A.
The purpose of this district is to provide for low density single-family
development and to stabilize and protect areas where existing single-family
development has already occurred, and to promote pleasant and suitable
single-family residential living environments.
B.
Use regulations.
(1)
Uses by right.
(a)
The planting, raising, harvesting and preparing for market of
crops such as corn, hay, oats, soybeans, barley and alfalfa.
(b)
Single-family dwellings, except mobile homes.
(c)
Public parks and playgrounds.
(d)
Houses of worship.
(e)
Greenhouses and nurseries, provided that no products are sold
on the premises.
(f)
Municipal utility.
(g)
Forestry.
(h)
No-impact home-based business.
(4)
Accessory uses. Any use which is entirely incidental and subordinate
to the above permitted uses and is located on the same lot or parcel.
A.
The purpose of this district is to provide for a variety of moderate
density residential uses, including single-family, two-family, duplex,
townhouse and multifamily dwellings, as well as related uses in keeping
with the residential character of the district.
B.
Use regulations.
(1)
Uses by right.
(a)
The planting, raising, harvesting and preparing for market of
crops such as corn, hay, oats, soybeans, barley and alfalfa.
(b)
Single-family dwellings.
(c)
Duplex dwellings.
(d)
Two-family dwellings.
(e)
Townhouse dwellings.
(f)
Multifamily dwellings.
(g)
Public parks and playgrounds.
(h)
Houses of worship.
(i)
Greenhouses and nurseries, provided that no products are sold
on the premises.
(j)
Municipal utility.
(k)
Forestry.
(l)
No-impact home-based business.
(2)
Special exception uses.
(a)
Public and private schools.
(b)
Institutions of an educational, medical, charitable, or philanthropic
nature, including but not limited to schools, hospitals, clinics,
nursing homes, orphanages, convalescent homes and personal care homes.
(c)
Public utility installations except garages, warehouses, and
storage yards.
(d)
Day-care centers and preschools.
(e)
Off-street parking facility.
(f)
Home occupations and home professional offices.
(g)
Mobile home parks.
(h)
Essential services.
(4)
Accessory uses. Any use which is entirely incidental and subordinate
to the above permitted uses and is located on the same lot or parcel.
A.
The purpose of this district is to provide for higher density residential
living environments; the district allows for wide variety of housing
types, and strongly encourages the concept of planned residential
development which respects the natural amenities and physical limitations
of the land.
B.
Use regulations.
(1)
Uses by right.
(a)
The planting, raising, harvesting and preparing for market of
crops such as corn, hay, oats, soybeans, barley and alfalfa.
(b)
Single-family dwellings.
(c)
Duplex dwellings.
(d)
Two-family dwellings.
(e)
Townhouse and multifamily dwellings, only if part of a planned
residential development.
(f)
Planned residential developments (PRD) incorporating only the permitted uses in this district, per Article VIII.
(g)
Public parks and playgrounds.
(h)
Houses of worship.
(i)
Municipal utility.
(j)
Forestry.
(k)
No-impact home-based business.
(2)
Special exception uses.
(a)
Public and private schools.
(b)
Institutions of an educational, medical, charitable, or philanthropic
nature, including but not limited to schools, hospitals, nursing homes,
and orphanages.
(c)
Cemeteries.
(d)
Public utility installations except garages, warehouses, and
storage yards.
(e)
Day-care centers and preschools.
(f)
Home occupations and home professional offices.
(g)
Convenience stores and personal service shops serving a PRD,
within the PRD.
(h)
Essential services.
(4)
Accessory uses. Any use which is entirely incidental and subordinate
to the above permitted uses and is located on the same lot or parcel.
A.
It is the purpose of this district to provide for a well-functioning,
more intensified, commercial and people-oriented central area. Although
retail/business uses are strongly encouraged into the Town Center
District, some public uses and housing types can also occur within
this multifunction district.
B.
Use regulations.
(1)
Uses by right.
(a)
Retail stores such as grocery, drug, clothing, hardware, antique,
music, variety, appliances and furniture, sporting goods, electronic
equipment, flowers, jewelry, books, stationery and toy stores, bakeries
and confectioneries. Adult uses are excluded.
(b)
Governmental structures and facilities.
(c)
Civic and cultural facilities, such as libraries, museums and post
offices.
(d)
Restaurants, not including drive-through service places.
(e)
Professional offices.
(f)
Business and administrative offices.
(g)
Banks and other financial institutions, not including drive-through
service places, but including walk-up windows.
