[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
The purpose of the Highway Commercial District is to provide
a place where Township residents and others can purchase goods and
services in the busy auto-oriented portion of the regional Hamilton
Boulevard Corridor and Route 222. Development standards will be applied
to ensure compatibility with the adopted Southwest Lehigh Comprehensive
Plan and the Hamilton Boulevard Corridor Plan while preventing traffic
congestion on major roads. These standards shall be employed to create
a gateway to Lower Macungie Township and to allow for uses that require
close proximity to highway access.
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
1.
The following uses listed as "Permitted Use" in the HC District in
Exhibit 1: Zoning Use Matrix[1] are permitted by right in this zoning district and conditioned on meeting the requirements of Part 24 and other applicable provisions of this chapter, provided the use type, dimensional, and all other requirements of this chapter are met.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said exhibit is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
1.
The following uses listed as "Conditional Use" in the HC District in Exhibit 1: Zoning Use Matrix may be permitted following review and recommendation by the Planning Commission and a hearing and approval by the Board of Commissioners in accordance with the procedures and criteria in Part 24, provided all provisions of this chapter are met.
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
1.
The following uses may be permitted when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board, subject to the provisions of Part 24, provided all provisions of this chapter are met:
A.
Any use of the same general character as those uses permitted by
right or condition in this district. Evidence shall be submitted documenting
the degree to which the proposed use will emit smoke, dust odor or
other air pollutants, noise, vibration, light, electrical disturbances,
water pollutant, chemical pollutants, increased storm runoff, and
the additional traffic generated by the proposed facility. Such evidence
may include the proposed use of proven special structural or technological
innovations.
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
1.
Tent sales.
2.
Carnivals.
3.
Outside of the building storage except as provided below in § 27-10C06.C.
4.
Trailer storage.
5.
Campground parking.
6.
Adult bookstore, adult movie/picture theater, or cabaret.
7.
Store or other retail establishment at which modeling of exotic or
adult/intimate-oriented clothing is exhibited by live male or female
models.
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
1.
Accessory uses on the same lot and customarily incidental to the
permitted uses are permitted by right. The term "accessory use" may
include the following uses which shall comply with all applicable
provisions stated for them:
A.
Accessory buildings such as garages and ancillary buildings related
to the proposed use and meeting the same yard requirements as the
principal buildings.
B.
Temporary structures or uses, per this chapter.
C.
Outdoor storage use areas for equipment, supplies and materials provided
that they are screened from view of adjacent properties and streets.
D.
Satellite dish antennas.
E.
Amateur radio antennas.
F.
Home occupations.
G.
Wind turbines.
H.
Solar panels.
I.
Outdoor dining for any restaurant or dining/food establishment.
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
The following dimensional requirements (minimums or maximums)
shall apply to the uses in the HC-Highway Commercial Zoning District,
subject to further applicable provisions of this chapter. The most
restrictive dimensional requirements for each use shall apply.
|
Principal Use
|
Minimum Lot Area
(acres)
|
Minimum Lot Width
(feet)
|
Maximum Lot Coverage
|
Maximum Building Coverage
|
Maximum Building and Structure Height Unless Otherwise Specified**
(feet)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hotel
|
2
|
250
|
70%
|
35%
|
50
|
|
Places of worship
|
2
|
250
|
70%
|
30%
|
50
|
|
Life care center
|
3
|
250
|
70%
|
30%
|
50
|
|
Restaurant
|
2
|
150
|
70%
|
35%
|
50
|
|
Private commercial recreation such as a driving range, pitch-and-putt
course, miniature golf courses, and the like
|
3
|
200
|
70%
|
35%
|
50
|
|
Office
|
2
|
250
|
70%
|
35%
|
50
|
|
Retail store
|
2
|
250
|
70%
|
35%
|
50
|
|
Shopping center
|
10
|
400
|
70%
|
35%
|
50
|
|
Theater/cinema
|
5
|
400
|
70%
|
35%
|
50
|
|
Mixed-use development1
|
10
|
400
|
70%
|
35%
|
502
|
|
All other uses
|
2
|
100
|
70%
|
35%
|
50
|
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
The following minimum dimensional requirements shall apply to all uses in the HC-Highway Commercial Zoning District, subject to further applicable provisions of this chapter. The most restrictive dimensional requirements for each use shall apply unless otherwise noted. All required minimum front, side, and rear yards are in addition to buffers, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in § 27-1803. Required buffer yards shall be maintained along all front, side, and rear yards. All buffer yards shall be installed and maintained as set forth in § 27-1803. For all residential dwellings and residential uses, the S-Suburban dimensional requirements shall apply. Buffers shall not be required between abutting commercial or nonresidential uses, only where a commercial or nonresidential use abuts a residence, school, day-care center, place of worship or life care center.
