[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.9(a); as amended
by Ord. No. 2019-02, 9/3/2019; and by Ord. No. 2021-08, 11/16/2021]
This district is designed to provide commercial enterprises
which serve the local and traveling public.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.9(b); as amended
by Ord. 91-2, 11/4/1991; by Ord. 1997-4, 5/5/1997, § 1;
by Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001, § 7; and by Ord. 2008-3, 10/6/2008]
All uses permitted in the R-1 and R-2 Residential Districts
and the Neighborhood Commercial District (C-1) together with facilities
of the general character as set forth below:
A.
Amusement enterprises, including theaters, billiard or pool parlors,
bowling alleys, skating rinks, or similar uses or places of assembly;
commercial recreation facilities, including racquet clubs, swimming
pools, outdoor movies and golf driving ranges.
B.
Clubs and lodges, commercial and civic organizations.
C.
Discount or department stores; shopping centers or malls; florist
shops; retail stores for food, drugs, confectionery, hardware, clothing,
or household appliances; studios for musicians, artists, or photographers;
or pet stores, which may include veterinary services. Gasoline pumps
shall be permitted as an ancillary part of the above.
D.
Hotels, motels, residential hotels.
E.
Private schools conducted for gain or profit.
F.
Municipal buildings, municipal uses, firehouses and post offices.
G.
Motor vehicle service stations, motor vehicle dealerships, sales
lots and repair shops including body shops and parking garages.
H.
Medical and dental clinics and laboratories.
I.
Banks, businesses and professional offices.
J.
Personal services shops including dancing instruction and dry cleaning.
K.
Railway or bus passenger stations, telegraph offices, and express
offices.
L.
Electric and telephone public utility transmission and distribution
facilities, including substations, public pumping stations, and reservoirs.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020]
M.
Restaurants; restaurants drive-thru or fast-food, with a minimum
equivalent drive-thru queue length of 160 feet, measured from the
drive-thru serving window along the center line of the drive-thru
queue lane and with sufficient queue length to prevent the obstruction
of vehicular movement on adjoining streets or access drives; tea rooms;
and cafes serving food or beverages.
N.
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above
uses.
O.
Questions regarding usage shall be referred to the Zoning Hearing
Board for clarification and interpretation.
P.
See Part 18, § 1807, "Signs Authorized in Commercial Zoning Districts and the Planning Research District," and § 1810, "Billboard Signs."
[Amended by Ord. 2009-3, 9/15/2009, § VI]
Q.
Contractors, equipment, sales and service, provided that these types
of operation shall be limited to four pieces of above class four vehicles
and unlicensed track and/or tired equipment per acre.
R.
Carpenter, cabinet making, furniture repair and upholstery, electricians,
metal working, welding shops, plumbing, gas, steam or hot water fitting
shops, when these shops are in a completely enclosed building and
are primarily assembly plants or sales and service shops and not manufacturing
plants, provided that these types of operation shall be limited to
four pieces of above class four vehicles unlicensed track and/or tired
equipment per acre.
S.
Building supplies provided all material stored within a building,
provided that these types of operation shall be limited to four pieces
of above class four vehicles and unlicensed track and/or tired equipment
per acre.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.9(c); as amended
by Ord. 1997-4, 5/5/1997, § 2; by Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001,
§ 7; and by Ord. 2008-3, 10/6/2008]
The above stores, businesses and shops shall be permitted only
under the following conditions:
A.
Any of the above activities shall meet all the rules and regulations
as set forth by the Department of Environmental Protection and the
Environmental Protection Agency for odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration
or any other similar disturbances.
B.
Processing, manufacturing, shipping or assembling other than incidental
to the retail trade with the store or business will not be allowed
except for § 902Q, R and S.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2019-02, 9/3/2019; and by Ord. No. 2021-08, 11/16/2021]
C.
Business shall be conducted within the building except for § 902A,
B, F, G, L, and N, and when an assemblage of uses set forth in § 902
is a shopping center.
D.
