STATUTORY REFERENCES
General provisions and definitions — See
53 P.S. § 10101 et seq.
Offensive businesses — See 18
Pa.C.S.A. § 4107 et seq.
[Ord. 233A. Passed 6-18-1987]
In a "D-2" Planned Business District, the regulations
set forth in this chapter shall apply.
[Ord. 233A. Passed 6-18-1987; Ord. 387. Passed 7-17-2001]
In a "D-2" Planned Business District, a building
may be erected or used, and a lot may be used or occupied, for any
of the following purposes and no other:
(a)
A retail store selling one or more of the following
items at retail: food, groceries, meats, vegetables, clothing, cosmetics,
fruit, drugs, jewelry, optical goods or professional, scientific or
musical instruments.
(b)
An office, bank or financial institution.
(c)
A personal service shop of a dressmaker, shoe repairer,
tailor or hairdresser.
(d)
Medical and dental offices or a clinic for treatment
of humans only.
(e)
A restaurant and a catering establishment, but not
including the sale of prepared foods for consumption in automobiles
or off the premises.
(f)
A child nursery or day-care center.
(g)
A church, library or educational facility.
(h)
A municipal use.
(i)
A community center for cultural or recreational use
when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board,
but not including motion-picture establishments or assembly halls.
(j)
Hotels, motels or similar lodging facilities when
authorized as a conditional use by the Board of Supervisors.
[Ord. 233A. Passed 6-18-1987]
Any use not complying with this chapter is prohibited
in a "D-2" Planned Business District. The following uses are specifically
prohibited:
[Ord. 233A. Passed 6-18-1987]
[Ord. 233A. Passed 6-18-1987; Ord. 328. Passed 7-22-1996]
(a)
Front Yard. In a "D-2" Planned Business District,
there shall be a front yard on each lot which shall not be less than
100 feet.
(b)
Side Yards. There shall be two side yards on each
lot, neither of which shall be less than 50 feet.
(c)
Rear Yards. There shall be a rear yard on each lot
which shall not be less than 50 feet.
(d)
District Yard. No side or rear yard adjacent to any
residential district shall be less than 75 feet in depth.
[Ord. 233A. Passed 6-18-1987]
[Ord. 233A. Passed 6-18-1987]
The maximum height for buildings or other structures
erected or enlarged in a "D-2" Planned Business District shall be
40 feet, not exceeding two stories.
[Ord. 233A. Passed 6-18-1987]
(a)
Parking and Loading. In a "D-2" Planned Business District, all-weather parking and loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 1294.
(b)
Setbacks. No parking, loading or driveway area shall
be located closer than 50 feet to any property line, except as required
for normal ingress and egress. In the case of any property line being
adjacent to a single-family residential district, no parking, loading
or driveway area shall be located closer than 75 feet to such property
line, except as required for normal ingress and egress.
[Ord. 233A. Passed 6-18-1987; Ord. 251. Passed 2-16-1988; Ord. 400.
Passed 5-21-2002]
(b)
Development Regulations. The project shall be developed
and constructed in accordance with an overall master plan which shall
be updated so as to be current. The development shall be designed
and constructed as a single architectural scheme.
(c)
Landscaping. All development in a "D-2" Planned Business
District shall be designed and maintained in accordance with the landscape
provisions of the Subdivision Regulations. There shall be a suitable
and effective landscape barrier at the edge of the property adjacent
to any public street. Such buffer strip shall be at least 10 feet
wide and shall channel motor vehicle ingress and egress from the property.
There shall be a maximum of one access road per 400 feet of frontage
and in no case more than two access roads per frontage.
(d)
Utilities. All development in a "D-2" Planned Business
District shall be served by public sewer and water. All utilities
serving a permitted use in this district shall be underground.
(e)
Outdoor Land Use. There shall be no outdoor storage
or display of goods or materials for marketing, storage or any other
purpose. The outdoor storage of trash shall be designed and maintained
to be completely screened from view by a landscape buffer.
(f)
Hazardous Uses. No building shall be erected, altered
or maintained, and no lot shall be used for any purpose, trade or
business, that is noxious, offensive or potentially injurious to health
by reason of odor, noise, dust, smoke, heat, gas, radiation, hazardous
substance, hazardous waste or vibration.
(g)
Building Spacing. The distance at the closest point
between any buildings shall be not less than 30 feet.
(h)
Site Lighting. Exterior lighting provided in conjunction
with any building or use shall be placed not higher than 14 feet above
grade and shall be screened so as not to permit the source of illumination
to be seen from off the premises. Only color-corrected types of illumination
shall be used. The hours of illumination of such lights shall be limited
to hours of business operation and shall otherwise be extinguished
between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following day, prevailing
time.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection (i), Detention Basins, which
immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 8-22-2017 by Ord.
No. 513.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 1284.10, Application
procedure, was repealed 2-21-1995 by Ord. No. 314
