[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988]
The Commercial-General District is comprised of an area in the
Borough providing for a wider range of retail commercial activity
and related uses than that permitted in the Central Business District.
The purpose of this District is to augment the Central Business District
by providing for establishments generally requiring additional street
frontage while also protecting the safe usage of streets.
[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988; as amended by Ord. 89-7, 12/21/1989,
§ 2; by Ord. 95-10, 10/19/1995, §§ 3, 5,
and by Ord. 2001-3, 10/18/2001, § 2]
1. All uses permitted in any Residential District and Central Business
District (C-CBD) provided a residential use shall be permitted only
when accessory and incidental to a permitted nonresidential use.
2. Bus passenger stations, telegraph offices and express offices.
3. Automobile service stations.
4. Automobile garages for the storage and repair of motor vehicles,
but not automobile body shops.
5. Florists or nurseries, provided that all incidental equipment and
supplies, including fertilizers and empty cans, are kept within a
building.
6. Amusement arcades motion picture theaters, bowling alleys and other
places of public amusement conducted entirely within a building.
8. Business identification signs when erected and maintained in accordance
with the provisions of Part 18 herein.
9. Uses and buildings customarily accessory and incidental to any permitted
use.
10. The above permitted uses shall be permitted only under the following
conditions:
A. Such stores, shops and businesses, except those permitted in paragraphs
2, 3 and 4 above, shall be conducted within an enclosed building.
B. Such uses, operations or products are not obnoxious or offensive
by reason of the emission of gas, odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration,
refuse matter or other causes in accordance with Part 14 herein.
C. There shall be no manufacturing, compounding, processing or treatment
of products other than that which is clearly incidental and essential
to a retail store, and when all such products are sold on the premises.
15. 15. Non-tower WCF, which fall under the Pennsylvania Wireless Broadband
Collocation Act, subject to the conditions of Part 22 herein.
[Amended by Ord. 2016-1, 7/21/2016]
16. Banquet hall.
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-4, 11/16/2017]
17. Automobile sales.
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-4, 11/16/2017]
18. Retail bakery.
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-4, 11/16/2017]
19. Wholesale bakery.
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-4, 11/16/2017]
20. Cigar
shops and lounges.
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-2, 6/16/2022]
21. Smoke
shops and tobacco stores.
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-2, 6/16/2022]
[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988; as amended by Ord. 98-1, 7/16/1998,
§ 6]
1. Special Exceptions. The following special exceptions may be permitted
by the Zoning Hearing Board, following review and comment by the Planning
Commission, pursuant to standards and criteria as set forth in Part
21 herein.
A. Drive-in type establishments.
B. Wind energy conversion systems (WECS).
C. Radio and television antennas.
2. Conditional Uses. The following uses may be permitted by the Borough Council following review and recommendation by the Planning Commission, pursuant to standards and criteria as set forth in §
27-1401, "Use Regulations":
[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988]
Minimum lot area and width shall be based upon required setbacks,
coverage, parking, loading/unloading and other applicable standards.
[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988]
Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards of not less than
the depth or width indicated below:
1. Front yard. There shall be a front setback line determined as follows:
Where buildings exist in the same block on either side of the street,
the setback line of the building to be constructed shall be at least
the average of buildings constructed within the same block. In measuring
to determine said building line, open porches shall not be construed
as part of the building. In blocks where no buildings exist on either
side of the street, the setback line of the building shall be 10 feet.
In the case of a corner lot, there shall be two front yards.
2. Side yards. On an interior lot, the minimum side yard setback shall
be five feet. No side yard shall be required where structures abut
one another, provided that a written agreement is entered into by
such property owners and submitted to the Zoning Officer. However,
in no case shall common party walls be permitted between properties
of separate ownership.
3. Rear yard. The rear yard depth shall be no less than 30 feet.
4. Buffer yards/screen plantings shall be provided in accordance with
Part 14 herein.
[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988]
Off-street parking/access and loading/unloading shall be provided
in accordance with Parts 17 and 19 herein.