The purpose of this district is to accommodate the everyday
commercial needs of the Township's residents. The areas designated
for this zone are characterized by a majority of converted residences
along Carlisle Road, Richland Avenue and West Market Street. Consequently,
flexible design standards have been imposed to facilitate the preservation
of converted residences. Overall retail size has been limited to prevent
large-scale commercial uses that would be too intensive for adjoining
residential neighborhoods.
[Amended 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
A. Offices (business and professional).
B. Restaurants and taverns (but not including drive-through or fast-food
restaurants or nightclubs).
C. Retail sale of goods, provided that the total sales and/or display
area is less than 2,400 square feet.
D. Personal services, including barber/beauty salons; dry cleaning,
laundry or laundromats; music, art or photographic studios; and repair
of clocks and small appliances.
E. Medical or dental clinics.
F. One dwelling unit, in conjunction with another permitted use.
G. Veterinarian offices, provided that no outdoor keeping of animals
is permitted.
J. Automobile filling stations, including minor incidental repair. (See §
150-311.)
K. Banks and similar financial institutions. (See §
150-313.)
M. Alternative therapy office.
O. Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above permitted uses.
Subject to the general criteria listed in §
150-302D, special exception uses shall be as follows:
A. Public buildings, including firehouses. (See §
150-345.)
B. Churches and related uses. (See §
150-319.)
E. A communications antenna mounted on an existing public utility transmission tower, building or other structure, and a communications equipment building. (See §
150-322.1.)
[Added 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
[Amended 11-3-1994 by Ord. No. 94-12]
Each lot shall be used for one principal use, except that one dwelling unit in conjunction with another permitted use shall be allowed if it is contained within the same building. For the purposes of this Article
XIII, each separate and distinct business entity shall be deemed to be a principal use so that only one business entity shall be located on each lot in the Local Commercial Zone.
Unless otherwise specified, all uses shall have a minimum of
10,000 square feet.
Minimum lot width shall be 75 feet.
Minimum setback requirements for principal and accessory uses
shall be as follows:
A. Front yard setback. All buildings, and structures, except permitted
signs, shall be set back at least 20 feet from street right-of-way;
off-street parking lots and loading areas shall be set back a minimum
of 25 feet from the street right-of-way.
B. Side yard setbacks. All buildings and structures shall be set back
at least 15 feet from the side lot lines. Off-street parking lots
and loading areas shall be set back at least five feet from the side
lot lines, unless joint parking facilities are shared by adjoining
uses. In such instances, one of the side yard setbacks can be waived
solely for parking facilities.
C. Rear yard setback. All buildings, structures, off-street parking
lots and loading areas shall be set back at least 25 feet from the
rear lot line.
D. Residential buffer strip. Any lot adjoining land within a residential
zone shall maintain a twenty-five-foot setback for buildings and structures,
and a fifteen-foot side yard setback for off-street parking lots and
loading areas from the residentially zoned parcels. Such area shall
be used for a landscape strip.
Maximum permitted height shall be 25 feet.
No outdoor storage is permitted.
Off-street loading shall be provided as specified in Article
XXV of this chapter.
Off-street parking shall be provided as specified in Article
XXIV of this chapter.
Signs shall be permitted as specified in Article
XXVII of this chapter.
Maximum lot coverage shall be 70%.
A visual screen must be provided along any adjoining lands within a residential zone, regardless of whether or not the residentially zoned parcel is developed. (See Article
XXVI.)
Any portion of the site not used for buildings, structures, parking compounds, loading areas and sidewalks shall be maintained with a vegetative ground cover and other ornamental plantings. A minimum ten-foot-wide landscape strip shall be provided along all front and rear lot lines. A minimum five-foot-wide landscape strip shall be provided along a side lot line, except when joint parking facilities are shared by adjoining uses, this side yard landscape strip can be waived for that portion of the site occupied by the joint parking lot. (See Article
XXVI.)
Dumpsters used for domestic garbage may be permitted within
the side or rear yard, provided that such dumpsters are screened from
any adjoining roads and properties. All dumpsters shall be set back
at least 35 feet from any adjoining residentially zoned properties
and 10 feet from all other lot lines.