(h)
Passenger terminals, including taxi stands and bus stations.
(i)
Houses of worship.
(j)
Commercial, public and private schools.
(k)
Personal service businesses such as shoe repair shops, beauty parlors
and barber shops, laundries and dry cleaning establishments which
are self-service or pickup stations only, tailor and seamstress shops,
shops renting and repairing household goods, medical equipment sales
and rentals and video rentals (not including adult bookstores).
(l)
Membership clubs and fraternal organizations.
(m)
Single-family dwellings.
(n)
Duplex dwelling.
(o)
Two-family dwellings.
(p)
Multifamily dwellings.
(q)
Owner or lessee occupied apartment above the first floor of commercial
uses.
(r)
Home occupations and home professional offices.
(s)
Conversions of any dwelling units to commercial use.
(t)
Licensed group home dwelling.
(u)
Municipal utility.
(v)
Forestry.
(w)
No-impact home-based business.
(x)
Farmers market.
(y)
Artisans studios and art galleries.
(z)
Visitors centers.
(aa)
Business support services, such as copying and delivery services.
(bb)
Indoor theater, not including an adult use.
(cc)
Health fitness center.
(dd)
Essential services.
(ee)
On-site production with on-site retail or restaurant use.
(ff)
Tavern.
(2)
Special exception uses.
(a)
Drive-through service places.
(b)
Banks and other financial institutions, which include drive-through
services.
(c)
Other uses permitted in this district where drive-through services
are provided.
(d)
Hotels and motels.
(e)
Public utility installations except garages, warehouses, and
storage yards.
(f)
Parking lots and parking structures where such facilities are
the principal use.
(g)
Commercial recreation, including miniature golf, swimming pools,
tennis barns and other similar uses.
(h)
Car washes.
(i)
Motor vehicle repair garages.
(j)
Day-care centers and preschools.
(k)
Bed-and-breakfast.
(l)
Personal care home.
(m)
Funeral home.
(n)
Business incubator.
(o)
Shopping center.
(4)
Accessory uses. Any use which is entirely incidental and subordinate
to the above permitted uses and is located on the same lot or parcel.
Parking may be located off-site as otherwise provided in this chapter.
A.
The purpose of this district is to preserve and protect the visual
continuity and general aesthetics of the downtown business area, to
encourage the utilization of land and the harmonious design, erection
and use of the buildings to maintain linear arrangement with existing
buildings, and to provide for professional and business offices, retail
sales and commercial services in a diversified business district.
B.
Use regulations.
(1)
Uses by right.
(a)
Retail stores such as grocery, drug, clothing, hardware, antique,
music, variety, appliances and furniture, sporting goods, electronic
equipment, flowers, jewelry, books, stationery and toy stores, bakeries
and confectioneries. Adult uses are excluded.
(b)
Government structures and facilities.
(c)
Civic and cultural facilities, such as libraries, museums and
post offices.
(d)
Eating and drinking places, not including drive-through service
places, but including walk-up windows.
(e)
Professional offices.
(f)
Business and administrative offices.
(g)
Restaurants, not including drive-through service places.
(h)
Passenger terminals, including taxi stands and bus stations.
(i)
Houses of worship.
(j)
Commercial, public and private schools.
(k)
Membership clubs and fraternal organizations.
(l)
Multifamily dwellings.
(m)
Owner- or lessee-occupied apartments above the first floor of
commercial uses.
(n)
Home occupations and home professional offices.
(o)
Licensed group home dwelling.
(p)
Municipal utility.
(q)
Forestry.
(r)
No-impact home-based business.
(s)
Farmers market.
(t)
Artisans studios and art galleries.
(u)
Visitors centers.
(v)
Business support services, such as copying and delivery sources.
(w)
Indoor theater, not including an adult theater.
(x)
Personal service businesses such as shoe repair shops, beauty
parlors and barber shops, laundries and dry-cleaning establishments
which are self-service or pickup stations only, tailor and seamstress
shops, shops renting and repairing household goods, medical equipment
sales and rentals and video rentals (not including adult uses).
(y)
Health fitness center.
(z)
Essential services.
(aa)
On-site production with on-site retail or restaurant use.
(bb)
Tavern.
(2)
Special exception uses.
(a)
Drive-through services places, provided drive-through service
is located to the rear of the principal use.
(b)
Banks and other financial institutions, which include drive-through
services, provided drive-through service is located to the rear of
the principal use.
