Borough of Lemoyne, PA General Business and Other Zoning Districts

§ 550-21 Designation of general business and other zoning districts and purposes.

See Table 550-5-1 herein this section for the designations and purpose statements of the respective general business and other zoning districts which are shown on the Borough Zoning Map:

Table 550-5-1 General Business and Other Zoning Districts
General Business and Other Zoning District Names	Purpose Statement	Representative Image
Office (OFF)	To provide a suitable environment for certain types of business and professional office uses and those uses which are compatible with and can be located within an established, traditional mixed-use community.
Commercial General (CG)	To provide a suitable environment for a variety of general and automobile-oriented business and light industrial uses and those uses which are compatible with and can be located within an established, traditional mixed-use community.
Industrial (IND)	To provide a suitable environment for a variety of general industrial uses and those uses which are compatible with and can be located within an established, traditional mixed-use community.

§ 550-22 Permitted uses.

[Amended 9-20-2018 by Ord. No. 752; 7-18-2019 by Ord. No. 759

See Table 550-5-2 in this section for the types of uses permitted in the respective general business and other zoning district as set forth by this chapter. Uses are divided into those permitted by right "P" (zoning decision by Zoning Officer); permitted by special exception "SE" (zoning decision by Zoning Hearing Board); and permitted by conditional use "CU" (zoning decision by Borough Council). Many of the uses permitted by the above three categories must comply with certain criteria, which are found in Article XI of this chapter. The specific section numbers of Article XI where the criteria are located are noted in the table. Uses not listed in the table below or identified by "N" shall specifically not be permitted in the applicable general business and other zoning districts:

Table 550-5-2
Permitted Uses: General Business and Other Zoning Districts
Types of Uses	Office (OFF)	Commercial General (CG)	Industrial (IND)	Section Reference for Specific Use Regulations
Nonresidential Uses
Commercial Uses
Animal hospital	P	P	P	§ 550-83
Art gallery	P	N	N	N/A
Automobile, boat, heavy equipment, mobile/manufactured home, recreational vehicle, and other similar motor vehicle rental/sales, repair/service, washing, and/or fuel/gas sales	N	P	P	§ 550-83
Bank	P	P	N	N/A
Beer and ale wholesale distribution	N	P	P	N/A
Commercial recreation, indoor	N	P	P	N/A
Commercial recreation, outdoor	N	P	N	§ 550-83
Convenience store	N	P	N	§ 550-83
Copy shop/business service	P	P	P	N/A
Craftsman/ artisan studio	N	P	P	N/A
Farmer's/flea market, outdoor	N	P	P	§ 550-83
Financial service, other	P	P	N	N/A
Food service	N	P	P	N/A
Funeral home	N	P	P	§ 550-83
Heliport	N	N	P	N/A
Home improvement center, lumber sales, and building materials sales	N	P	P	§ 550-83
Hotel	P	P	N	N/A
Kennel, commercial	N	P	P	§ 550-83
Laundry and dry cleaning facility, personal	P	P	N	N/A
Liquor store	N	P	N	N/A
Mini-storage warehouse	N	P	P	§ 550-83
Medical marijuana	N	N	P	N/A
Motel	N	P	N	N/A
Nightclub	N	P	P	§ 550-83
Office, business and professional	P	P	N	N/A
Office, medical	P	P	N	N/A
Parking lot/parking structure	P	P	P	§ 550-83
Personal service	P	P	N	N/A
Restaurant	P	P	N	N/A
Retail business	N	P	N	N/A
School, commercial	P	P	N	N/A
School, vocational	N	P	P	N/A
Sexually oriented businesses and/or related uses	N	N	P	§ 550-83
Shopping center, general	N	P	N	N/A
Tattoo parlor/body piercing	N	P	N	N/A
Tavern/bar	N	P	P	§ 550-83
Theater, indoor	N	P	N	N/A
Therapeutic massage facility	P	P	N	N/A
Veterinary office	P	P	P	N/A
Industrial Uses
Automobile wrecking, junk, and scrap storage and sales	N	N	P	§ 550-84
Industrial use, heavy	N	N	P	N/A
Industrial use, light	N	P	P	N/A
Laundry and dry cleaning facility, industrial	N	N	P	N/A
Mineral extraction	N	N	P	§ 550-84
Outdoor storage	N	N	P	Article VII
Research and development	P	P	P	N/A
Solid waste transfer facility	N	N	P	N/A
Warehousing, distribution, and wholesaling	N	N	P	N/A
Institutional/Civic Uses
Cemetery	N	P	P	§ 550-85
Clinic, medical/urgent care	P	P	N	N/A
Clubhouse or lodge, private	P	P	P	§ 550-85
Community center	N	P	N	N/A
Convention center	N	P	P	N/A
Day care, commercial	P	P	N	§ 550-85
Emergency services	N	P	P	N/A
Government facility, other than municipal-owned use	P	P	P	N/A
Group care facility	N	P	N	§ 550-85
Hospital	P	P	N	§ 550-85
Library	P	P	N	N/A
Museum	N	P	N	N/A
Municipal-owned use	P	P	P	N/A
Park, playground, and other noncommercial outdoor recreational use	P	P	N	§ 550-85
Place of worship	P	P	P	N/A
Post office	P	P	N	N/A
Public/private works facility	P	P	P	N/A
Recycling collection point	N	P	P	N/A
School, public or private	P	P	P	N/A
Treatment center	N	P	P	§ 550-85
University/college	P	N	N	N/A
Forestry/Agriculture Uses
Agricultural operation	P	P	P	§ 550-86
Community garden	P	P	P	§ 550-86
Forestry (timber harvesting)	P	P	P	§ 550-86
Plant nursery	N	P	P	N/A
Miscellaneous Uses
Nontower WCF that do not substantially change the physical dimensions of the wireless support structure to which they are attached, and/or fall under the Pennsylvania Wireless Broadband Collocation Act	P	P	P	§ 550-87
Specific Accessory Uses
Automated banking facility	P	P	N	§ 550-88
Community garden	P	P	P	§ 550-88
Drive-through facility for permitted use	N	P	N	§ 550-88
Heliport	N	N	P	N/A
Outdoor cafe/dining	P	P	P	§ 550-88
Outside display and sales	N	P	P	§ 550-88
Accessory structures and uses incidental and subordinate to the principal uses permitted in the applicable zoning district other than specified elsewhere in this chapter, including, but not limited to, Article VII of this chapter	P	P	P	N/A