All material for sale in the business shall be stored within the
building or in an enclosed seasonal sales area. Building materials,
seasonal items and garden supply material on display for sale outside
a building in connection with a shopping center is permitted within
the parking field so long as material on display is limited to an
area equivalent to no more than 8% of the gross square footage of
the retail store or 8% of the parking spaces available for customer
use, whichever is more restrictive. Areas for the loading, unloading,
and staging of material shall not count against this limit when material
is intended for indoor display. In addition to the areas permitted
above, outside display is also permitted 25 feet around the perimeter
of the building as long as this area maintains a four-foot minimum
pedestrian accessway, does not block building access points, and is
not located within vehicular drive aisles or parking areas. No outside
display shall interfere with the safety of vehicular or pedestrian
movement. Outside display areas within the parking field shall be
designated on the development plan.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.9(d); as amended
by Ord. 2008-3, 10/6/2008]
1.
The height of any building shall be limited to 35 feet.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2019-02, 9/3/2019; and by Ord. No. 2021-08, 11/16/2021]
2.
The height of any structure shall not be less than one story.
3.
Except as regulated by Part 20, Airport Zoning Regulations, of this Chapter, the maximum height limitation of this Chapter shall not apply to church spires, cupolas, monuments, silos, domes, or any other structure not intended for human occupancy nor to chimneys, ventilators, skylights, 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 purposes they are to serve. Neither shall the maximum height limitations apply to architectural elements (including but not limited to parapet walls, cornices, entrance and building accents), provided that the architectural element is set back an additional foot from all building setback lines for each foot above 35 feet up to a maximum height of 55 feet, and the horizontal width of all architectural elements above 35 feet is no greater than 20% of the linear frontage of the building for each individual tenant.
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.9(e); as amended
by Ord. No. 2019-02, 9/3/2019; by Ord.
No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020; and by Ord. No. 2021-08, 11/16/2021]
Except with respect to public pumping stations for which the
requirements of this section shall not apply, the following yard regulations
shall apply:
1.
Front yard: depth 50 feet.
2.
Side yard (two required): 40 feet each side of the principal building.
However, no interior side yard shall be required where two or more
principal buildings abut side to side on the same parcel.
3.
No party wall shall be permitted between properties of separate ownership.
4.
Abutting structures shall be required to have an unobstructed passage
for vehicles and pedestrians of at least 24 feet at intervals of not
more than 400 feet.
5.
Rear yard depth: 40 feet.
6.
Buffer yards shall be provided under § 1609, "Yard Regulations."
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.6(f); as amended
by Ord. No. 2019-02, 9/3/2019; and by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020]
Provided that non of the coverage requirements of this section
apply to public pumping stations, the following regulations shall
apply:
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.9(g); as amended
by Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001, § 7]
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.9(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 chapter, however, in no case less than 43,560 square
feet (one acre).
[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983; as added by Ord. 1992-3, 10/5/1992,
§ 6; 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, § 7; as amended by Ord.
2008-3, 10/6/2008; by Ord. No. 2019-02, 9/3/2019; by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020; and by Ord. No. 2021-08, 11/16/2021]
All uses within this zone, with the exception of public pumping stations, shall also comply with the general regulations in Part 16 of this chapter, if applicable, except that the requirements for outdoor lighting as set forth in § 411, Subsection 4, of the Londonderry Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22] shall apply to the development of a shopping center pursuant to the C-2 District requirements in lieu of the requirements for outdoor lighting in § 1602, Subsection 3A, B and C.
[Added by Ord. 2008-3, 10/6/2008]
Where the Board of Supervisors has approved land development
plans for a shopping center exceeding a total of 200,000 square feet,
individual units, buildings or parcels of land within the approved
shopping center development may be subdivided, leased, purchased,
sold, mortgaged and developed as individual zero-lot-line units with
zero-lot setbacks from internal parking and building lines, provided
that said lot depiction is shown on an approved land development plan
or amendment thereto; and provided, however, that the land development
plan for the entire tract at all times shall remain compliant with
the development standards applicable to shopping centers exceeding
a total of 200,000 square feet and any necessary cross-easements are
obtained upon the approval of said easements by the Township Solicitor.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 912, Conditional Uses, as
added by Ord. No. 2019-02, 9/3/2019, which immediately followed,
was repealed by Ord. No. 2021-08, 11/16/2021.
