum
requirements:
(a)
Minimum area: 400 square feet.
(b)
Each unit shall contain not less than one private
bedroom and one additional habitable room in addition to private bath,
sanitation and cooking facilities, all of which shall be segregated
and independent of the primary commercial use.
(c)
Fire and safety provisions shall be adequate
to meet all applicable local and state requirements.
(d)
In the absence of public sewerage facilities,
certification shall be obtained from the appropriate local authority
that on-site sewage disposal facilities are adequate to serve the
anticipated demands of the projected use.
B.
Car wash and auto service.
(1)
Off-street parking, holding and circulation areas
shall be arranged so as not to cause blockage of any means of ingress
and egress and to assure that the traffic flow on adjacent public
thoroughfares is not endangered or impeded in any way.
(2)
Means of ingress and egress shall be established and
clearly marked. Where both an automobile laundry and an auto service
facility are in joint operation, separate means of ingress and egress
shall be required for each facility.
(3)
If additional acceleration or deceleration lanes are
deemed necessary by the Township or the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation, the developer shall be responsible for providing the
necessary right-of-way and the cost of constructing such facilities.
C.
Drive-in restaurant.
(1)
Points of vehicular ingress and egress shall be clearly
delineated. The angle and siting of driveway intersections with adjacent
thoroughfares shall be based upon safe traffic movements and shall
be approved only following a positive report from the Township Engineer.
(2)
A fence or wall of at least 36 inches in height shall
be erected along all abutting properties. Said fence or wall shall
be protected from potential damage from vehicles by means of properly
installed freeway type metal bumper guards or equal protective measures
approved by the Township Supervisors.
(3)
Provisions shall be established and maintained on
a continuing basis to control and eliminate litter on, and adjacent
to the site.
