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.
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Retail sales
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Bank, financial office
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Business and professional office
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Indoor entertainment
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Library
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Professional services
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Restaurant
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B.
C-1 conditional uses.
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Ancillary residential
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C.
C-1 special exceptions.
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Auto service and car wash
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Drive-in food service, banking
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Funeral home
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Retail sales of firearms and associated equipment
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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]
The following requirements shall apply in the C-1 General Commercial
District:[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Table of Lot, Area and Dimensional Requirements
for C-1 General Commercial Districts is attached to this chapter.
