[Added 4-11-2005 by Ord. No. 1247-2005]
A.
Purpose. It shall be the purpose of the Specially
Planned District to provide for the orderly development of a major
business and commerce area of the City of Coatesville, in accordance
with the objectives, policies, and proposals of the Comprehensive
Plan and other approved City redevelopment plans. Another purpose
of this District is to redevelop the northern entrance to the City
through the design and orderly arrangement of buildings, land uses,
and parking areas. In addition, this District is intended to encourage
a mix of uses, and additional employment opportunities.
B.
Overlay district. The overlay district shall be as
shown on the Zoning Overlay District Map, Exhibit A, dated/revised
January 11, 2005.
C.
Use regulations. The following uses and structures may be permitted, and shall not be subject to Article IX and Article XI. A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following uses and no other.
(1)
Permitted uses and structures.
(a)
Office building.
(b)
Bank or other financial institution.
(c)
Hotel/motel and meeting room facilities when
ancillary and subordinate to the hotel/motel.
(d)
Retail establishment.
(e)
Restaurant.
(f)
Personal service shop.
(g)
Fitness center, health club, or racquet club.
(h)
Public or private parking lot.
(i)
Parking garage.
(j)
Recreation, river-oriented recreation, and open
space.
(k)
Municipal building or community facility.
(2)
The following uses shall be permitted by conditional
use:
(a)
Day-care center.
(b)
Helistops. Application can be made for a helistop,
upon the approval of the City Council, subject to the provisions listed
below. Said application shall include plans and data demonstrating
compliance with the following provisions:
[1]
The proposed helistop will not be detrimental
to the health, safety, and welfare of persons and properties neighboring
the area of use.
[2]
The proposed helistop is licensed by the Bureau
of Aviation of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
[3]
Fencing which does not interfere with the landing
of the helicopters shall be required by the City Council whenever
necessary to restrict pedestrian access to the landing area.
[4]
No helistop shall be located closer than 100
feet from the property line of the parcel on which it is to be located
or 200 feet from a residential district.
(c)
Any use of the same general character as any
of the above uses.
F.
Development regulations. At least 5% of all parking
areas shall be landscaped in accordance with a landscape plan to be
approved by the City.
G.
Parking regulations. The following regulations apply
only to the SPD District.
(1)
Definitions. The following definitions shall apply
only to the SPD District:
(a)
Loading space: An off-street space or berth,
abutting upon a street or way or other appropriate means of access,
intended for the temporary parking of a commercial vehicle while loading
or unloading merchandise or materials, not to include the space reserved
or used for trash storage and compaction, which space or berth is
not less than 10 feet in width and sufficient in length to ensure
that no motor vehicle using the space shall extend beyond a lot line,
but in no case less than 20 feet in length.
(b)
Parking stall (90° parking):
[1]
Standard size: a space in a garage or parking
area not less than 8 1/2 feet wide clear dimension and 18 feet
long clear dimension, reserved for the parking of only one motor vehicle.
[2]
Compact size: a space in a garage or parking
area not less than 7 3/4 feet wide clear dimension and 16 feet
long clear dimension, reserved for the parking of only one compact-size
motor vehicle.
[3]
Handicap size: a space in a garage or parking
area not less than 13 feet wide and 18 feet long clear dimension,
reserved exclusively for a motor vehicle registered with the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania with handicapped license plates or displaying an official
commonwealth-issued handicapped placard or similar out-of-state placard/identification.
[4]
Drive aisle width: 24 feet.
(c)
Alternate dimensions:
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Drive Aisle Width
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Angle of Parking
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Parking Space Size
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One-Way
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Two-Way
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(degrees)
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(feet)
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(feet)
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(feet)
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65
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9 by 21
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18
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20
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45
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9 by19
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14
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18
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(2)
Required off-street parking, Specially Planned District.
At the time of the erection of any principal building or at the time
any principal building is enlarged in capacity, the following minimum
off-street motor vehicle parking spaces, including required number
of parking stalls, shall be provided.
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Use in SPD
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Number of Parking Stalls Required
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Hotel
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1 for each hotel room designed primarily for
the purpose of overnight accommodations; shared parking with other
uses is permitted
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Restaurant or assembly hall
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1 for every 200 square feet of floor area
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Retail business
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1 for every 250 square feet or 1 for every 100
square feet of floor area for retail establishments that collectively
occupy more than 30%, by area of the building in which they are situated
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Bank, professional office, or business office
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3 for every 1,000 square feet of floor area.
In addition, where a drive-in facility and/or automated banking machine
is to be included, 6 in-line motor vehicles waiting spaces for each
bank teller or remote teller station or window; shared parking with
other uses is permitted
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Bus or railroad passenger terminal
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1 for every 500 square feet of floor area
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Personal Service Shops
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1 for every 150 square feet of floor area
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Meeting room facilities
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1 for every 5 seats provided.
