It is the legislative intent of the Commercial (C) District to establish reasonable standards to provide for commercial uses in areas of Hamilton Township already characterized by commercial development. Furthermore, it is the intent of this article to:
A. 
Provide for reasonable mixture of vehicle-oriented commercial uses that will contribute to attractive and reasonable development within the District.
B. 
Enhance public safety by limiting the number of curb cuts permitted for each parcel, by encouraging common access driveways and parking areas serving adjoining commercial uses, and by requiring logical circulation patterns within a development.
C. 
Promote appropriate building location and design standards which will help create attractive developments and accommodate future roadway improvements or projects.
D. 
Allow reasonable numbers, sizes, scales, and designs of signs which will minimize the negative impacts of excessive signs while, at the same time, perform their purpose of notifying the public as to the location of a business or group of businesses.
E. 
Permit uses which can reasonably be accommodated by the existing road network. Discourage uses that would have the potential of requiring extensive and premature roadway capacity improvements.
F. 
Enhance the visual appearance and appeal of vehicle-oriented commercial development by requiring the installation of landscaping within and surrounding large parking lots and required vegetated areas within the property.
G. 
Ensure that appropriate on-site improvements are included in commercial development projects within the Commercial District.
A. 
Agricultural equipment sales, service, repair.
B. 
Business and professional offices.
C. 
Contractor.
D. 
Convenience stores, pursuant to § 150-98.
E. 
Courier and postal services.
F. 
Day-care centers.
G. 
Educational institutions.
H. 
Farm market.
I. 
Farm processing establishment.
J. 
Financial institutions, pursuant to § 150-98.
K. 
Florists, greenhouses, or nurseries, provided that all incidental equipment and supplies, including fertilizers and empty cans, are kept within an enclosed building.
L. 
Forestry, excluding permanent saw mills, pursuant to § 150-98.
M. 
Funeral homes.
N. 
Garden building or contractor supply.
O. 
Government offices, municipal buildings.
P. 
Hotels and motels, less than 50 units.
Q. 
Kennels.
R. 
Laundromats and dry cleaning.
S. 
Medical/dental offices and clinics.
T. 
Membership club or fraternal lodges.
U. 
Museums, theaters, performing arts centers.
V. 
Personal fitness center, health club.
W. 
Personal service businesses, excluding adult uses.
X. 
Produce stands, pursuant to § 150-96.
Y. 
Public utility uses.
Z. 
Recreation, private and/or commercial.
AA. 
Repair services excluding vehicle repair.
BB. 
Restaurants.
CC. 
Retail businesses.
DD. 
Self-storage facilities, pursuant to § 150-98.
EE. 
Studios for instruction in dance, music, arts, and science.
FF. 
Vehicle sales, service and/or repair.
GG. 
Veterinarian facilities and animal hospitals.
HH. 
Academic clinical research center, in accordance with § 150-98NN.
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II. 
Medical marijuana dispensary facility, in accordance with § 150-98OO.
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JJ. 
Medical marijuana transport vehicle office, in accordance with § 150-98QQ.
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A structure may be erected or used, and a lot may be used for the following permitted accessory uses and no other:
A. 
Wind energy systems, pursuant to § 150-96.
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B. 
No-impact home-based businesses, pursuant to § 150-96, provided they are established in an existing, legally nonconforming dwelling.
C. 
Other accessory uses and structures on the same lot that are customarily incidental to the uses permitted by right per this section, pursuant § 150-96.
D. 
Wireless communications antennas mounted on an existing public utility transmission tower, building, or other structure, along with associated communications equipment buildings, pursuant to § 150-98.
E. 
Accessory solar energy systems (ASES), pursuant to § 150-96.
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The following uses are permitted by special exception in accordance with the performance standards contained in this chapter and any additional standards that the Hamilton Township Zoning Hearing Board may deem necessary to apply:
A. 
Accessory dwelling unit, pursuant to § 150-96.
B. 
Ambulatory care, outpatient surgery.
C. 
Group homes, pursuant to § 150-98.
D. 
Hotels and motels, exceeding 50 units.
E. 
Nightclubs, bars, pubs.
F. 
Place of worship, pursuant to § 150-98.
G. 
Recycled materials collection and processing facilities, pursuant to § 150-98.
H. 
Schools, public and private.
I. 
Shopping centers, pursuant to § 150-98.
J. 
Stadiums and spectator sports facilities.
K. 