(c)
Other uses permitted in this district where drive-through services
are provided, provided drive-through service is located to the rear
of the principal use.
(d)
Hotels and motels.
(e)
Day-care centers and preschools.
(f)
Bed-and-breakfast.
(g)
Personal care home.
(h)
Business incubator.
(i)
Outdoor dining areas.
(4)
Accessory uses. Any use which is entirely incidental and subordinate
to the above permitted uses and is located on the same lot or parcel.
Parking may be located off site as otherwise provided for in this
chapter.
A.
The General Commercial/Office District provides for those types of
commercial uses which function best outside the Town Center. To function
properly, these uses require either convenient highway accessibility
or larger amount of space.
B.
Use regulations.
(1)
Uses by right.
(a)
Hotels and motels.
(b)
Retail stores such as grocery, drug, clothing, hardware, antique,
music, variety, appliances and furniture, sporting goods, electronic
equipment, flowers, jewelry, books, stationery and toy stores, bakeries
and confectioneries. Adult retail stores are excluded.
(c)
Personal service businesses such as shoe repair shops, beauty parlors
and barber shops, laundries and dry-cleaning establishments which
are self-service or pickup stations only, tailor and seamstress shops,
shops renting and repairing household goods, medical equipment sales
and rentals and video rentals (not including adult bookstores).
(d)
Professional offices.
(e)
Business and administrative offices.
(f)
Bank or other financial institutions, not including drive-through
service places.
(g)
Passenger terminals, including taxi stands and bus stations.
(h)
Membership clubs and fraternal organizations.
(i)
Pet grooming services.
(j)
Motor vehicle service stations.
(k)
Parking lots and parking structures.
(l)
Automobile, farm equipment, and marine sales and services.
(m)
Automotive supplies sales establishments.
(n)
Household, lumber, building materials and garden supplies sales establishments.
(o)
Commercial recreation, including miniature golf, swimming pools,
tennis barns and other similar uses.
(p)
Indoor theaters, not including an adult use.
(q)
Animal hospitals.
(r)
Restaurants.
(s)
Commercial schools.
(t)
Public utility uses, including electric substations, storage of materials
and trucks, repair facilities and offices.
(u)
Single-family dwellings.
(v)
Townhouse dwellings.
(w)
Duplex dwellings.
(x)
Two-family dwellings.
(y)
Multifamily dwellings.
(z)
Apartments or owner or lessee occupied dwelling unit above the first
floor of commercial uses.
(aa)
Wholesale and warehouse establishments.
(bb)
Car wash.
(cc)
Motor vehicle repair garages and body shops.
(dd)
Nightclub, not including adult nightclub.
(ee)
Municipal utility.
(ff)
Forestry.
(gg)
No-impact home-based business.
(hh)
Farmers market.
(ii)
Artisans studios and art galleries.
(jj)
Visitors center.
(kk)
Business support serving such as copying and delivery services.
(ll)
Houses of worship.
(mm)
Health fitness center.
(nn)
Essential services.
(oo)
On-site production with on-site retail or restaurant use.
(pp)
Tavern.
(qq)
Shopping center.
(2)
Special exception uses.
(a)
Day-care centers and preschools.
(b)
Bank or other financial institutions which include drive-through
services.
(c)
Institutions of an educational, medical, charitable, or philanthropic
nature, including but not limited to schools, hospitals, nursing homes,
orphanages, libraries and museums.
(d)
Adult health fitness center, massage parlor, adult nightclub,
any of which conduct their activities in such manner as to appeal
to the prurient interest. Adult theaters and adult bookstores.
(e)
Funeral home.
(f)
Business incubator.
(4)
Accessory uses. Any use which is entirely incidental and subordinate
to the above permitted uses and is located on the same lot or parcel.
Parking may be located off site as otherwise provided by this chapter.
A.
The purpose of this district is to protect the existing hospital
area from uses which adversely affect the necessary functions of the
hospital and to provide additional opportunities for hospital and
health-related offices and services close to the hospital.
B.
Use regulations.
(1)
Uses by right.
(a)
Hospital.
(b)
Nursing and convalescent homes.
(c)
Medical and dental offices and clinics.
(d)
Medical laboratories and diagnostic centers.
(e)
Offices administering health and welfare programs and services.
(f)
Single-family dwellings.
(g)
Duplex dwellings.
(h)
Two-family dwellings.
(i)
Parking lots and structures.
