[Ord. 281, 1/5/1976, Art. VII, § 7.1]
This district is designed to accommodate commercial enterprises in areas that have become developed as predominantly commercial. It also provides for a location where commercial establishments can be centralized and located where they will not adversely affect residential areas.
[Ord. 281, 1/5/1976, Art. VII, § 7.2]
1. 
Department stores.
2. 
Stores for retailing of food, clothing, drugs, confectionery, hardware, sporting goods, household appliances, flowers, etc.
3. 
Personal service shops, including barbers, beauty parlors, tailors, shoe repairs, dry cleaning, laundromats, etc.
4. 
Banks, savings and loan, finance companies, and travel agencies.
5. 
Restaurants, tea rooms, cafes, drive-in restaurants, and other places serving food and drink.
6. 
Shopping centers.
7. 
Amusement enterprises-movie theaters, playhouses, arenas, bowling alleys, dance halls, and similar recreation establishments, but not including drive-in theaters.
8. 
Commercial parking facilities as provided for in Part 11, "Off-Street Parking and Loading."
9. 
Business and professional offices.
10. 
Taxi and bus service, passenger stations, and terminals.
11. 
Mortuary and undertaking establishments.
12. 
Hotels and motels.
13. 
Automobile dealers, repair shops, service stations, body shops, parts centers, supply centers and washes.
14. 
Printing and publishing establishments.
15. 
Shops for contractors, plumbing, heating, printing, upholstering, etc.
16. 
Lumber and fuel distribution yards.
17. 
Automobile filling and service stations; provided, that:
A. 
All gasoline pumps shall be located outside of the building on private property and in no case within 25 feet of any property line.
B. 
No repair work shall be performed out of doors.
C. 
All fuel, oil, or similar substances shall be stored at least 35 feet from any street or lot line.
D. 
All automobile parts, dismantled and derelict vehicles and similar articles shall be stored only within an enclosed building.
18. 
All other uses which, in the opinion of the zoning administration officials, are in harmony with the intent of the regulations for this district.
19. 
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses.
20. 
Signs as provided for and regulated in Part 12, "Signs and Advertising Structures."
[Ord. 281, 1/5/1976, Art. VII, § 7.3]
1. 
All of the above-listed uses must be non-objectionable in terms of smoke or dust emission, odors, noise, or glare, and shall not be injurious or have an adverse effect on adjacent areas or the Township as a whole.
2. 
Should the Zoning Officer feel there is any possibility of the above mentioned dangers, the applicant must prove the contrary to the Zoning Hearing Board before a permit is issued.
[Ord. 281, 1/5/1976, Art. VII, § 7.4]
1. 
A lot width, lot area, and lot depths of not less than the dimensions shown in the following table shall be provided for every principal building hereafter erected or altered for any use permitted in this district:
District Requirements
Area Requirements
Yards
Min. Parcel Size
Min. Width
Max. Coverage
Front
One Side
Total Sides
Rear
1 acre
200 ft.
50%
60 ft.
20 ft.
40 ft.
30 ft.
2. 
Parking areas may be included in 50% of the required yards in the Commercial District except where they adjoin a Residential District. However, it must be provided in that portion of the yard nearest the building and at least a five-foot buffer must remain between the property line and/or street and the parking lot. All yards or portions of yards not used for parking shall be appropriately landscaped and maintained.
3. 
Where side or rear yards adjoin a Residential District, they shall be no less than 50 feet, shall not be used for parking, and shall be appropriately landscaped and maintained.
4. 
No building shall exceed two and one-half stories or 35 feet in height unless authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board.
[Ord. 281, 1/5/1976, Art. VII, § 7.5]
1. 
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with Part 11, "Off-Street Parking and Loading."
2. 
Each business use shall provide off-street loading and unloading space at the side or rear of the building for each 4,000 square feet of floor area or fraction thereof in each building. Such space or spaces shall be not less than 560 square feet in area with a dimension of 10 feet by 56 feet per space, which shall be located exclusive of any public right-of-way. Each space shall have a clearance of no less than 15.6 feet in height.
[Ord. 281, 1/5/1976, Art. VII, § 7.6]
Only those signs referring or relating to the uses conducted on the premises or to the materials or products made, sold, or displayed on the premises shall be permitted and further provided that all signs and advertising structures shall be maintained in accordance with Part 12, "Signs and Advertising Structures."