[Ord. 147, 8/11/2008, § 900]
It is the intent of this Part and these commercial districts
to provide for the retail shopping needs and personal service needs
of Township residents and to provide for normal commercial operation
not permitted elsewhere within the Township.
[Ord. 147, 8/11/2008, § 901; as amended by Ord.
174, 2/14/2011, § VII; by Ord. 196, 8/12/2013, § X;
and by Ord. 205, 12/14/2015, §§ XXX, XXXI]
1.
NC Neighborhood Commercial District Uses Permitted by Right. A building
or other structure may be erected or used and a lot may be used or
occupied, by right, for any of the following purposes:
A.
Agriculture, including farm ponds, provided that any structures used
for the housing of livestock or poultry shall be located not less
than 100 feet from any lot line.
B.
Business or professional office, financial institution, retail establishment
for sale of dry goods, drugs, food, jewelry, variety and general merchandise,
hardware, household furnishings and supplies, instruments, electronic
appliances including repair service, and job printing. A multi-use
building is permitted.
C.
Restaurant, tea room, confectionery or other place serving food or
beverages, provided that no outdoor counter or curb service, including
drive-in restaurants, shall be permitted allowing outdoor consumption
of food on the premises.
D.
Personal service shop including barber, beauty salon, shoe repair,
tailor, dressmaking, pick-up station for laundry and dry cleanings.
E.
Single-family detached dwelling in accordance with all of the provisions of § 27-803 of this chapter.
F.
No-impact home based business.
H.
Public utility facilities and public facilities owned by East Coventry
Township.
I.
Active
or passive recreational facilities such as, but not limited to, parks
and trails and related public amenities such as, but not limited to,
parking areas and restrooms, which facilities and amenities are owned
and operated by a government entity other than East Coventry Township.
Such facilities and related amenities shall not be subject to bulk,
area and dimensional standards set forth in this chapter when approved
by the Board of Supervisors.
[Added by Ord. No. 225, 9/10/2018]
J.
Specialty contractor facility provided the use is located on a separate
lot containing a single principal use.
[Added by Ord. No. 2019-231, 3/11/2019]
2.
NC Neighborhood Commercial District Conditional Uses. A building
or other structure may be erected or used and a lot may be used or
occupied when authorized as a conditional use for any of the following
purposes:
A.
Communications towers and antennas on a property owned by East Coventry Township or a fire company or an emergency service provider, or on a building or structure having a public purpose or benefit subject to the standards for communications towers and communications antennas set forth in § 27-1405 of this chapter.
B.
The first set of communications antennas on an existing or new tower, property, building or structure having a public purpose or benefit subject to the standards for communications towers and communications antennas set forth in § 27-1405 of this chapter.
C.
Restaurant, tea room, confectionery or other place serving food or
beverages including outdoor dining, but excluding restaurants with
drive-in service.
3.
NC Neighborhood Commercial District Special Exceptions. A building
or other structure may be erected or used and a lot may be used or
occupied when authorized as a special exception for any of the following
purposes:
[Amended by Ord. 206, 7/11/2016]
4.
C Commercial District Uses Permitted by Right. A building or other
structure may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied,
by right, for any of the following purposes:
A.
Any use permitted, by right, in the NC Neighborhood Commercial District.
B.
Club, lodge, fraternal organization, health spa, place of worship,
studio.
C.
Passenger station for public transportation; utility substations;
and public utility facility, including telephone central office.
D.
Indoor theater, bowling lanes or other places of indoor recreation
such as handball courts, racquetball courts, indoor tennis courts,
indoor field hockey, health and fitness spas, and a facility such
as a gymnasium. All other types of indoor recreation shall be permitted
only as a special exception.
E.
Automotive service and repairs; garages; sales agency for new automobiles
including used car sales as an accessory use; used car lot without
new car sales agency; automatic car wash facilities subject to the
provision of a public water supply and the provision of water recycling
facilities; and service station subject to the requirements of Subsection
3A herein.
F.
