The purpose of the Pennsylvania Avenue District is to enhance the economic growth of the neighborhood through allowing business development opportunities in a predominately residential neighborhood. Unless specifically identified in this article, the prevailing standards of the underlying zone shall apply.
The Pennsylvania Avenue Overlay District will be added to the Official Zoning Map of Irwin, Pennsylvania. The boundaries are as follows: right-of-way line of Pennsylvania Avenue, the southerly right-of-way of Grant Avenue, the easterly right-of-way of Lombard Street, and the westerly right-of-way line of Orchard Street, inclusive.
Per § 260-13, Table 1, Table of Permitted and Special Exception Uses.[1]
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Editor's Note: Table 1, the Table of Permitted and Special Exception Uses, is attached to this chapter.
Per § 260-99, Table 2, Area and Bulk Standards.[1]
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Editor's Note: Table 2, Area and Bulk Standards, is attached to this chapter.
The provisions of Article XIII, Parking and Loading, and Article XIV, Internal Roadways, shall apply.
A. 
All planting for this district is required within the setback area to act as a buffer.
(1) 
Height requirements for vegetation are listed below:
Type
Minimum Height at Planting
Maximum Height at Maturity
(feet)
Evergreen shrub
18 inches
6
Evergreen tree
5 feet
15
Understory tree
5 feet
15
Canopy tree
10 feet
50
(2) 
Only evergreen shrubs shall be planted in the front yard buffering and setback zone.
B. 
Existing vegetation. Trees and shrubs on the development parcel adjacent to the abutting agriculture, conservation or residential lot may be used to satisfy the buffer area planting requirements, provided that all performance standards regarding width, height and mix of types are met. The applicant may use a combination of existing and new planting to meet the buffer requirements.
C. 
Structures and parking.
(1) 
No structures or parking of any kind shall be permitted within the planted buffer area. In addition, no structures or parking shall be permitted within the required setback.
(2) 
The buffering and landscaping standards may be modified if any of the following conditions are met:
(a) 
Natural land features such as topography of the same or better buffering or screening effect as that to be achieved under the requirements of this section.
(b) 
Innovative landscaping or architectural design is proposed for the development such that an equivalent or superior buffering or screening effect is achieved.
(c) 
The required screening and landscaping would be ineffective at maturity due to the topography of either the lot to be developed or the abutting lot.
D. 
Maintenance.
(1) 
The owner and/or owner's agent of the parcel developed under this article shall be responsible for the maintenance, repair and replacement of all screening and buffer planting.
(2) 
All plant materials shall be maintained in a healthy condition and kept free of refuse and debris.
(3) 
All fences and walls shall be maintained in good repair. No openings shall be permitted unless necessary to maintain buffer planting. Any such opening shall have a gate that shall be secured at all times when maintenance activities are not occurring.
The provisions of Article XVI, Signs, shall apply.
The Borough Council shall grant a conditional use only if the applicant meets the burden of proving that the following criteria have been met:
A. 
The development must not increase the flow of traffic within the district. A traffic impact analysis must be completed by a transportation engineer. The analysis must be inclusive of the following:
(1) 
The estimated number of daily trips and a.m. and p.m. peak hour car trips that would be generated by the proposed use or uses when the proposed facility is fully occupied and operational. Estimates must be calculated using the most current edition of the Trip Generation Report prepared by the Institute of Transportation Engineers.
(2) 
The current levels-of-service of intersections within one-half-mile radius of the subject site.
(3) 
The projected levels-of-service of the same intersections when the proposed use is fully occupied and operational.
(4) 
A demonstration that any queuing or staging of vehicles will take place on the development site.
B. 
If the traffic impact analysis indicates that the proposed uses would generate more than 500 average daily trips or more than 75 additional a.m. or p.m. peak hour car trips per day, the applicant shall develop a traffic mitigation plan for approval by the Borough and all applicable state regulatory agencies.