To provide for commercial "cores" that include a variety of contiguous shopping, service and related activities for consumers throughout the district. Regulations are designed to provide a variety of sales and service concepts to promote stable commercial growth to strengthen the local economic base.
A. 
C-1 uses permitted by right.
Retail sales
Bank, financial office
Business and professional office
Indoor entertainment
Library
Professional services
Restaurant
B. 
C-1 conditional uses.
Ancillary residential
C. 
C-1 special exceptions.
Auto service and car wash
Drive-in food service, banking
Funeral home
Retail sales of firearms and associated equipment
The following conditional uses may be authorized by the Township Supervisors pursuant to the standards and criteria specified herewith:
A. 
Ancillary residential.
(1) 
Residential use ancillary to commercial establishments shall be limited to one dwelling unit per commercial unit.
(2) 
Occupancy of the dwelling unit shall be limited to a person or persons directly associated and involved with the business through ownership or employment on an ongoing basis.
(3) 
All such dwelling units shall be situated within the primary related commercial structure.
(4) 
The dwelling unit shall meet the following minimum requirements:
(a) 
Minimum area: 400 square feet.
(b) 
Each unit shall contain not less than one private bedroom and one additional habitable room in addition to private bath, sanitation and cooking facilities, all of which shall be segregated and independent of the primary commercial use.
(c) 
Fire and safety provisions shall be adequate to meet all applicable local and state requirements.
(d) 
In the absence of public sewerage facilities, certification shall be obtained from the appropriate local authority that on-site sewage disposal facilities are adequate to serve the anticipated demands of the projected use.
The following special exceptions may be authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board, pursuant to the standards and criteria specified herewith:
A. 
Car wash and automobile service station.
(1) 
Off-street parking, holding and circulation areas shall be arranged so as not to cause blockage of ingress and egress and to assure that the traffic flow on adjacent public thoroughfares is not endangered or impeded in any way.
(2) 
Means of ingress and egress shall be established and clearly marked. Where both an automobile laundry and an auto service facility are in joint operation, separate means of ingress and egress shall be required for each facility.
(3) 
If additional acceleration or deceleration lanes are deemed necessary by the Township or the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, the developer shall be responsible for providing the necessary right-of-way and the cost of constructing such facilities.
B. 
Drive-in food service, banking.
(1) 
Points of vehicular ingress and egress shall be clearly delineated. The angle and siting of driveway intersections with adjacent thoroughfares shall be based upon safe traffic movements and shall be approved only following a positive report from the Township Engineer.
(2) 
A fence or wall of at least 36 inches in height shall be erected along all abutting properties. Said fence or wall shall be protected from potential damage from vehicles by means of properly installed freeway-type metal bumper guards or equal protective measures approved by the Township Supervisors.
(3) 
Provisions shall be established and maintained on a continuing basis to control and eliminate litter on and adjacent to the site.
C. 
Funeral home.
(1) 
Parking and cortege formation in conjunction with funeral home operations shall be accommodated on site.
(2) 
Ingress and egress of traffic shall be coordinated with local traffic movements and volumes in a manner that will preclude safety hazards.
(3) 
Advertisement and location signing shall be limited to one sign not exceeding 12 square feet in area.
(4) 
On-site activity shall be screened from abutting properties with aesthetically acceptable fencing or dense evergreen plant materials providing a continuous opaque visual barrier.
D. 
Retail sales of firearms and associated equipment.
[Added 10-7-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-3]
(1) 
Applicant must file, receive and present to the Zoning Hearing Board a valid license for the sale of firearms, under 18 U.S.C. § 923, prior to commencement of business.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
(2) 
Advertisement and location signage shall be limited to one sign not exceeding 12 square feet in area.
(3) 
On-site activity shall be limited to display and sale of firearms and associated equipment only. No firing of firearms shall be permitted on site.