KEY:
P	Permitted by right (zoning decision by Zoning Officer)
SE	Permitted by special exception use (zoning decision by Zoning Hearing Board)
CU	Permitted by conditional use (zoning decision by Borough Council)
N	Not permitted

§ 550-23 Area and design requirements.

See Tables 27-5-3 through 27-5-5 herein this section for the area and design requirements for all development activities and uses within the respective general business and other zoning districts. Additionally, to the maximum extent feasible, all development activities and uses shall respect, maintain, and be compatible with the predominant development pattern, context, and character features of the adjacent and nearby buildings/structures and development, including height, scale, setback, orientation, lot access, and off-street parking. Unless specifically listed herein this section and Article VI of this chapter relating to Development Compatibility Overlay Zoning District (DCO), applicants for new development and uses may, and are strongly encouraged, to utilize the other development compatibility design guidelines and standards set forth in Article VI of this chapter relating to Development Compatibility Overlay Zoning District (DCO):

Table 550-5-3 Area and Design Requirements Office Zoning District (OFF)
Area/Design Features	Permitted Uses
Area/Design Features	All Uses, Unless Specifically Listed in Article XI	Accessory Use or Structure, Other than Specified Elsewhere Herein this Chapter, Including Article VII, Article IX, and Article XI
Net lot area, minimum	2,000 square feet	Included as part of total minimum lot area for principal use
Lot width at front setback line, minimum, for interior lot	20 feet	Included as part of total minimum lot width for principal use
Lot width at front setback line, minimum, for corner lot	35 feet	Included as part of total minimum lot width for principal use
Front setback, minimum	30 feet	Included as part of the minimum front setback for the principal use
Side setback, minimum	10 feet each side	Included as part of the minimum side setback for the principal use
Rear setback, minimum	30 feet	Included as part of the minimum rear setback for the principal use
Impervious lot coverage, maximum	65%	Included as part of total maximum impervious coverage for principal use
Vegetative coverage, minimum	30%	Included as part of total minimum vegetative coverage for the principal use
Building height/structure height, maximum	40 feet	Not permitted to be higher than the principal structure