In a BP Business and Professional District,
the following regulations shall apply.
[Amended 10-27-2015 by Ord. No. 566]
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises
may be used for any of the following purposes and no other:
A. General office uses: offices for lawyers, architects, engineers,
insurance agents, brokers, or other professional, educational or business
offices which do not involve the actual storage, exchange or delivery
of merchandise on the premises.
(1) The use shall be carried on wholly indoors and within the principal
building.
B. Studios for instruction and the production of music and the arts.
C. Banks or other financial institutions.
D. Radio and television broadcasting, including studios and offices.
F. Veterinary office for the treatment of domestic animals, provided
that boarding is prohibited.
G. Medical office for medical or dental examination or treatment of
persons as outpatients.
H. Fire stations and ambulance stations that are occupied by a provider
designated by the East Norriton Township Board of Supervisors to provide
fire or ambulance service to East Norriton Township.
I. The following uses when limited to the first floor of a multistory
building:
(1) Retail store: stores engaged in selling goods or merchandise to the
general public for personal or household consumption, including, without
limitation, the sale of antiques, books, gifts, garden supplies, hardware,
household appliances and electronics, jewelry, notions, periodicals,
stationery, tobacco, paint, wearing apparel, food, beverages, and
other similar goods; and rendering services incidental to the sale
of such goods.
(2) Service business: establishments engaged in providing services involving the care of a person or apparel, such as barber, beautician, massage therapist business, laundry and dry-cleaning, shoe repair, or tailor. A service business shall not include psychic readings, massage parlors, body piercing, branding, or tattooing of persons, all of which are defined and regulated herein as limited personal service (§
205-22.4).
The following uses are permitted when authorized
as conditional uses:
A. Undertaking establishments.
B. Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any of the above permitted uses, including dwellings.
For all authorized buildings and uses, the following
regulations shall apply:
A. Lot area. There shall be a minimum lot area of 30,000
square feet.
B. Building area. No more than 30% of the lot area shall
be occupied by buildings.
C. Building setback from streets. There shall be setback
from the ultimate right-of-way of 50 feet.
D. Side yard. Side yards shall be 20 feet each, except
where a BP Business and Professional District abuts any residential
or institutional district, and then the side yard which abuts the
other district shall be increased to 25 feet.
E. Rear yard. Rear yards shall be 50 feet deep.
F. Height regulation. The maximum height of any building
or structure shall be 35 feet.
G. Parking. Off-street parking and loading areas shall be provided in accordance with Article
XVIII of this chapter.
H. Lighting. Lighting facilities shall be arranged in
a manner which will protect the highway and neighboring properties,
whether contiguous or not, from direct glare or hazardous interference
of any kind.
I. Signs. Signs shall be permitted only in accordance with provisions of Article
XIX of this chapter.
J. Width requirement. The minimum width at the building
line shall be 100 feet.
K. Landscaping, including conservation of existing trees and woodlands, street trees, stormwater basin landscaping and site element screens, shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
175, Subdivision and Land Development.