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The RC-2 Retail Core Support District is established to maintain
a "mixed-use" presence which is centrally located and with access
to an arterial roadway, which in turn contributes to the economic
vitality of the Borough.
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1. Principal Uses.
A. Offices-business, government, professional.
H. Dwelling units (upper floors only).
I. Multiple family dwellings. First floor dwelling units are permitted
if the building contains three or more dwelling units.
2. Accessory uses and buildings.
A. Uses and buildings customarily incidental and appurtenant to principal permitted uses (see §
27-1421).
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1. The following conditional uses may be authorized pursuant to the
standards and criteria set forth in Part 15:
A. Commercial and private parking facilities to serve uses in the RC-District (see §
27-1507).
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There are no uses by special exception in the RC-2 Retail Core
Support District.
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1. Minimum lot area: 2,000 square feet (all permitted and conditional
uses).
2. Minimum lot width: 20 feet.
3. Lot coverage. There is no maximum lot coverage established in the
RC-2 District.
4. Yards. Applicable to all principal permitted and conditional uses.
C. Rear yard: 15 feet required.
D. Accessory structure yards: five feet to closest side and rear property lines, except as specified in Subsection
7.
5. Building height. Applicable to all principal permitted and conditional
uses: 35 feet maximum.
6. Maximum height of an accessory structure shall be 16 feet. The second
floor of an accessory structure shall not exceed 50% of the area of
the exterior footprint of the accessory structure.
7. The footprint area of an accessory structure is not to exceed 15%
of the lot area. The total aggregate side yard dimensions from an
accessory structure are 10 feet with a minimum two-foot side yard
distance on one side or a minimum five feet from an adjoining building.
The area of the exterior footprint of an accessory structure cannot
exceed 80% the area of the exterior footprint of the principle structure.
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Parking and signage design and construction shall comply with standards specified in Part
16 of this chapter.
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1. The following standards shall apply to all permitted principal uses
and conditional uses.
A. No use at street level shall exceed 4,050 square feet in gross floor
area, which is hereby established as the "scale of development" in
the RC-1 and RC-2 District.
(1)
Such "scale of development" is derived from an analysis of the
square footage of existing businesses in the RC-1 and RC-2 Districts.
(2)
Such "scale of development" is established as 200% of the statistical
average of the occupied gross first floor areas of all individual
businesses in the RC-1 and RC-2 Districts.
B. All uses shall comply with the provisions of this subsection at such
time that a change of use, expansion of an existing use, consolidation
of existing uses or the introduction of a new use is proposed.
C. Existing uses, whether conforming or nonconforming, which exceed
the dimensional standard herein established shall be exempt, except
that no such use shall be expanded or consolidated with another use
to increase the degree of nonconformity.
D. Future conforming uses (of individual buildings existing at the time
of the passage of this chapter) which occupy space in excess of the
herein established dimensional standards shall be exempt, except that
no such use shall be expanded or consolidated with another use or
in more than one building to increase the degree of nonconforming.