In the following Table of Permitted Uses,[1] those uses permitted by right in a zoning district are designated by the symbol "X." Those uses that may be permitted as a special exception use in a zoning district, with Zoning Hearing Board approval required in accordance with Article XII, are designated by the symbol "S." Uses that may be permitted as a conditional use by City Council in a zoning district are designated by the symbol "C." Uses not specifically permitted in a particular district shall be prohibited uses, except that uses not addressed in any zoning district in this section may be permitted, as provided in § 300-17.
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Editor's Note: The Table of Permitted uses is included at the end of this chapter.
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to any of the uses as permitted in the Table of Permitted Uses are permitted by right, in the same districts and under the same regulations and restrictions as the principal use to which they are accessory, provided that accessory uses shall not exceed 25% of the gross floor area of the principal use. If a use includes more than two coin-operated or token-operated electronic amusement machines (other than an adult-oriented business) in a room, it shall also be required to meet the requirements of a game room.
Whenever, in any zoning district in any part of the City, a use is neither specifically permitted nor prohibited, and an application is made by a property owner or authorized agent to the Zoning Officer for such use, the Zoning Officer shall refer the application to the Zoning Hearing Board to hear and decide such request as a special exception. The Board shall have the authority to permit the use or deny the use in accordance with the standards governing special exception applications. The use may be permitted if it is similar to and compatible with permitted uses in the district and in no way is in conflict with the general purposes and intent of this chapter. The burden of proof shall be upon the applicant to demonstrate that the proposed use would not be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare of the neighborhood.
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If the proposed development would generate 50 or more new vehicle trips in the peak direction (inbound or outbound) during the site's peak traffic hour, a traffic impact study prepared and conducted in accordance with Ch. 265, Subdivision and Land Development, Article VIII, Traffic and Transportation, must be submitted at the time of the zoning application, unless the development is exempted by the criteria set forth in §265-44; however, developments, expansions, or changes in use that require the submission of a land development plan are exempt from this zoning requirement.
A. 
Within the CO District, the applicant shall have a choice of developing a use or structure using the underlying conventional zoning district regulations or the provisions of the CO Overlay District. Once a use or structure is developed under this overlay district, it shall continue to be regulated by this overlay district. All other City regulations shall continue to apply within the CO District, except:
(1) 
The dimensional regulations in § 300-21 shall apply for college or university uses instead of the regulations of the underlying zoning district in § 300-20;
(2) 
The sign provisions in the City of Lancaster Sign Ordinance, Chapter 255 of the City Code, shall apply; and
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(3) 
The use provisions in this section shall apply.
B. 
The following uses shall be permitted by right within the CO District, provided the college or university is authorized by the Pennsylvania Department of Education or its successor entity to grant post-secondary education degrees:
(1) 
Academic, research or administrative buildings of a college or university.
(2) 
Dormitories and other residential facilities for full-time students and/or staff of a college or university, provided that a maximum of four unrelated persons may occupy a dwelling unit within the CO District. Fraternities or sororities shall only be allowed within a residential building that is owned by a college or university.
(3) 
Indoor or outdoor recreational, exercise and athletic facilities or stadium, auditorium, natatorium, convocation hall or similar facilities of a college or university.
(4) 
Accessory student health, maintenance and utility facilities of a college or university.
(5) 
Accessory dining facilities that are clearly intended to primarily serve students and staff of a college or university and which do not include any drive-through facilities.
(6) 
Accessory retail sales and personal services that are clearly intended to primarily serve students and staff of a college or university, and which do not include any signs that are readable from a public street right-of-way line or property line that is exterior to the college or university.
(7) 
Accessory parking to serve the college or university and its facilities.
(8) 
Telecommunications antennas affixed to existing structures.
(9) 
See also § 300-21.