Wholesale establishments, lumber yard, building and plumbing supplies,
farm machinery sales, warehousing for indoor storage only, and trucking
incidental to such uses; provided, however, that truck terminals and
exterior storage of truck terminals and exterior storage of trucking
vehicles or trailers shall not be permitted.
G.
Newspaper printing, florist shop, greenhouse; convenience store.
H.
Any general retail sales outlet, commercial use or personal service facility (except that adult book stores and adult only movie facilities, as defined in § 27-202 under "adult-oriented use," are prohibited); a shopping center with frontage on an arterial or major collector street.
I.
Hotel or motel, including dining and general meeting room facilities;
bed and breakfast.
J.
Animal hospital without outside kennels; undertaking establishment;
self-service or hand laundry or cleaning establishment.
K.
Retail sale of landscape, hardscape and lawn materials, supplies
and services; winter maintenance supplies and services including,
but not limited to, snow removal services.
L.
Medical marijuana dispensary.
[Added by Ord. 212, 5/8/2017]
M.
Day-care center.
[Added by Ord. 213, 6/12/2017]
N.
Continuing care retirement community, convalescent care facility,
skilled nursing facility, or assisted living facility, provided that
the community or facility is served with public water and public sewer.
[Added by Ord. No. 2019-233, 8/12/2019]
O.
Medical office; dental office; chiropractic office.
[Added by Ord. No. 2019-233, 8/12/2019]
5.
C Commercial District Conditional Uses. A building or other structure
may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied when authorized
as a conditional use for any of the following purposes:
A.
Any use permitted as a conditional use in the NC Neighborhood Commercial
District may also be permitted in the C Commercial District as a conditional
use.
B.
Any use of a similar type and character to the uses permitted by
right in the C Commercial District may be permitted as a conditional
use in the C Commercial District.
6.
C Commercial District Special Exceptions. A building or other structure
may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied when authorized
as a special exception for any of the following purposes:
A.
Any use permitted as a special exception in the NC Neighborhood Commercial
District may also be permitted in the C Commercial District as a special
exception, provided that service stations under Subsection 3A shall
be permitted, per Subsection 5F, as a conditional use.
7.
Off-Street Parking. Off-street parking spaces, as defined in § 27-202 of this chapter, in the NC and C Districts, shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of § 27-1306 of this chapter. Limited on-street parking may be permitted only in accordance with the provisions of § 27-1306, Subsection 1A(1)(c), of this chapter.
8.
Signs. Signs shall be permitted in the NC Neighborhood Commercial and C Commercial Districts only in accordance with the provisions of § 27-1314 of this chapter.
9.
Accessory Uses. Accessory uses to any of the foregoing permitted uses shall be permitted in the NC Neighborhood Commercial and C Commercial Districts only in accordance with the provisions of § 27-1319 of this chapter.
10.
Open Space. All subdivisions and land developments in the NC and C Districts shall comply with the open space standards of § 22-426 of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22]. The design, disturbance, permitted uses, ownership, maintenance and management of open space shall comply with the applicable standards of § 27-1404, Subsection 1A, of this chapter.
11.
Trails. Trails shall be provided for all subdivisions and land developments
in the NC and C Districts in accordance with the Township approved
trail plan.
[Ord. 147, 8/11/2008, § 902]
1.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Part or other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, a building may be erected and used on an unimproved lot in the C District, and such unimproved lot by be used and occupied, by right, for a single-family detached dwelling and accessory uses thereto in accordance with § 27-1319 of this chapter, subject however to the following conditions:
A.
That the lot shall have existed of public record, on and since January
1, 1993, as a lot held in single and separate ownership.
B.
That the zoning district classification of the lot on January 1,
1993, shall have been R-1 Residential.
C.
That the single-family detached dwelling shall be the only principal
use of the lot.
D.
That the erection, use and occupancy of the building and lot for such single-family detached dwelling and accessory uses shall be in accordance with the provisions of § 27-703 of this chapter, and other provisions of this chapter applicable to a single-family detached dwelling principal use in the R-2 District and uses accessory thereto.
