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Township of Allegheny, PA
Westmoreland County
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The purpose of this district is to provide retail shopping service facilities to serve immediate household needs which are of a limited type and size appropriate to smaller properties, which do not generate large amounts of traffic and which do not adversely impact neighboring residential uses.
In the C2 Neighborhood Business District, the following uses are authorized:
A. 
Permitted uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Retail bakery, excluding processing.
(b) 
Card and gift shop.
(c) 
Catering service.
(d) 
Convenience store.
(e) 
Dry-cleaning pickup store.
(f) 
Financial institution.
(g) 
Florist shop, excluding greenhouse.
(h) 
Food store.
(i) 
Self-service laundry.
(j) 
Medical offices.
(k) 
Newsstand.
(l) 
Personal services.
(m) 
Pharmacy.
(n) 
Professional offices.
(o) 
Public buildings.
(p) 
Restaurants.
(q) 
Video store, excluding adult video store.
(r) 
Essential services.
(s) 
Oil and gas drilling, subject to the zoning certificate required by § 250-158A(5).
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Signs, subject to Article XVII.
(b) 
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XVI.
(c) 
Drive-in facilities, subject to § 250-124.
(d) 
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this district.
B. 
Conditional uses.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Nursing home, subject to § 250-110A(16).
(b) 
Car wash, subject to § 250-110A(2).
(c) 
Automobile service station, subject to § 250-110A(34).
(d) 
Facilities housing public emergency services.
(e) 
Winery, subject to § 250-110A(48).
[Added 5-9-2016 by Ord. No. 01-2016]
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Telecommunications towers and facilities, subject to Article XIX.
C. 
Uses by special exception.
(1) 
Principal uses.
(a) 
Group care facility, transitional dwelling or personal care boarding home, subject to § 250-110A(11).
(b) 
Comparable uses not specifically listed, subject to § 250-110A(42).
(c) 
Temporary use or structure, other than a construction trailer, subject to § 250-110A(39).
(d) 
Day-care center or nursery school, subject to § 250-110A(8).
(2) 
Accessory uses.
(a) 
Home occupation in a single-family dwelling which is a nonconforming use, subject to § 250-110A(14).
In the C2 Neighborhood Business District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article XIV:
A. 
Minimum lot size: 21,780 square feet.
B. 
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
C. 
Maximum lot coverage: 23%.
(1) 
Maximum impervious area: 80%.
(2) 
Minimum penetrable surface area: 20%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 50 feet.
E. 
Minimum rear yard:
(1) 
Adjoining an R District: 75 feet.
(2) 
Accessory structures: 20 feet.
(3) 
All others: 25 feet.
F. 
Minimum side yard:
(1) 
Adjoining an R District: 75 feet.
(2) 
All others: 20 feet each side.
G. 
Special yard requirements: See § 250-115.
H. 
Permitted projections into required yards: See § 250-116.
I. 
Maximum height:
(1) 
All principal structures: 35 feet and two stories.
(2) 
All accessory structures: 35 feet and one story.
J. 
Height exceptions: See § 250-117.
Parking and loading: See Article XVI.
Signs: See Article XVII.
Performance standards: See § 250-112.
Storage: See § 250-122.
Screening and landscaping: See § 250-113.
Vehicular access: See § 250-123.
Steep slope controls: See § 250-114.
Traffic study: See § 250-125.