In a C Commercial District, the following shall apply.
[Amended 12-23-2008 by Ord. No. 512; 1-3-2011 by Ord. No. 533; 10-27-2015 by Ord. No. 566]
A. 
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:
(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).
(3) 
Repair service: shops for small appliances, watches, bicycles, or personal items, but excluding repairs of cars, machinery, or engines.
(4) 
Fast-food restaurants, fast-casual restaurants, full-service restaurants, brewpubs and microbreweries.
(5) 
Clubs, fraternal organizations and lodges; health clubs or fitness centers.
(6) 
Greenhouses and nursery sales yards.
(7) 
Indoor theaters, bowling alleys, billiard rooms or similar indoor amusements.
(8) 
Wholesaling and sale of lumber, plumbing and other building materials and supplies.
(9) 
Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses, including dwellings, provided that such accessory uses shall be located at or above the second-story level.
(10) 
The following uses, when authorized as special exceptions:
(a) 
Any use of the same general character as any of the above permitted uses that is not specifically prohibited elsewhere in this article.
(b) 
Gasoline filling stations or public garages and automobile repair shops.
(c) 
Outdoor theaters.
(d) 
Undertaking establishments.
(e) 
Animal hospitals and kennels.
(f) 
Hand or automatic self-service laundries, provided that there are adequate provisions made for water disposal.
(g) 
Automobile sales and service agencies.
(h) 
Hotels or motels.
(i) 
Taprooms, bars, taverns and liquor stores.
(11) 
Day-care centers, provided that any state licensing requirements are met.
(12) 
The following uses when authorized as conditional uses:
(a) 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: For current fencing provisions, see § 205-22.3.
(b) 
Offices for administration, executive, professional, insurance or other similar uses which do not involve the actual storage, warehousing, exchange or delivery of merchandise on the premises.
(13) 
The following uses shall not be permitted: storage or warehousing of materials or supplies unless such items are associated with a business or operations located at the property which is a use permitted in this zoning district.
(14) 
Municipal uses and police stations.
(15) 
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.
A. 
Lot area. There shall be a minimum lot area of 15,000 square feet.
B. 
Building area. No more than 40% of the lot area shall be occupied by buildings.
C. 
Building setback from streets. There shall be a setback from the ultimate right-of-way of 50 feet.
D. 
Side yard. Side yards shall be 20 feet each, except where a C Commercial District abuts any residential or institutional district, and then the side yard which abuts the other district shall be increased to 60 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 unreasonable direct glare or hazardous interference of any kind.
I. 
Signs. Signs shall be permitted only in accordance with the provisions of Article XIX of this chapter.
J. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection J, Outdoor Sales, was repealed 4-28-2009 by Ord. No. 515.
K. 
Width requirement. The minimum width at the building line shall be 100 feet.
L. 
The minimum distance between buildings shall be at least 30 feet.
M. 
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.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection N, pertaining to fencing requirements, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 12-23-2008 by Ord. No. 512. See now § 205-22.3.