[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
The purpose of this Part is to continue and strengthen the role
of downtown Gettysburg as a diversified, multipurpose, people-oriented
center. Retail stores, services, offices and public activities in
this district will serve residents, visitors and area businesses.
Upper-floor apartments and other forms of housing will complement
Old Town commerce and ensure a twenty-four-hour presence in the downtown.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
Land and buildings in an Old Town District shall be used for
the following purposes only:
A. Apartments or condominiums.
H. Emergency services station.
K. Financial institutions, excluding establishments with drive-thru
facilities.
M. General service and repair shops of household items.
O. Indoor recreation center.
S. Museum, historical/interpretive facility.
T. Municipal or government buildings and uses.
U. No-impact home-based business.
Y. Photocopying centers and other business services.
AA. Professional and business offices.
BB. Public or private nonprofit park, playground or recreation area.
CC. Public or private primary and secondary schools.
DD. Restaurants, excluding drive-thru establishments.
FF. Single-family attached dwellings.
GG. Single-family detached dwellings.
HH. Single-family semidetached dwellings.
KK. Uses permitted by right in the R-1, R-2 and RO Districts.
MM. Restaurant, small.
[Added by Ord. 1415-14, 4/14/2014]
NN. Homestay,
as an accessory use to a permanent residential use or occupancy.
[Added by Ord. No. 1481-21, 10/12/2021]
OO. Inn.
[Added by Ord. No. 1481-21, 10/12/2021]
PP. Vacation
rental.
[Added by Ord. No. 1481-21, 10/12/2021]
QQ. Event venue.
[Added by Ord. No. 1488-23, 5/8/2023]
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
The following uses may be permitted as a special exception when
authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board:
A. Boardinghouse or rooming house.
D. Student housing, group-care housing.
E. Uses permitted in §
27-602 which have drive-thru facilities.
F. Uses which, in the opinion of the Zoning Hearing Board, are of the same general character as the above uses in §
27-603 and which will not be detrimental to the purpose of this chapter.
G. Restaurant, drive-thru.
[Added by Ord. 1415-14, 4/14/2014]
(See Parts 13 and 15 of this chapter.)
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[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
In addition to the requirements contained in this Part, no building or structure shall be erected, reconstructed, altered, restored, relocated or demolished in an Old Town District except in conformance with the procedures and requirements contained in the Gettysburg Historic Preservation District Ordinance [Chapter
11].
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
When a lot which is improved with existing single-family semidetached dwellings is the subject of a subdivision application for the purpose of enabling single-family residential development and usage on the subdivided lot or lots, the applicant shall not be required to meet the requirements of §
27-604 herein relative to lot requirements. All other requirements of this Part shall apply to the development of the subdivided lot or lots and shall be enforced.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
When a lot which is improved with existing single-family attached dwellings is the subject of a subdivision application for the purpose of enabling single-family residential development and usage on the subdivided lot or lots, the applicant shall not be required to meet the requirements of §
27-604 herein relative to lot requirements. All other requirements of this Part shall apply to the development of the subdivided lot or lots and shall be enforced.
[Ord. 1352-08, 5/5/2008]
In addition to the requirements contained in this Part, development
within the Old Town District as shown on Exhibit A shall meet the requirements contained in Part 19, Streetscape
Enhancement Overlay District.