[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(a)]
This district is designed to facilitate commercial enterprises
which serve the local populace.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(b); as amended
by Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001, § 5]
All uses permitted in R-1 and R-2 districts together with neighborhood
service or convenience type facilities of the general character set
forth below.
1. Stores for the retailing of food, drugs, confectionery, hardware,
bakery goods, incidental clothing, household appliances, flowers,
or house plants. No more than four gasoline pumps shall be permitted
as an ancillary part of the above.
2. Personal service shops including barbers, beauty parlors, tailors,
and shoe repair.
3. Self-service laundromat and dry cleaning.
4. Municipal buildings and municipal uses, firehouses and post offices.
5. Restaurants, but not including drive-thru or fast-food restaurants
or night clubs.
6. Retail sale and/or rental of goods, including convenience stores,
provided the total sales and/or display area is less then 3,600 square
feet.
7. Retail services, including barber, beauty salons, music, dance, art
or photographic studios, repair of clocks and small appliances, computer
retail services.
8. Public uses and public utility structures.
9. Commercial day-care facilities, subject to the requirements of Part
16, § 1601(3).
10. Dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats, subject to the requirements of Part
16, § 1601.5.
11. The maximum floor space per lot allowed in this district shall be
10,000 square feet, with the exception of numbers 12 through 16 below,
which uses shall be limited to a total floor area of not more than
4,000 square feet.
12. Banks and similar financial institutions, including credit agencies,
security and commodity brokers and services.
13. Insurance agencies, brokers and services.
15. Medical and dental offices.
16. Veterinary offices, provided no outdoor keeping of animals shall
be permitted.
17. Business identification signs when erected and maintained in accordance
with the provisions of Part 18, "Signs."
18. Accessory buildings customarily incidental to the above uses.
19. Questions regarding usage in this category shall be referred to the
Zoning Hearing Board for clarification and interpretation.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(c)]
The above businesses shall be retail establishments exclusively
and shall be permitted only under conditions that they are conducted
in an enclosed building and such usage, operation or products will
not be objectionable due to odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration, or
similar causes.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(d)]
1. The height of a building shall not exceed 35 feet.
2. The height of a building shall not be less then one story.
3. The maximum height limitation of this Chapter shall not apply to
church spires, cupolas, monuments, silos, domes, or any other structures
not intended for human occupancy nor to chimneys, ventilators, sky
lights, water tanks, or other necessary mechanical appurtenances normally
built above the roof level. Such building appurtenances, however,
shall be erected only to such height as is necessary to accomplish
the purpose they are to serve.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(e); as amended
by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020]
Except for public pumping stations, each lot shall have a front,
side, and rear yard of not less than those indicated:
A. Front yard: depth, 50 feet.
B. Side yards: two required, 20 feet each.
C. Rear yard: depth, 20 feet.
D. Buffer yards shall be provided under "General Regulations; Yard Regulations."
[§ 1609]
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(f); as amended
by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020]
The following coverage regulations shall apply, except that
the requirements of this section shall not apply to public pumping
stations:
1. Coverage shall be no more than 40%.
2. Not less than 20% of the lot area shall be covered with plant material.
3. Parking area shall be no more than 40% of the lot area.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(g); as amended
by Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001, § 6]
1. Parking shall be in accordance with the provisions of Part 19.
2. Screening and landscaping shall be in accordance with Part
16, § 1609(5).
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(h); as amended
by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020]
Except that the requirements of this section shall not apply
to public pumping stations, the lot area shall be determined on the
basis of yard requirements, coverage, parking, and buffer yard requirements
contained in this Part and Chapter, but the lot shall not be less
than 43,560 square feet (one acre).
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983; as added by Ord. 1992-3, 10/5/1992,
§ 5; as amended by Ord.
No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020]
Except that the requirements of this section shall not apply
to public pumping stations, the lot width at the front street line,
which shall be measured at the right-of-way line and at the building
setback line, shall be not less than 100 feet.
[Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001, § 6]
All uses within this zone shall also comply with the general regulations in Part
16 of this Chapter if applicable.