The C-2 General Commercial District is intended
to serve the central retail marketing function of the entire Township
and surrounding trade area. The standards of this district are designed
to encourage development of an intensive self-contained shopping area
catering to the free circulation of pedestrian activity having arrived
by automobile, the minimization of traffic congestion along major
thoroughfares and providing buffer yards and screen planting when
necessary to separate residential areas from commercial areas. This
district is intended for a wide range of shopping and service functions
which and provide adequate comparison shopping activities.
A structure may be erected or used and a lot
may be used or occupied for any of the following uses and no other:
A.
Any principal use permitted in the C-1 Neighborhood
Commercial Districts.
B.
Any retail business whose principal activity is the
sale of new merchandise in an enclosed building, including, but not
limited to the following:
(1)
Automobile sales, boat sales, motorcycle sales.
C.
Retail sales in which both a workshop and a retail
outlet or showroom are required (such as plumbing, electrician, interior
decorating, dressmaking, tailoring, upholstering, photographic reproducing,
radio and home appliance and similar establishments), subject to the
following provision: Not more than 25% of the total usable floor area
of the establishment shall be used for servicing, repairing, manufacturing
or processing activities.
D.
Restaurants, tea rooms, cafes and other establishments
serving food and beverages, except those having the character of a
"drive-in" type.
E.
Enclosed theaters, assembly halls, concert halls,
and similar places of assembly or entertainment.
F.
Customary accessory uses and buildings incidental
to any of the above permitted uses, including the following:
G.
Uses which, in the opinion of the Zoning Hearing Board,
are of the same general character as those listed as permitted uses
and which will not be detrimental to the intended purpose of this
district.
H.
No permitted use in this district shall include a
drive-through or walkup window whereby the consumer transacts for
goods or services outside of the building.
[Amended 10-26-1994 by Ord. No. 1728]
The following special exception uses shall be
permitted, upon the issuance of a permit by the Zoning Hearing Board
as provided in this chapter:
A.
Lot requirements. A lot width, lot area and setbacks
of not less than the dimensions shown on the following table shall
be provided for every principal building erected or altered for any
use permitted in this district.
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Lot Requirements
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Setback Requirements
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Min. Lot Area
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Min. Lot Width
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Max. Lot Coverage %
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Front
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One Side
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Sides
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Total Rear
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5,000 sq. ft.
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40 ft.
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70%
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30 ft.
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20 ft. 50 ft.* (if provided)
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20 ft.
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30 ft.
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NOTES:
*Side yard requirement when abutting residential
districts.
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B.
Building height. No building shall exceed three stories
or 45 feet in height, unless authorized as a special exception.
[Amended 9-26-2007 by Ord. No. 1903]
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.
Where C-2 Districts abut any residential district or alleyway separating the two districts, a landscaped strip of not less than 50 feet in width shall be planted and maintained with appropriate vegetative landscaping materials. Such vegetative planting, including any architectural screens, fences or masonry walls, shall be planted and maintained at not less than five feet in height, except on corner lots where a clear sight area shall be maintained in accordance with Article XIII of this chapter.
