City of Lock Haven, PA Article IX GC General Commercial District

§ 410-43 Purpose.

The purpose of this district is primarily intended to accommodate for a variety of commercial uses and facilities outside of the pedestrian-oriented and servicing uses and buildings in the CBD, particularly by accommodating uses and facilities designed for and oriented to conveniently serve automobile traffic, including drive-through and drive-in businesses. This district permits a carryover of the retail, service, office, and public uses from the CBD, but the district is heavily oriented toward providing for more intense establishments generally requiring more or larger street building coverage, frontage, parking, signage, etc.

§ 410-44 Permitted uses.

[Amended 5-16-2011 by Ord. No. 880]

Only the following uses are permitted within this district, provided that in addition to the supplemental regulations for specific uses established in Article XX, all applicable general use provisions in Article XIX and elsewhere in this chapter are met. Uses permitted by special exception are subject to the approval by the Zoning Hearing Board pursuant to a public hearing set forth with the provisions of Article XXIII of this chapter. Uses permitted by conditional use are subject to the approval by the City Council pursuant to a public hearing set forth with the provisions of Article XXII of this chapter.

		Permitted
Use	Supplemental Regulations	By Right	Special Exception	Conditional Use
Nonresidential
Animal hospital/veterinary clinic	§ 410-124A(3)	X
Automated banking facility	§ 410-124A(4)	X
Automobile, heavy equipment and similar motor vehicle rental and sales	§ 410-124A(5)	X
Automotive service station	§ 410-124A(7)	X
Automotive vehicle repair center	§ 410-124A(8)		X
Bank		X
Beauty/barber shop		X
Business service		X
Car wash	§ 410-124A(10)	X
Club room, club ground or meeting hall, private	§ 410-124A(12)	X
Coffee house		X
Convenience store, general		X
Crafts or artisans' studio		X
Day care, commercial	§ 410-124A(17)	X
Emergency services facility		X
Essential service installations		X
Farmer/flea market	§ 410-124A(18)	X
Food service		X
Forestry	§ 410-124A(19)	X
Funeral homes	§ 410-124A(20)	X
Health and fitness club	§ 410-124A(22)	X
Home improvement center, lumber, or building materials sales facility	§ 410-124A(23)	X
Hotels	§ 410-124A(25)	X
Indoor commercial recreation	§ 410-124A(26)	X
Industrial, light	§ 410-124A(28)	X
Laundromat		X
Kennel, commercial	§ 410-124A(29)	X
Massage therapy		X
Mini-storage/self-storage facility	§ 410-124A(33)	X
Motels	§ 410-124A(35)	X
Multi-mixed use facility		X
Outdoor commercial recreation	§ 410-124A(39)	X
Office, business		X
Office, medical		X
Parking compound	§ 410-124A(40)	X
Parks, playgrounds and other noncommercial recreational uses	§ 410-124A(41)	X
Personal service		X
Place of assembly	§ 410-124A(43)	X
Place of worship	§ 410-124A(44)	X
Plant nursery		X
Post office		X
Public Building	§ 410-124A(45)	X
Public/private works facility	§ 410-124A(46)	X
Restaurants	§ 410-124A(50)	X
Retail business		X
Roadside stand	§ 410-124A(18)	X
School, commercial	§ 410-124A(51)	X
School, public and private	§ 410-124A(52)	X
Shopping center	§ 410-124A(53)	X
Tavern/bar	§ 410-124A(55)	X
Theater		X
Upper-floor residential		X
Accessory
Accessory uses and structures customarily incidental to a permitted principal use		X
Cafe/outdoor dining	§ 410-125B	X

§ 410-45 Dimensional requirements.

A. Unless further specified in the supplemental regulations for specific uses established in Article XX and all applicable general use provisions in Article XIX and elsewhere in this chapter are met, all new permitted uses and structures (and additions/expansions to existing structures as specified in Subsection B) within this district shall comply with the table of lot and building dimensional requirements.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: The table of dimensional requirements for this district is included as an attachment to this chapter.

B. Applications for zoning permits construction of new principal buildings or additions/expansions to existing principal buildings. In addition to the information required in § 410-145 of this chapter, applications for the construction of new principal buildings or additions/expansions to existing principal buildings in this zoning district shall be submitted with the following information:[2]

(1) A complete set of calculations (i.e., averages of heights, setbacks, etc.) used to determine and demonstrate compliance with all applicable standards set forth in the dimensional requirements for this district.

(2) A schematic architectural drawing of the principal building's front facade.

[2] Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

§ 410-46 Design standards.

In addition to other applicable sections of Article XIX, General Regulations, all development or uses permitted within this district shall also comply with the following design standards, as applicable:

A. Signs as required by Article XVII.

B. Parking and loading as required by Article XVIII.

C. Access and traffic control as required by Article XVIII.

D. Landscaping, screening and buffering as required by Article XIX.

E. Storage as required by Article XIX.

§ 410-47 Zoning overlays.

If located within or affected by the following zoning overlay districts, development or uses shall meet the requirements of the applicable overlay provisions in accordance with:

A. Article XIV, Airport Overlay;

B. Article XV, Flood Damage and Control Standards; and

C. Article XVI, Historic District Overlay.