The purposes of this district are to provide for a range of
general retail, commercial service and automobile-oriented business
uses which usually locate on arterial roadways or highways with higher
traffic volumes than smaller local roads and which serve transient
and regional customers as well as local community residents. The district
allows for uses that provide off-street parking and require space
for auto-oriented merchandising and signage. Large-scale uses greater
than a specified size or those having negative environmental or aesthetic
impacts on the surrounding area are allowed as special exception uses
only.
Land, buildings or premises shall be used by right for only
one or more of the following uses:
A. Retail store, including general merchandise, hardware or variety
store, electronics store, gift shop, pharmacy or similar establishment.
B. Food store, including grocery store or supermarket, bakery, confectionary
or similar establishment where goods are sold at retail.
C. Beverage distributor, provided that there shall be no sale of alcoholic
beverages.
D. Eating or drinking establishment, including standard restaurants,
pizza shops, delicatessens and similar businesses.
E. Personal service shop, including barber, beautician, shoe repair,
tailor, fitness, and weight-control health club or spa, or laundry
(where actual cleaning and pressing are done off the premises) and
related personal services.
F. Entertainment or amusement use, such as a bowling alley, movie theater,
family fun center, laser tag facility or other similar indoor entertainment/recreational
use.
G. Funeral home or mortuary.
H. Park, plaza or other outdoor public recreational gathering space.
I. Any use of the same general character as any of the above permitted uses, as determined by the Zoning Hearing Board, subject to the compatibility standards in §
185-1824.
The following uses shall be permitted by special exception use subject to the applicable provisions of Article
XIX Procedures and Standards for Special Exceptions:
A. Drive-through restaurant, bank, pharmacy or similar establishment.
B. Construction and related trades businesses, such as those for electricians, carpenters, plumbers, cabinetry makers or similar establishments that contain both a retail outlet or showroom and a workshop, provided that the workshop is located at the rear of the establishment, subject to Article
XVI.
C. Gasoline service station, subject to §
185-1912.
D. Car wash, for residentially owned vehicles, subject to §
185-1913.
F. Veterinarian, animal hospital, animal grooming establishment, or
animal boardinghouse.
G. Public parking and related public utility infrastructure, subject to §
185-1905.
H. Apartments, provided that they are above the first floor of a commercial
use.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, the following shall be
minimum requirements:
A. Commercial and office uses:
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Standard
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Size
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Lot area
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5,000 square feet
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Lot width
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40 feet
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Front yard
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30 feet
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Side yards
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10 feet
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Rear yard
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20 feet
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Impervious surface
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80%, maximum
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Height
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3 stories or 40 feet, maximum
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