A.
NC Neighborhood Commercial District. It is the intent
of this article to provide a district that permits the development
of neighborhood convenience centers which can provide shopping and
personal services for neighborhood residents. Each such district shall
be located on an arterial, major collector or minor collector street
as indicated by the Township Comprehensive Plan and serve a neighborhood
trade area.
B.
Use regulations. Subject to § 325-124A below, a lot may be used for any one or more of the following purposes:
(1)
Retail stores and service establishments, including
convenience markets, personal service shops, and shopping centers;
provided that the gross floor area of any building for such use(s)
in this district shall not exceed 12,000 square feet. Except where
the property is adjacent to Pottstown Pike, the maximum floor area
of any individual store or establishment, when part of a shopping
center, shall not exceed 8,000 square feet, and the average floor
area of all stores in a shopping center or the total square footage
of any individual store in this district, not in a shopping center,
shall not exceed 5,000 square feet. There shall be no sexually oriented
businesses in this district.
[Amended 3-10-2004 by Ord. No. 310; 7-27-2011 by Ord. No.
391]
(2)
Offices.
(3)
Neighborhood restaurants.
(4)
Banks and related financial institutions.
(5)
A single residential dwelling unit within the same
building as an accessory use which is owner-occupied and is provided
with a separate entrance.
C.
Area and bulk regulations. The area and bulk regulations
shall be based upon developable acreage unless stated otherwise. The
following regulations shall apply to all uses permitted in the NC
District:
[Amended 3-10-2004 by Ord. No. 310]
(1)
Lot size (minimum): 30,000 square feet (gross acreage).
[Amended 3-10-2004 by Ord. No. 310]
(2)
Building coverage (maximum): 20%
(3)
Total impervious coverage (maximum): 50%.
(4)
Green area (minimum): 50%.
(5)
Lot width at street line (minimum): 100 feet.
(6)
Lot width at building line (minimum): 100 feet.
(7)
Front yard (minimum): 60 feet.
(8)
Side yard (minimum): 25 feet.
(9)
Rear yard (minimum): 30 feet.
(10)
Height (maximum): 35 feet.
[Amended 10-11-2017 by Ord. No. 439]
D.
Design standards.
(2)
No use shall emit any odor or produce noise perceptible at or beyond the lot lines as outlined in § 325-41 of this chapter.
(3)
No use shall be permitted which adversely affects
the health, safety and/or welfare of the residents of West Whiteland
Township.
(4)
All uses in this district shall be subject to a requirement
that connection is made to public water and centralized sewage facilities.
(5)
Particular emphasis shall be placed upon traffic circulation
and aesthetics, including architecture, landscaping and screening
so as to assure the proper blending of uses in this district with
surrounding residential uses.