|
Principal Use
|
Minimum Buffer
(feet)
|
Minimum Front Yard*
(feet)
|
Minimum Side Yard (Each)
(feet)
|
Minimum Rear Yard
(feet)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Hotel
|
25
|
40
|
25
|
50
|
|
Places of worship
|
25
|
40
|
25
|
50
|
|
Life care center
|
25
|
50
|
30
|
50
|
|
Restaurant
|
15
|
20
|
25
|
50
|
|
Private commercial recreation such as driving range, pitch-and-putt
course, miniature golf courses, and the like
|
25
|
40
|
25
|
25
|
|
Office or clinic comprising of more than 40,000 square feet
of floor space
|
25
|
20
|
25
|
50
|
|
Retail store comprising of more than 20,000 square feet of floor
space
|
25
|
25
|
30
|
50
|
|
Shopping center
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
|
Fast-food restaurant
|
25
|
20
|
50
|
50
|
|
Auto and other vehicle sales or repair, auto service station,
car wash
|
24
|
20
|
25
|
25
|
|
Theater
|
50
|
40
|
40
|
50
|
|
Mixed-use development1
|
25
|
40
|
25
|
25
|
|
All other uses
|
25
|
40
|
25
|
50
|
|
(except as otherwise required by § 27-1803)
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|
NOTES:
| |
|
1
|
Buffers are not required between multifamily apartment dwellings
and nonresidential uses where reciprocal cross easements have been
established which allow for common parking and internal vehicular
and pedestrian interconnections.
|
|
*
|
All buildings shall have the appearance of a storefront facing
the public road. No mechanical equipment, storage, trash, loading
docks, garage bay doors, or drive-through windows may be located within
the front yard. If any parking or other vehicular access is to be
provided between the building and the street right-of-way, then the
building setback must be at least 50 feet from the ultimate right-of-way
line.
|
[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
1.
All required buffer yards as set forth in § 27-1803 and the Lower Macungie Township Design Guidelines[1] shall apply, as applicable, and be maintained along all
side and rear yards unless specified differently in this section.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said Design Guidelines are included as an attachment to this chapter.
2.
A project design companion, including a coordinated set of drawings,
reference photographs and notes, shall be prepared for buildings,
landscaping, pedestrian circulation and public spaces within any proposal.
The project design companion shall be submitted with land development
plans, during the conditional use or preliminary plan process, whichever
comes first. In the case where no procedures listed above occur, the
project design companion shall be submitted with any zoning permits
for review and approval. The document shall be reviewed, approved
and binding to all Township-related permitting activity. The project
design companion shall include, but not be limited to:
A.
Architectural treatment including design, building materials and
facades.
B.
Signage.
C.
Landscaping standards for all plantings and parking area designs.
D.
Streetscape enhancements including sidewalks, street trees, crosswalks,
buffer fencing per the Hamilton Boulevard Corridor Study and Plan.
E.
All site lighting.
F.
Public spaces including pedestrian amenities, pavilions, plazas and
gazebos, street and plaza furniture, water features, rain water harvesting
and other amenities.
3.
Any new land development or subdivisions shall utilize architectural-grade
cladding and enhanced architectural features on all newly constructed
or renovated buildings.
4.
All roof-mounted or nonresidential HVAC systems or building machinery
shall be shielded from view utilizing appropriate screening as displayed
in the Lower Macungie Township Design Guidelines.
5.
All new land development or subdivisions shall include illuminated
monument entrance signs per this chapter and the Lower Macungie Township
Design Guidelines with associated seasonal landscaping beds and plantings.
6.
All new land development or subdivisions shall naturalize all aboveground
stormwater management features per this chapter and to the satisfaction
of the Township.