(j)
Pharmacy, provided at least 80% of the total sales floor area
is devoted to the business of selling prescription and nonprescription
drugs and medical supplies, and that the maximum square footage devoted
to all functions shall not exceed 2,500 square feet.
(k)
Opticians, orthopedic and other medical supply places provided
100% of the total sales floor area is devoted to the sale of medical
supplies, and that the maximum square footage devoted to all functions
shall not exceed 3,000 square feet.
(l)
Forestry.
(m)
No-impact home-based business.
(n)
Municipal utility.
(o)
Essential services.
(p)
Professional offices.
(3)
Accessory uses. Any use which is entirely incidental and subordinate
to the above permitted uses and is located on the same lot or parcel.
Parking may be located off site as otherwise provided by this chapter.
A.
It is the purpose of this district to provide for public and private
institutions which serve the residents of the Borough and which are
compatible with surrounding neighborhoods.
B.
Use regulations.
(1)
Uses by right.
(a)
Municipal utility.
(b)
Houses of worship.
(c)
Public playgrounds and other recreational facilities, such as
golf courses.
(d)
Public schools.
(e)
Health fitness center.
(f)
Forestry.
(g)
Library, museum, art gallery, conservatory or similar use.
(h)
Woodland preserve, wildlife sanctuary or similar conservation
use.
(4)
Accessory uses. Any use which is entirely incidental and subordinate
to the above permitted uses and is located on the same lot or parcel.
A.
The purpose of this district is to allow a mixture of light industrial,
commercial and residential uses in an area where such a mix now exists.
B.
Given the proximity to residential uses, uses in this district must
not have an adverse impact on the surrounding area.
C.
Use regulations.
(1)
Uses by right.
(a)
Professional offices.
(b)
Business and administrative offices.
(c)
Bank or other financial institutions.
(d)
Membership clubs and fraternal organizations.
(e)
Motor vehicle service stations.
(f)
Automobile, farm equipment, and marine sales and services.
(g)
Automotive supplies and hardware sales establishments.
(h)
Household, lumber, building materials and garden supplies sales
establishments.
(i)
Commercial recreation, including miniature golf, swimming pools,
tennis barns and other similar uses.
(j)
Public utility uses, including electric substations, storage
of materials and trucks, repair facilities and offices.
(k)
Single-family dwellings.
(l)
Townhouse dwellings.
(m)
Duplex dwellings.
(n)
Two-family dwellings.
(o)
Multifamily dwellings.
(p)
Municipal utility.
(q)
Forestry.
(r)
No-impact home-based business.
(s)
Manufacturing operations involving the production, processing
and assembling of goods and materials.
(t)
Metal processing such as metal machining, finishing, plating,
blackening, heat treating, grinding and polishing, metal stamping,
screw machining and extrusion of products; and the manufacture of
metal products, tools, and hardware.
(u)
Research, experimental or testing laboratories.
(v)
Printing and publishing activities.
(w)
Parking lots and structures.
(x)
Wholesale businesses, warehouses, self-storage facilities and
similar nonprocessing storage and distribution uses, except bulk storage
of chemicals, petroleum products, and other flammable, explosive,
or noxious materials.
(y)
Shop of a carpenter, electrician, metal workers, cabinet maker,
upholsterer, plumber, mason, painter, home builder, heating contractor,
or similar skilled tradesman.
(z)
Essential services.
(aa)
On-site production with on-site retail or restaurant use.
(4)
Accessory use. Any use which is entirely incidental and subordinate
to the above permitted uses and is located on the same lot or parcel.
Parking may be provided off site as otherwise provided by this chapter.
A.
The purpose of this district is to provide desirable locations for
industrial development and associated research. The district is intended
to promote the economic welfare of the Borough by reserving especially
suited sites for manufacturing, processing and storage uses and by
controlling the intermingling of incompatible uses.
B.
Use regulations.
(1)
Uses by right.
(a)
Manufacturing operations involving the production, processing
and assembling of goods and materials.
(b)
Metal processing such as metal machining, finishing, plating,
blackening, heat treating, grinding and polishing, metal stamping,
screw machining and extrusion of products; and the manufacture of
metal products, tools, and hardware.
(c)
Research, experimental or testing laboratories.
(d)
Business, administrative, professional or corporate offices
of other uses permitted in this district.
(e)
Printing and publishing activities.
(f)
Parking lots and structures.
(g)
Wholesale businesses, warehouses, self-storage facilities and
similar nonprocessing storage and distribution uses, except bulk storage
of chemicals, petroleum products, and other flammable, explosive,
or noxious materials.
