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Township of Shrewsbury, PA
York County
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[Ord. No. 2015-03, 6/3/2015]
The Commercial District is established to accommodate individual businesses and services that supply the needs of local residents and provide opportunities for shoppers from surrounding areas.
[Ord. No. 2015-03, 6/3/2015]
1. 
A structure may be erected or used, and a lot may be used or occupied, for any of the following purposes and no other; providing, however, that all new uses shall utilize municipal or public sewer and water services provided such service or capacity exists within 1,000 feet of the proposed use. On-site sewage disposal systems and on-site wells may be utilized until such public systems become available or are located within 1,000 feet from the proposed use.
2. 
In addition to the provisions set forth in this Part, the following uses shall meet all applicable supplementary and general regulations found in Parts 14 and 15 of this chapter.
3. 
Principal Permitted Uses.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2023-05, 11/1/2023]
Agriculture (see § 27-1404)
Auction house (see § 27-1404)
Automotive dealership, service and repair (see § 27-1404)
Beverage distribution/sale (see § 27-1404)
Brewery (see § 27-1404)
Business and professional office
Business service establishment
Club (see § 27-1404)
Communications facility or tower (see § 27-1404)
Community center (see § 27-1404)
Convenience store (see § 27-1404)
Cultural facility (see § 27-1404)
Emergency services
Equipment service and sale (see § 27-1404)
Farm equipment sales and service (see § 27-1404)
Farm market and farm co-op (see § 27-1404)
Feed and grain mill (see § 27-1404)
Financial institution (see § 27-1404)
Forestry (see § 27-1404)
Garden center (see § 27-1404)
Hotel or motel (see § 27-1404)
House of worship (see § 27-1404)
Lodge, recreational or vacation
Medical laboratory or clinic (see § 27-1404)
Mixed-use building (see § 27-1404)
Mortuary (see § 27-1404)
Municipal building, park, playground, recreational facility (see § 27-1404)
Parking facilities (see § 27-1404)
Personal services facility
Produce stand (see § 27-1404)
Public service office
Repair shop
Restaurants (see § 27-1404)
Retail store
Public utility building (see § 27-1404)
Self-storage (see § 27-1404)
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
Veterinary office, including animal hospital (see § 27-1404)
Winery (see § 27-1404)
4. 
Permitted Accessory Uses.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2017-07, 12/6/2017; and by Ord. No. 2022-01, 3/2/2022]
Alternative energy system (private use) (see § 27-1404)
Bed-and-breakfast (see § 27-1404)
Buildings and uses customarily incidental to a permitted principal use
Caretaker or watchman dwelling (see § 27-1404)
Detention or retention pond
Domiciliary care facility (see § 27-1404)
Drive-through facility (see § 27-1404)
Family day-care home (see § 27-1404)
Home occupation (see § 27-1404)
No-impact home-based business (see § 27-1404)
Portable storage unit (see § 27-1404)
Swimming pool, private (see § 27-1404)
5. 
Principal Uses Permitted as Special Exceptions by the Zoning Hearing Board.
Child day-care center (see § 27-1404)
Community treatment facility (see § 27-1404)
Composting facility (see § 27-1404)
Conversion apartments (see § 27-1404)
Electric generating facility (wind or solar only) (see § 27-1404)
Entertainment facility (see § 27-1404)
Gaming establishment (see § 27-1404)
Golf course (see § 27-1404)
Group home (see § 27-1404)
Group quarters (see § 27-1404)
Helipad (see § 27-1404)
Hospital (see § 27-1404)
Kennel (see § 27-1404)
Nursery school (see § 27-1404)
Nursing home/personal care home (see § 27-1404)
Public event (see § 27-1404)
Recreational facility (indoor or outdoor) (see § 27-1404)
Rooming house (see § 27-1404)
School, commercial (see § 27-1404)
School, public and private (see § 27-1404)
Shopping center or mall (see § 27-1404)
Tavern (see § 27-1404)
6. 
Accessory Uses Permitted by Special Exception by the Zoning Hearing Board.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2022-01, 3/2/2022]
Buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the principal uses permitted by special exception.
Exotic wildlife (see § 27-1404)
Temporary structure or use (see § 27-1404)
7. 
Prohibited Construction: No permanent buildings may be constructed or placed in a critical environmental area (see Part 13).
[Ord. No. 2015-03, 6/3/2015; amended by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
In this district, any structure hereafter erected or any lot hereafter used or occupied for any lawful purpose shall provide the minimum dimensions specified below. Should these requirements conflict with the requirements of Part 14 or 15, as applicable, for any specified use, the requirements of Part 14 or 15, as applicable, shall take precedence.
1. 
Principal and Accessory Use Dimensions:
All Uses
Minimum lot area (nonagriculture, forestry)
With public water and sewage
20,000 square feet
With on-lot water and sewage
40,000 square feet
Minimum lot width (public water and sewer)
100 feet
Minimum lot width (on-lot water and sewer)
200 feet
Minimum front setback, all uses
10 feet
Minimum side setback
10 feet
Minimum rear setback
10 feet
Maximum lot coverage
75%
Maximum building height*
45 feet
Accessory buildings and structures: side/rear setback
5 feet
NOTES:
*
Building height may be increased to a maximum of 90 feet provided that for every 10 feet the building height increases above 45 feet, all setbacks shall be increased an additional five feet.
[Ord. No. 2015-03, 6/3/2015]
In addition to the standards set forth in this Part, all uses permitted within the Commercial District shall also comply with:
1. 
Landscape, Buffering and Screening. As required in the Shrewsbury Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 22, Subdivision and Land Development.
2. 
Off-Street Parking and Loading. All uses in the Commercial District shall provide off-street parking spaces and off-street loading space according to the provisions set forth in Part 16 of this chapter. Such areas shall be designed to include adequate snow storage per Shrewsbury Township.
3. 
Signs. Signs may be erected and maintained only when in compliance with the provisions of the Shrewsbury Township Sign Ordinance[2] and landscaping requirements in the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
[Amended by Ord. No. 2020-01, 8/5/2020]
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 19, Signs.
4. 
All proposed subdivisions and developments shall satisfy the requirements of Part 13, Critical Environmental Areas and Wellhead Protection.
5. 
Environmental Performance Standards. All uses in the Commercial District shall comply with the environmental protection standards provided for in Part 15 of this chapter.