All buildings and uses in any business district in the Borough shall, in addition to the requirements and regulations outlined in this article, comply with all of the other requirements and regulations of this chapter.
[Amended 7-19-1995 by Ord. No. 1390; 3-19-1997 by Ord. No. 1409; 9-17-1997 by Ord. No. 1414; 3-15-2000 by Ord. No. 1461]
A. 
Purpose. The primary purpose of the B-1 Business District is to provide suitable locations and development standards for a limited variety of convenience sales and services along high-volume arterial streets only which are generally located in close proximity to residential districts in the Borough. The district is designed to include a mix of residential, professional office, personal service and convenience retail uses. Convenience retail uses in the B-1 District are intended by design to be limited to relatively small businesses which serve daily consumer needs.
B. 
Permitted uses. The following principal and accessory uses, permitted and conditional uses, and uses by special exception shall be permitted in the B-1 Business District.
(1) 
Principal uses. The following principal uses shall be permitted in the B-1 Business District:
(a) 
Buildings and uses of the type and as regulated in the R-3 Multifamily Residential District.
(b) 
Art, music or photography studios.
(c) 
Professional offices.
(d) 
Retail business and sales which occupy less than 4,000 square feet of GFA.
(e) 
Business services, limited to advertising, public relations and management consulting firms and offices only for security and/or maintenance services establishments.
(f) 
Financial institutions.
(g) 
Funeral home.
(h) 
Personal services.
(i) 
Public parking garage.
(j) 
Other comparable uses not specifically listed and subject to approval by the Zoning Board.
(k) 
Adult or child day-care center.
(l) 
Temporary uses under Article VIII, § 440-49A(1), (2) and (4).
(2) 
Accessory uses. The following accessory uses shall be permitted in the B-1 Business District:
(a) 
Accessory buildings and uses of the type permitted and as regulated in the least-restrictive contiguous residential district.
(b) 
Off-street parking and loading facilities, as required and regulated under §§ 440-27 and 440-28 of this chapter.
(c) 
Signs, as elsewhere herein regulated.
(d) 
Other comparable or customary architectural, design or landscaping features or uses.
(3) 
Conditional uses. The following uses shall be permitted as conditional uses in the B-1 Business District, subject to the regulations and procedures outlined under Article IX of this chapter:
(a) 
Buildings and uses of the type permitted and as regulated as conditional uses in the least-restrictive contiguous residential district.
(b) 
Hospital.
(c) 
Telecommunications signal receiving, transmission or relay tower.
(4) 
Use by special exception. The following uses shall be permitted as uses by special exception in the B-1 Business District, subject to the regulations and procedures outlined under Article X of this chapter:
(a) 
Buildings and uses of the type permitted and as regulated as special exceptions in the least-restrictive contiguous residential district.
(b) 
Pet grooming and kennels.
[Amended 1-16-2013 by Ord. No. 1560]
(c) 
Eating and drinking establishments, including restaurants (excluding fast-food or drive-in restaurants), taverns, bars and cocktail lounges.
(d) 
Car wash.
(e) 
Automotive service station.
(f) 
Any business of any kind which includes one or more outdoor ATM(s) or drive-through window(s) as a principal or accessory use.
C. 
Bulk and area requirements. The following bulk and area requirements are hereby established for all permitted principal and accessory structures and uses in the B-1 Business District.
(1) 
Minimum lot dimensions, setbacks and densities. The minimum lot frontage, depth, width and area (in square feet or acres) dimensions; minimum front, rear and side yard setbacks and densities shall be as follows:
Lot Dimensions
Required Setbacks
Principal Uses
Frontage/Depth
(feet)
Lot Area
(square feet)
Principal Uses Front/Rear/Side
(feet)
Accessory Uses Rear/Side
(feet)
Off-street parking
NA/NA
NA
8/5/5**
NA
Public parking garages
NA/NA
NA
8/none/none
NA
All others
30/100
3,000
None/none/none
3***
NOTES:
NA
Not applicable.
*
Includes both principal and accessory off-street parking areas (lots).
**
No side yard setback is required where any such off-street parking area is adjacent to an existing building on a neighboring lot which is both under separate ownership and built on the lot line separating the two uses.
***
Except required setbacks for approved off-street parking areas and driveways, as otherwise herein regulated.
(2) 
Maximum lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage shall be 90%, except for those buildings and uses of the type and as regulated in the least-restrictive contiguous residential district.
(3) 
Maximum height. The maximum height for all permitted principal and accessory structures and uses permitted in the B-1 District shall be 36 feet and three stories.
(4) 
Additional standards, requirements and regulations.
(a) 
All operations, activities, sales, services and ancillary storage related to any business activity of any kind shall be conducted only within an enclosed and approved structure.
(b) 
Signs. In addition to the standards, requirements and regulations outlined under Article VII, § 440-25, of this chapter, the following standards shall apply to nonresidential uses in the B-1 District:
[1] 
Freestanding pole signs shall be prohibited.
[2] 
Not more than one freestanding monument sign shall be permitted in any front yard.
[3] 
Any conversion use (nonresidential use of an existing principal structure which is residential by design) shall comply with the additional signage standards outlined in Article IV, § 406-15D(2), except that the indirect illumination only of such sign shall be permitted.
(c) 
Conversion. The conversion standards outlined under Article IV, § 406-15D(4), shall apply.
(d) 
Number of principal structures. No more than one principal structure shall be permitted on any zoning lot.
(e) 
Supplemental off-street parking requirements. In any case where a permitted use is to be situated in a principal building which is residential by design only, all required off-street parking shall be situated in a side or rear yard only.
[Amended 3-19-1997 by Ord. No. 1409; 9-17-1997 by Ord. No. 1414; 3-15-2000 by Ord. No. 1461]
A. 
