The purpose of this district is to:
A. Provide
for a carefully controlled selection of light commercial uses in locations
that have a mixed commercial-residential character.
B. Provide
for commercial uses that are primarily designed to serve nearby neighborhoods.
C. Make sure
that these uses are compatible with nearby residences.
D. Encourage
the redevelopment of existing commercial uses that are not appropriate
near residences.
Only the following uses are permitted by right in the NC District, provided that the requirements for specific uses in Article
XX are met:
A. Any use permitted by right in the MDR District shall
be permitted if it complies with the requirements of the MDR District,
as opposed to the requirements of the NC District and provided such
a lot is deed restricted to residential principal uses.
B. The following uses are permitted within the requirements
of this district:
(1) Greenhouse/plant nursery, which may include retail
sales.
(2) Standard restaurant, without drive-through service
and not including fast-food restaurants.
(3) Nursery school/day-care center.
(4) Recycling collection center.
(6) Retail store, other than uses prohibited under §
275-67, of items similar to the following character:
(c)
Office or computer equipment.
(7) Business, professional, medical, dental or government
offices.
(8) Financial institution with or without drive-through
service.
(10)
Tailoring or custom dressmaking shop.
(13)
Dry-cleaning or shoe repair.
(15)
No-impact home-based business.
[Amended 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 10-04]
(16)
Home occupation, major or minor.
[Amended 12-20-2004 by Ord. No. 10-04]
(17)
Public or private primary or secondary school
(18)
U.S. Postal Service facility.
(19)
Cultural/community center.
(23)
Publicly owned recreation.
(28)
Accessory use or structure clearly customary
and incidental to a permitted by right, approved special exception
or conditional use.
(31)
Group home within any lawful dwelling unit.
(32)
Animal hospital/veterinary offices, provided
that no animals shall be kept outdoors and that no outdoor runs are
provided, and provided the use is located within 2,000 feet of the
right-of-way of an expressway.
(33)
Co-located commercial communications antenna, subject to the requirements of §
275-189A(18), Co-located commercial communications antenna.
[Added 3-19-2001 by Ord. No. 03-01]
Only the following use is permitted by special exception in the NC District, provided that the requirements for the use in Article
XX are met:
A. Convenience store, open only between the hours of
6:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight.
B. Dormitory, serving college, university or primary
or secondary school that is located within Bethlehem Township, set
back a minimum of 60 feet from the lot line of any existing dwelling
or residential district.
Only the following are permitted conditional uses in the NC District, provided that the requirements for specific uses in Article
XX are met:
A. Emergency services station.
All uses not specifically permitted are prohibited,
unless their allowance is clearly implied in the determination of
the Zoning Hearing Board by a very close similar use. The following
uses are very specifically prohibited in the NC District as principal
or accessory uses:
C. Auto, boat or mobile/manufactured home sales.
D. Commercial uses involving drive-through service, other
than a financial institution.
F. Taxi terminal or bus station.
J. Adult bookstore, cabaret, adult movie theater or massage
parlor.
K. Motor vehicle race track.
L. Uses primarily involving delivery of products off
of the site.
M. Trucking company terminal.
N. Supermarket, with greater than 8,000 square feet of
total floor area.
Q. Commercial indoor or outdoor recreation.
R. Animal hospital, large or small.
S. Building contractor's storage.
T. Commercial or industrial outdoor storage or display.
The following lot and setback regulations shall apply to uses in the NC District, unless a more restrictive requirement is stated in Article
XX (for a particular use) or elsewhere in this chapter.
A. Lot area: 15,000 square feet minimum for each business
establishment or each principal use, whichever is more restrictive.
B. Number of uses. No lot may include more than two individual
principal uses or establishments, whichever is more restrictive, unless
such lot was previously approved to include more than two such uses
or establishments.
C. Minimum lot width: 75 feet, except 150 feet for any
lot with its own driveway entering onto an arterial street for any
lot created after the adoption of this chapter.
D. Minimum lot depth: 60 feet.
E. Maximum lot coverage: 50% for buildings, 80% for total
impervious surfaces. The remaining 20% shall be covered by landscaping
and an all-season ground cover.
F. Minimum front yard setback.
(1) Thirty feet from the future street right-of-way.
(2) See definition of "right-of-way, future" in Article
II.
G. Minimum side yard setback: 15 feet per side, except
30 feet for a side abutting an existing dwelling or residential district.
H. Minimum rear yard setback: 15 feet, except 30 feet
along areas abutting an existing dwelling or residential district.
I. Maximum height: 2 1/2 stories or 35 feet, whichever
is less.
J. Shared parking and driveways. Sharing of parking and driveways by adjoining uses is strongly encouraged. See §
275-142B for possible reduction of parking requirements.