Borough of Chambersburg, PA Article XII Professional Office District

[Added 2-22-1989 by Ord. No. 89-3]

§ 300-68 District established.

A new zoning district classification, known as "Professional Office District," described as follows, is hereby established.

§ 300-69 Description.

A district for establishments engaged in furnishing professional, personal services, medical, surgical or other services to individuals, including offices of physicians, dentists and other health practitioners, medical and dental clinics and professional offices of persons engaged in such activities as accounting, engineering, consulting, computer programming, real estate, insurance, banking, travel agency, financial planning or other similar uses. By this definition, it is intended to limit the uses in this district to those activities normally involving office and clerical activities as opposed to activities involving wholesaling or retailing.

§ 300-70 Uses permitted.

A. Any use permitted in the Low- and Moderate-Density Residential Districts.

B. Governmental offices.

C. Medical and dental clinical buildings.

D. Banking, financial services, financial institutions, business and professional offices.

E. Professional offices of physician, dentist, or other health practitioner.

F. Offices of recognized professionals (license required from a governmental agency).

G. Travel agencies.

H. Massage therapy business.

[Added 9-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-15[1]]

[1] Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the redesignation of former Subsection H as Subsection I.

I. Uses which are of same general character as those listed as permitted uses and will not be detrimental to the intended purpose of the district.

J. Non-tower wireless communication facilities outside the rights-of-way.

[Added 8-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-10]

§ 300-71 Uses not permitted.

A. The retailing and wholesaling of goods is prohibited, except the incidental sales associated with the permitted uses.

B. No storage or warehousing of materials is permitted except that which is incidental to the permitted uses.

§ 300-72 Uses permitted by special exception.

A. Pharmacy. A place where drugs and medicines are prepared and dispensed.

B. Medical and dental laboratories, outpatient care facilities, blood banks, and oxygen and miscellaneous types of medical supplies and services.

C. Tower-based wireless communications facilities outside the rights-of-way on any land owned by the Borough, county, school district, state or federal government.

[Added 8-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-10]

§ 300-73 District area, yard and height regulations.

[Amended 2-24-1993 by Ord. No. 93-3]

A. Yards. Yards of the following minimum sizes shall be provided, and such yards may be used for the purpose of meeting off-street parking and loading requirements:

(1) Front yard: 25 feet in depth.

(2) Side yard, two: 10 feet in depth.

(3) Rear yard: 25 feet in depth.

B. Height regulations. No building shall exceed 50 feet in height.

C. Lot coverage. The combined area occupied by all buildings or structures shall not exceed 35% of the area of the lot.

D. Lot area and width.

(1) Except as provided in Subsection D(2) below, every lot shall have a minimum width at the building line of 60 feet and a minimum area of 6,000 square feet. Any building occupied by two or more family units shall have a lot area of not less than 625 square feet per family.

(2) Every lot intended to accommodate a detached building shall have a minimum width at the building line of 60 feet and a minimum area of 6,000 square feet. Every lot intended to accommodate a semidetached building shall have a minimum width at the building line of 30 feet and a minimum area of 3,600 square feet. Every lot intended to accommodate a building with building units having a party wall on each side in common with an adjoining building unit shall have a minimum width at the building line of 20 feet and a minimum area of 2,400 square feet. The foregoing notwithstanding, if any unit in a building having semiattached or attached units is occupied for any business use, no unit within the semiattached or attached group may be occupied for residential purposes. The only exception to the foregoing sentence is for an owner-occupied dwelling unit where the owner uses a portion of the unit for this owner's own business use.

§ 300-74 Signs.

[Amended 8-26-1998 by Ord. No. 98-7]

A. In those instances involving a single building with a single tenant occupying a single lot, the total allowable sign area shall be 18 square feet, exclusive of the necessary architectural supports or columns. The reference to sign area is reference to size of structure without reference to size of actual advertising area.

B. In those instances involving a single building but with multiple tenants, there may be erected a single advertising sign on which there shall be listed all of the occupants of the building, in which case the total allowable sign area, determined as provided in Subsection A next above, may be up to but not in excess of 36 square feet. The only other allowable signage for the lot shall be name identification signs for each individual business which shall not exceed two square feet for each and shall be limited solely to the name of the business being identified and shall be attached to the building.

C. In those instances involving a single lot comprised of a building with multiple occupants as well as a detached building with a single occupant or detached building with multiple occupants, the allowable signage for the lot shall be as provided in Subsection B next above.

§ 300-75 Off-street parking.

Parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII, Off-Street Parking.