Purpose. The primary purpose of the B-2 Business District is to provide suitable locations and development standards for a wide variety of retail commercial uses, professional offices, personal and business services, financial services, entertainment and related business uses which have frontage on or are in very close proximity to high-volume arterial streets in the Borough. The district is designed to accommodate high volumes of pedestrian and vehicular (both local and through traffic) and relatively large-scale high-intensity commercial development.
B. 
Permitted uses. The following principal and accessory uses, permitted and conditional uses, and uses by special exception shall be permitted in the B-2 Business District.
(1) 
Principal uses. The following principal uses shall be permitted in the B-2 Business District:
(a) 
Adult or child day-care center.
(b) 
Art, music or photography studios.
(c) 
Automotive service station.
(d) 
Bowling alleys.
(e) 
Business services.
(f) 
Community or business school.
(g) 
Commercial recreation.
(h) 
Commercial swimming pool.
(i) 
Department stores.
(j) 
Eating and drinking establishments of any size, including the sale of alcoholic beverages, includes fast-food and drive-in restaurants.
(k) 
Essential services.
(l) 
Financial institutions.
(m) 
Funeral home.
(n) 
Garden apartments as regulated in the R-4 Residential District, except that no dwelling shall be permitted on the ground floor of any structure in the B-2 District.
(o) 
Hospital.
(p) 
Hotel/motel, including customary ancillary retail and service uses.
(q) 
Museum.
(r) 
Nursing home.
(s) 
Personal services.
(t) 
Pet grooming (excluding kennels).
(u) 
Private club.
(v) 
Professional offices.
(w) 
Public parking garage.
(x) 
Public utility substations and structures.
(y) 
Retail business and sales of any size.
(z) 
Shopping center.
(aa) 
Temporary uses under Article VIII, § 440-49A(1) through (4).
(bb) 
Theater, excluding adult entertainment establishments.
(cc) 
Other similar retail business or service establishments, subject to approval by the Zoning Board.
(2) 
Accessory uses. The following accessory uses shall be permitted in the B-2 Business District:
(a) 
All uses listed as permitted accessory uses in the B-1 Business District.
(b) 
Indoor or outdoor ATMs and/or drive-through service or payment windows; provided, however, that the waiting or standing line for any such window shall be accommodated and contained entirely within the boundaries of the lot.
(3) 
Conditional uses. The following uses shall be permitted as conditional uses in the B-2 Business District, subject to the regulations and procedures outlined under Article IX of this chapter:
(a) 
Buildings and uses of the type permitted and as regulated as conditional uses in the least restrictive contiguous residential district.
(b) 
Hospital.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Part 5, § 3Bciii, Adult entertainment establishment, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 9-27-2006 by Ord. No. 1509.
(c) 
Telecommunications signal receiving, transmission or relay tower.
(4) 
Uses by special exception. The following uses shall be permitted as uses by special exception in the B-2 Business District, subject to the regulations and procedures outlined under Article X of this chapter:
(a) 
Buildings and uses of the type permitted and as regulated as special exceptions in the least-restrictive contiguous residential district.
(b) 
Amusement arcade.
(c) 
Automotive repair establishment.
(d) 
Automotive, mobile home, boat, camper or trailer sales.
(e) 
Any wholesale business.
(f) 
Freight terminal.
(g) 
Lumber or supply yard.
(h) 
Maintenance and storage facility.
(i) 
Horticultural nursery.
(j) 
Research and development facility.
(k) 
Roadside stand.
C. 
Bulk and area requirements. The following bulk and area requirements are hereby established for all permitted principal and accessory structures and uses in the B-2 Business District.
(1) 
Minimum lot dimensions, setbacks and densities. The minimum lot frontage, depth, width and area (in square feet or acres) dimensions, minimum front, rear and side yard setbacks and densities shall be as follows:
Lot Dimensions
Required Setbacks
Principal Use
Frontage/Depth
(feet)
Lot Area
Principal Uses Front/Rear/Side
(feet)
Accessory Uses Rear/Side
(feet)
Hospital
300/250
2 acres
20/20/30*
10**
Hotel/motel
150/250
1,400 square feet per unit
50/30/40
10**
Auto service station
200/200
40,000 square feet
60/35/20*
10**
Shopping center
300/250
2 acres
50/20/30*
10**
Fast-food or drive-in restaurant
200/110
22,000 square feet
20/30/20*
10**
Funeral home
200/110
22,000 square feet
20/40/20*
10**
Off-street parking
NA/NA
NA
8/5/5****
NA
Public parking garage
NA/NA
NA
8/none/none
NA
All others
40/100
4,000 square feet
none/none/none
3**
NOTES:
NA
Not applicable.
*
Or 10% of the total lot width, whichever is greater.
**
Except required setbacks for approved off-street parking areas and driveways, as otherwise herein regulated.
***
Includes both principal and accessory off-street parking areas (lots).
****
No side yard setback is required if any such off-street parking area is adjacent to an existing building on a neighboring lot which is both under separate ownership and built on the lot line separating the two uses.
(2) 
Maximum lot coverage. The maximum lot coverage shall be as follows:
(a) 
All residential uses shall be as regulated in the least-restrictive contiguous residential district.
(b) 
Hospital: 40%.
(c) 
Shopping center: 30%.
(d) 
Fast-food or drive-in restaurant: 30%.
(e) 
Funeral home: 40%.
(f) 
All other uses: 90%.
(3) 
Maximum height. The maximum height in the B-2 Business District shall be five stories and 60 feet.
(4) 
Additional standards, requirements and regulations.
(a) 
The gross floor area of each individual rental unit in any hotel or motel shall be not less than 300 square feet.
(b) 
Others: none.