(h)
Building material sales yard, including the sales of rock, sand,
gravel, and the like as an incidental part of the main business.
(i)
Public utility installations, including electric substations,
storage of materials and trucks, repair facilities, offices.
(j)
Stone cutting and monument manufacture and sales.
(k)
Motor vehicle service station, including motor vehicle repair
garages.
(l)
Hardware and automotive supplies sales establishments.
(m)
Household and garden supplies sales establishments.
(n)
Forestry.
(o)
Shop of a carpenter, electrician, metal workers, cabinet maker,
upholsterer, plumber, mason, painter, home builder, heating contractor,
or similar skilled tradesman.
(p)
Municipal utility.
(q)
Essential services.
(2)
Special exception uses.
(a)
Automobile, trailer or mobile home, farm equipment, and marine
sales and service; automobile or automotive manufacture or assembly,
including farm equipment but not including salvage.
(b)
Body shops, or tire recapping or retreading establishments.
(c)
Contractors' equipment storage yard or plant.
(d)
Day-care center or preschool.
(e)
Financial institution.
(f)
Oil company which delivers fuel directly to residential and
commercial customers, and is not primarily a storage and/or wholesale
distribution business.
(g)
Business incubator.
(h)
Conference center with professional meeting and training facilities,
which may include related lodging and dining facilities. Recreational
facilities, service stores and other similar facilities for use exclusively
by conference participants and employees shall be permitted in conjunction
with the conference center.
(i)
Foundry.
(j)
Any use of the same general character as those permitted and
special exception uses listed above, provided that it would not violate
the intention of this chapter and would not pose a threat to the health,
safety, or welfare of the Borough, and is not unduly obnoxious by
reason of danger of fire or explosion.
(4)
Accessory use. Any use which is entirely incidental and subordinate
to the above permitted uses and is located on the same lot or parcel.
Parking may be provided off site as otherwise provided by this chapter.
A.
The purpose of this district is to provide desirable locations for
industrial development and associated research. The district is intended
to promote the economic welfare of the Borough by reserving especially
suited sites for manufacturing, processing and storage uses and by
controlling the intermingling of incompatible uses.
B.
Use regulations.
(1)
Uses by right.
(a)
Manufacturing operations involving the production, processing
and assembling of goods and materials.
(b)
Metal processing such as metal machining, finishing, plating,
blackening, heat treating, grinding and polishing, metal stamping,
screw machining and extrusion of products; and the manufacture of
metal products, tools, and hardware.
(c)
Research, experimental or testing laboratories.
(d)
Business, administrative, professional or corporate offices
of other uses permitted in this district.
(e)
Automobile parking lots and parking garages.
(f)
Wholesale businesses, warehouses, self-storage facilities, trucking
terminals, and similar nonprocessing storage and distribution uses,
except bulk storage of chemicals, petroleum products, and other flammable,
explosive, or noxious materials.
(g)
Building material sales yard, including the sales of rock, sand,
gravel, and the like as an incidental part of the main business.
(h)
Public utility installations such as electric substations, storage
of materials and trucks, repair facilities, offices.
(i)
Stone cutting and monument manufacture and sales.
(j)
Motor vehicle service station, including motor vehicle repair
garages.
(k)
Hardware and automotive supplies sales establishments.
(l)
Household and garden supplies sales establishments.
(m)
Forestry.
(n)
Shop of a carpenter, electrician, metal workers, cabinet maker,
upholsterer, plumber, mason, painter, home builder, heating contractor,
or similar skilled tradesman.
(o)
Municipal utility.
(p)
Essential services.
(2)
Special exception uses.
(a)
Body shops, or tire recapping or retreading establishments.
(b)
Contractors' equipment storage yard or plant.
(c)
Conference center with professional meeting and training facilities,
which may include related lodging and dining facilities. Recreational
facilities, service stores and other similar facilities for use exclusively
by conference participants and employees shall be permitted in conjunction
with the conference center.
(d)
Day-care center.
(e)
Business incubator.
(f)
Kennels.
(g)
Foundry.
(h)
Any use of the same general character as those permitted and
special exception uses listed above, provided that it would not violate
the intention of this chapter and would not pose a threat to the health,
safety, or welfare of the Borough, and is not unduly obnoxious by
reason of danger of fire or explosion.
(4)
Accessory use. Any use which is entirely incidental and subordinate
to the above permitted uses and is located on the same lot or parcel.
