[Added 3-11-1997 by Ord. No. 1758]
The purpose of this district is to provide opportunities
for large neighborhood and/or community shopping centers in areas
directly accessible by a major roadway. The district is intended to
meet the shopping and service needs of the residents of the Township,
adjacent and nearby communities, and transients. It is intended that
establishments be constructed in an attached fashion to comprise the
shopping center, although individual detached buildings are permitted.
Land, buildings or premises shall be used only
for one or more of the following uses within a major shopping center:
A.
Retail store, including the sale of general merchandise,
clothing, jewelry, footwear, gifts and/or flowers, books, stationery,
electronics, hardware, sporting goods and pharmaceuticals. All retail
sales shall be conducted only in a fully enclosed building. No sales
or exposure of goods for sale are permitted outside of the building.
B.
Food store, including grocery, delicatessen, convenience
store or supermarket, liquor store, bakery sales, or ice-cream shop.
C.
Sit-down or counter service restaurant, pizza or sandwich
shop, tavern or catering business. Walkup window establishments are
strictly prohibited.
D.
Personal service shop, including barber or beautician,
shoe repair, laundromat where actual cleaning and pressing are done
off premises, tailor or similar personal service.
E.
Office, office building or studio, bank, or other
financial institution.
F.
Medical or dental office, veterinarian office.
G.
General service or repair shop including furniture
and appliance repair.
H.
Enclosed theaters, assembly halls, concert halls and
similar places of assembly or entertainment.
The following are permitted as special exception uses, upon the issuance of a permit by the Zoning Hearing Board as provided in this chapter, and pursuant to the considerations set forth in § 325-116H et seq.
A.
Building heights in excess of three stories or 45
feet.
B.
Place of amusement or recreation, including arcades,
health clubs and spas.
C.
Automobile service stations for the retail sale of
tires, batteries and automotive accessories.
D.
Drive-through service places, including fast food restaurants, subject to regulation in Article XIII.
E.
Uses which are similar to those permitted by right,
provided that all such establishments shall be retail or service establishments
dealing directly with consumers. All goods produced on the premises
shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced.
In this district, any structure hereafter erected
or any lot hereafter used or occupied for any lawful purpose shall
provide the minimum and not exceed the maximum dimensions specified
below.
A.
Lot requirements. Lot widths, area and coverage requirements
of not less than the dimensions shown as follows shall be provided
for any use permitted in this district.
B.
Yard requirements. No building or permanent structure
other than a permitted sign or traffic control device shall be erected
within the following minimum yard areas. Parking and cartways are
permitted within the required yards.
C.
Limitations on signs. Only those signs referring or relating to the uses conducted on the premises or to the materials or products made, sold or displayed on the premises shall be permitted and further provided that all signs and advertising structures shall be maintained in accordance with Article XII of this chapter.
[Amended 9-26-2007 by Ord. No. 1903]
A.
Buffer area. Where properties in this district abut
a residential district or use, a buffer area, consisting only of ground
cover or other plantings, shall be provided on the property zoned
SC Shopping Center District where it abuts the other property. Such
buffer area shall be not less than 25 feet in width and shall be planted
and maintained with appropriate vegetative landscaping materials.
B.
Screening. Where properties in the district abut a
residential district or use, there shall be a planted visual screen
within the buffer area required above. This screen shall not be less
than six feet high. A privacy-type fence or wall not less than six
feet high may be substituted for the planted visual screen upon approval
of the Township.
C.
Landscaping. Any part or portion of a site which is
not used for buildings, other structures, parking or loading spaces
and aisles, sidewalk and designated storage areas shall be planted
with an all-season cover and shall be landscaped according to an overall
plan. Maximum advantage shall be taken of existing natural plantings
in landscaping.
D.
Storage. No permanent storage of merchandise, articles
or equipment shall be permitted outside a building, and no goods,
articles or equipment shall be stored, displayed or offered for sale
outside of a building.
E.
Reconstruction of nonconforming structures. In the
Shopping Center District only, if any nonconforming building shall
be destroyed by reason of windstorm, fire, explosion or other disaster,
for which the owner is not at fault, to an extent of 50% of the fair
market value of the building, the owner may rebuild, restore or repair
the building, and such nonconformities which existed prior to said
disaster may continue to exist but may not be expanded.
[Added 8-27-1997 by Ord. No. 1769]
A.
In addition to construction in an attached fashion,
freestanding buildings are permitted.
B.
A landscaped area of not less than three feet in width
shall be provided on all sides of the building.
C.
All other regulations in this chapter relating to
parking and loading, signs, etc., shall also apply to individual buildings
as described herein.