[Ord. 147, 8/11/2008, § 903; as amended by Ord.
196, 8/12/2013, § VII]
1.
The following standards shall be applicable to all uses in the NC
Neighborhood Commercial and C Commercial Districts.
A.
Minimum Net Lot Area, Lot Width and Yards. The required minimum net lot area shall be calculated according to the definition of net lot area in § 27-202 of this chapter.
[Amended by Ord. 211, 2/13/2017]
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Minimum Net Lot Area
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Minimum Lot Width
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Minimum Front Yard
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Minimum Side Yards
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Minimum Rear Yard
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With Public Sewage Disposal
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1 acre
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150 feet
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50 feet
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30 feet each
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50 feet
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With No Public Sewage Disposal
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2 acres
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200 feet
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50 feet
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30 feet each
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50 feet
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B.
Building and Lot (or Site) Coverage. The maximum lot or site building
coverage shall not exceed 25% and the maximum total lot or site impervious
surface coverage shall not exceed 50%.
C.
Height Regulations. The maximum height of all buildings and other
structures, with the exception of communications towers and antennas,
erected or enlarged in this district shall be:
(1)
For any dwelling, or any accessory building or structure, 35
feet, not exceeding three stories.
(2)
For any non-dwelling, or any accessory building or structure,
35 feet, except that such height may be increased to a maximum of
65 feet provided that for every foot of height in excess of 35 feet
there shall be added to each front, side and rear yard requirement
one corresponding foot of additional width or depth.
(3)
For any farm structure (silo, bar, elevator, etc.), 35 feet,
except that such height may be increased to a maximum of 90 feet provided
for every foot of height in excess of 35 feet, there shall be added
to each front, side and rear yard requirement one corresponding foot
of additional width or depth.
[Ord. 147, 8/11/2008, § 904; as amended by Ord.
172, 2/14/2011, § I]
1.
Multi-use Commercial Buildings. In a multi-use commercial building
having party walls, no side yard is required except at the ends of
the structure.
2.
Required Buffer. Within the setback area, a twenty-five-foot-wide buffer area containing a landscape screen shall be required for all lots abutting a residential district or a residential use and shall utilize a berm with the landscape screen. The landscape screen shall comply with § 22-428 of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22] and shall consist of plant material, walls, fencing, earthen berms or a combination thereof.
[Amended by Ord. 211, 2/13/2017]
3.
All applicable requirements of Part 13 of this chapter shall apply to any permitted use in the NC Neighborhood Commercial District and the C Commercial District.
4.
Outdoor Display of Merchandise. No merchandise, equipment or other
products shall be stored or displayed for sale or otherwise on a lot
within a front yard or side yard abutting a street, nor between a
street line and the wall of a principal building, except that vehicles
for sale may be stored or displayed within the front yard setback.
5.
Parking areas and the parking of vehicles shall not be permitted within the front yard setback, except as provided in Subsection 4, above.
6.
Use Regulations for Medical Marijuana Dispensaries. The following
requirements and standards shall apply to a medical marijuana dispensary
located in the C Commercial District:
[Added by Ord. 212, 5/8/2017]
A.
The medical marijuana facility shall comply with all applicable standards,
rules, regulations and requirements of the Pennsylvania Department
of Health and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including, without
limitation, Title 28, Part IX, of the Pennsylvania Code.
E.
A medical marijuana dispensary may not operate on the same site as
a facility used for growing and processing medical marijuana.
7.
Requirements for Specialty Contractors. The following requirements
and standards shall apply to specialty contractors:
[Added by Ord. No. 2019-231, 3/11/2019]
A.
The required minimum net lot area shall be one acre (with or without
public sewage disposal).
B.
The required minimum lot width shall be 150 feet. The required minimum
front yard shall be 50 feet.
C.
No on-street parking shall be permitted.
D.
The outdoor storage of materials and equipment other than service
vehicles shall be prohibited.
