The purpose of the Pennsylvania Avenue District is to enhance
the economic growth of the neighborhood through allowing business
development opportunities in a predominately residential neighborhood.
Unless specifically identified in this article, the prevailing standards
of the underlying zone shall apply.
The Pennsylvania Avenue Overlay District will be added to the
Official Zoning Map of Irwin, Pennsylvania. The boundaries are as
follows: right-of-way line of Pennsylvania Avenue, the southerly right-of-way
of Grant Avenue, the easterly right-of-way of Lombard Street, and
the westerly right-of-way line of Orchard Street, inclusive.
Per §
260-13, Table 1, Table of Permitted and Special Exception Uses.
Per §
260-99, Table 2, Area and Bulk Standards.
The provisions of Article
XIII, Parking and Loading, and Article
XIV, Internal Roadways, shall apply.
The provisions of Article
XVI, Signs, shall apply.
The Borough Council shall grant a conditional use only if the
applicant meets the burden of proving that the following criteria
have been met:
A. The development must not increase the flow of traffic within the
district. A traffic impact analysis must be completed by a transportation
engineer. The analysis must be inclusive of the following:
(1) The estimated number of daily trips and a.m. and p.m. peak hour car
trips that would be generated by the proposed use or uses when the
proposed facility is fully occupied and operational. Estimates must
be calculated using the most current edition of the Trip Generation
Report prepared by the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
(2) The current levels-of-service of intersections within one-half-mile
radius of the subject site.
(3) The projected levels-of-service of the same intersections when the
proposed use is fully occupied and operational.
(4) A demonstration that any queuing or staging of vehicles will take
place on the development site.
B. If the traffic impact analysis indicates that the proposed uses would
generate more than 500 average daily trips or more than 75 additional
a.m. or p.m. peak hour car trips per day, the applicant shall develop
a traffic mitigation plan for approval by the Borough and all applicable
state regulatory agencies.