Truck terminals, pursuant to § 150-98.
L. 
Vehicle washing facility.
M. 
Warehouses and wholesale businesses, pursuant to § 150-98.
N. 
Wireless communications towers, pursuant to § 150-98.
O. 
Industrial or business park, in accordance with the site design and development standards of § 150-73 and Article XIV of this chapter, and which may include the following and other similar uses:
(1) 
Printing, lithography, and publishing.
(2) 
Scientific and commercial testing laboratories.
(3) 
Business and professional offices.
(4) 
Corporate headquarters.
(5) 
Data processing services.
(6) 
Postal delivery services.
(7) 
Assemblage and light manufacturing.
P. 
Industrial or business park support uses intended to serve the needs of employees and visitors of the tenants of the industrial or business park, including but not necessarily limited to newsstands, coffee shops, fitness centers, and day-care centers.
Within the C District, the following uses are permitted by conditional use in accordance with the performance standards contained in this chapter. The Township Supervisors may authorize a use as a conditional use if it conforms, at a minimum, to these stated standards and criteria. The Township Supervisors may apply additional criteria to specific projects, where appropriate, to protect the residential environment of developing neighborhoods, and in the interests of public health, safety, and welfare.
A. 
Adult-oriented uses, including but not limited to adult-oriented retail uses, pursuant to § 150-98.
B. 
Electrical generating facility and substation.
C. 
Hospitals, pursuant to § 150-98.
The following site design requirements and applicable nonresidential building design standards in § 150-93 shall govern all uses, subdivision projects, and land development plans within the C District.
A. 
Buildings shall be constructed at the front yard setback line.
B. 
Site landscaping. In addition to parking area landscaping as provided in § 150-118H, the following landscaping standards shall be applied to all proposed uses and subdivision and land development plans within the C District:
(1) 
Standards for landscaping the borders of properties:
(a) 
Perimeter landscaping strips shall be provided around the perimeter of the property. Landscaping strips alongside boundary lines may be exempted if the bordering properties both contain commercial uses and share an access driveway.
(b) 
The minimum width of the perimeter landscaping strip shall be 10 feet, measured inward from the property line.
(c) 
At least one tree shall be planted at twenty-foot intervals within the perimeter landscaping strip.
(d) 
Where the perimeter landscaping strip required by this section overlaps the perimeter landscaping strip required by § 150-118H(6) above, the requirements of this section shall apply.
(e) 
In instances where parking facilities and/or access driveways are shared by adjoining uses, the perimeter landscaping requirements for the property boundary between the adjoining uses may be waived.
(2) 
Standards for landscaping materials.
(a) 
All required trees shall be a minimum of eight feet in height and shall have a minimum caliper of two inches, measured at three feet above the ground line, when planted.
(b) 
All required trees shall be street trees capable of withstanding automobile emissions and the salts used in snow melting and removal operations.
(c) 
Within any required landscaping area, any plant which dies shall be replaced with another plant of the same or similar species within one month of the death of the original plant, provided that climatic conditions allow for planting.
(d) 
All required landscaping shall be included in the improvement bond required by the Hamilton Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 120, Subdivision and Land Development.
The following standards shall govern all uses, subdivision projects, and land development plans within the C District:
A. 
The minimum lot size shall be 40,000 square feet.
B. 
The minimum lot width shall be 200 feet, measured at the road right-of-way line. Where shared access driveways are proposed to provide access to adjoining lots, the minimum lot width may be reduced to 175 feet.
C. 
The minimum front yard setback shall be 30 feet.
D. 
For corner lots, front yard requirements shall be applied along all property boundaries facing road rights-of-way, and rear yard requirements shall be applied along all other property boundaries.
E. 
The minimum side and rear yard setbacks shall be 25 feet. In instances where parking facilities and/or access driveways are shared by adjoining uses, the side yard setback requirements between the adjoining uses may be reduced to 10 feet.
F. 
The maximum impervious lot coverage shall not exceed 60%.
G. 
The maximum building height shall not exceed 35 feet.
H. 
Existing, nonconforming residential uses shall conform to the area and bulk requirements of § 150-32 of the Low Density Residential (R-1) District.
The uses permitted in this district are also subject to the applicable regulations contained in the following sections of this chapter:
A. 
Article XIV - General Regulations.
B. 
Article XV - Performance Standards.
C. 
Article XVI - Sign Regulations.
D. 
Article XVII - Off-Street Parking and Loading Regulations.