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Fitness center, health club, racquet club
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1 for every 100 square feet of floor area
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Where two or more uses or separate establishments
are located within the same structure, parking space shall be provided
for use or separate establishment according to the above requirements.
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(3)
In a parking garage or parking area with at least
25 spaces, designation and use of a maximum of 35% of the parking
stalls in a garage or parking area as compact size may be provided.
(4)
For the purpose of this section, "floor area" means
the gross floor area of the structure excluding the gross floor area
of parking garages and loading facilities.
(5)
The number of handicapped parking spaces required
shall conform to the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards. The
locations of the handicapped spaces shall be as close as possible
to accessible building entrances.
(6)
Off-street loading. Every auditorium, convention,
or exhibit hall, hotel, office building, restaurant, municipal or
community facility shall provide loading spaces in accordance with
the following table.
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Square Feet of Aggregate Gross Floor Area
Devoted to Such Use
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Number of Loading Spaces Required
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Up to and including 100,000
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1
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Over 100,000 up to and including 200,000
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2
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Over 200,000 up to and including 500,000
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3
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For each additional 200,000 or fraction thereof
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1 additional
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(7)
Parking/off-street loading exceptions.
(a)
Erection, alteration, enlargement, or use of a structure or portion thereof, with modifications without loading space as required in Subsection G(6) may be permitted by special exception, provided that the applicant provides the Zoning Hearing Board with verifiable technical information, including truck delivery data and traffic counts substantiating that the volume of vehicular service will not require compliance with the space provisions of such section and that such volume will not cause undue interference with the use of streets or ways nor imperil general safety.
(b)
Under the procedure to obtain an occupancy permit
and in accordance with the following provisions, use of the same parking
stalls at different times in order to meet the parking requirements
of two or more principal users may be authorized by special exception
granted by the Zoning Hearing Board:
[1]
The applicant shall substantiate to the Zoning
Hearing Board the degree to which the normal operations hours of the
users served do not conflict;
[2]
A properly drawn legal instrument shall be executed
by the parties concerned for such use of the garage or parking area,
which instrument duly approved by the City Solicitor shall be filed
with the application for occupancy permit.
(c)
Utilization of valet parking for required motor
vehicle parking spaces, provided:
[1]
A motor vehicle shall be retrievable from its
parking space with the movement of a maximum of two additional vehicles;
[2]
The Zoning Hearing Board, with the assistance
of the Codes Department, certifies that the valet parking operation
as submitted by the applicant will not cause interference with the
public use of streets or ways or imperil the public safety.
(8)
Continuation of facilities. Whenever an occupancy
permit has been issued and the plans so approved contain motor vehicles
parking and loading space provisions, the subsequent use of such property
shall be conditional upon the continuance and availability of the
parking and loading space provisions contained in such plans. Any
other use of such property shall be a violation of this article. Should
the owner or occupant of any structure as to which any occupancy permit
has been issued containing motor vehicle parking or loading space
requirements so change the use to which such structure is put as to
increase motor vehicle parking or loading space requirements under
this article, it shall be unlawful and a violation of this Zoning
Ordinance to begin or maintain such altered use until such time as
the increased motor vehicle parking or loading provisions of the article
are complied with and an amended certificate of occupancy from the
Zoning Officer has been issued.
H.
Signs.
(1)
All Identification signs shall have text and letter
height large enough to be legible from the maximum distance required
to safely guide the reader to the identified location or perform the
function on the sign.
(2)
A promotional sign up to 64 square feet may be installed
to identify a development or facility. However, such sign shall be
considered as a temporary sign that shall be removed within 14 days
of receipt of a certificate of occupancy.
I.
Procedures for approval of development in the SPD
Overlay District.
(1)
All applicants are encouraged to submit sketch plans
for all SPD proposals.
(2)
The applicant shall follow the preliminary and final
plan application requirements of the City of Coatesville Subdivision
and Land Development Ordinance and shall include the following information:
(a)
Building plan. A separate plan sheet shall be
submitted to depict the proposed building program. Said plan shall
indicate the proposed principal and accessory uses, the gross square
footages of all uses, and the building heights. The building plan
shall also indicate the total lot coverage, existing and proposed.
(b)
Street and pedestrian plan. A separate plan
sheet shall be submitted to depict the proposed street network. Such
Plan shall indicate all street widths and pedestrian pathway network.
(c)
Staging/phasing plan. A separate plan sheet
shall be submitted to depict proposed staging or phasing of the land
development.
(d)
Landscape/hardscape plan. A separate plan sheet
shall be submitted to depict all proposed landscape/hardscape.
(e)
Parking plan. A separate plan sheet shall be
submitted to depict proposed surface and deck parking. Such plan shall
list the number of parking spaces proposed in relation to the proposed
use(s).
(g)
Utilities plan. A separate plan sheet shall
be submitted to depict all proposed utilities.
(h)
Declaration of covenants, easements and restrictions.
A declaration shall be submitted to the City and shall in such a form
as deemed satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
