Borough of Kane, PA Article VII Central Business District (C-B)

§ 250-15 Purpose.

The purpose of this district is to enhance, maintain and allow for the improvement and development of the community business district which has historically served as a business, commercial, retail, social and cultural center for the Borough of Kane.

§ 250-16 Central Business District (C-B).

A. Uses permitted by right.

(1) Hotel, motel, restaurant, tavern or other related establishment.

(2) Retail or wholesale sales.

(3) Commercial service facility such as shoe repair shop, tailor, dry cleaning, laundry, laundromat, etc.

(4) Commercial-recreational establishments, such as billiard parlor, bowling alley, skating rink, movie house, etc.

(5) Auto sales, repair garage and service station.

(6) Church or other place of worship.

(7) Offices, clinics and businesses, whether professional or educational.

(8) Bus terminal.

(9) Banking and/or financial service institutions.

B. Uses permitted by special exception.

(1) Car wash or used car lot.

(2) Funeral home.

(3) Commercial nursery.

(4) Off-street parking areas.

[Added 7-12-1999 by Ord. No. A-939]

(a) Required off-street parking areas for one- and two-family residences shall be located on the same lot as the principal building to be served. Under unusual circumstances, when approved as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board, parking areas may be located off-site, in all zoning districts, provided that the parking area is not more than 300 feet from the premises of the principal building or use to be served by such areas. Said distance shall be measured along public walkways from the nearest lot line of the lot on which the use is located to the nearest lot line of the lot on which the required parking is located.

(b) The off-street parking area shall be for any currently licensed vehicles.

(c) The following restrictions shall apply:

[1] The parking facility shall be accessory to, and for the use of, the same owner of the land on which the principal use is located;

[2] If the parking facility is for the purpose of public parking, said lot shall be subject to deed restrictions filed in an office of record, binding the owner and his heirs and/or assigns to maintain the required number of spaces available throughout the life of such space, and shall conform to all regulations of the district in which they are located;

[3] The parking facility shall not be used as an off-street loading area;

[4] No commercial repair work or service of any kind, or sale or display thereof, shall be conducted in such parking facility;

[5] No signs of any kind, other than signs designating entrances, exits and conditions of use, shall be maintained on such parking facility;

[6] The parking facility shall be screened and landscaped to a height of four feet;

[7] The parking facility shall be kept free from refuse and debris;

[8] The minimum lot size of a parking facility shall be at least 5,000 square feet and a width at the established building setback line of at least 50 feet;

[9] Yard area requirements:

[a] Front yard: 10 feet.

[b] Corner side yard: 10 feet.

[c] Side yard: 10 feet.

[d] Rear yard: 10 feet.

[10] Any lights used to illuminate said parking facility shall be so arranged as to reflect the light away from any adjoining premises in a residential district;

[11] The Zoning Hearing Board shall place such additional restrictions or conditions as deemed necessary by the Board for the protection of neighboring property, in harmony with the purpose and intent of this chapter.

(5) Apartment building.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).

C. Area requirements.

(1) Each main building, together with its accessory buildings, shall be located on a lot having an area of at least 5,000 square feet except for existing lots recorded by deed or plat on record at the time of enactment of this chapter.

(2) All lots hereafter established, whether an original subdivision or a resubdivision, shall meet the lot standards set forth in Table 1.[2]

[2] Editor's Note: Table 1 is included at the end of this chapter.

D. Setback requirements and height limitation. Setback requirements and height limitation shall be in accordance with the provisions set forth in Table 1.[3]

[3] Editor's Note: Table 1 is included at the end of this chapter.