§ 225-53Purpose.
§ 225-54Permitted uses.
§ 225-55Conditional uses.
§ 225-56Height regulations.
§ 225-57Area regulations.
§ 225-58Lot width regulations.
§ 225-59Yard regulations.
§ 225-60Off-street parking/access and loading/unloading.
The Commercial General District is comprised of those areas in the Borough where a greater intensity of commercial activity has been established, plus contiguous areas for expansion. This district is intended to serve the commercial retail market of the entire Borough and surrounding trade area. It is intended to promote the establishment of a wide variety of shopping and service activities to meet the needs of the citizens.
Permitted uses are as follows:
Dwelling units, providing they are located on or above the second-floor level from the ground.
Stores for the retailing of food, drugs, confectioneries, hardware, clothing, household appliances, furniture, and similar uses.
Personal services, such as barbershops, beauty shops, tailors, shoe repair, launderettes, and similar uses.
Automobile sales, service stations, and car washes.
Restaurants, tearooms, cafes, and other places serving food and beverages.
Banks and offices.
Hotels, motels, boardinghouses, and lodging houses.
Studios, including dance and music.
Baker, candy, pastry, confectionery, or ice cream retail sales, with minor manufacturing permitted.
Amusement arcades, motion-picture theaters, bowling alleys, and other places of public amusement conducted entirely within a building.
Parking lots and public garages.
Nonresidential uses permitted in any district other than the Manufacturing District.
Uses and buildings customarily accessory and incidental to the above permitted uses.
The above uses shall be permitted only on the following conditions:
Such uses, operations, or products are not obnoxious or offensive by reason of the emission of gas, odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration, refuse matters, or deal in obscene materials.
There shall be no manufacture, compounding, processing, or treatment of products other than that which is clearly incidental and essential to a retail store and when all such products are sold at the premises.
Conditional uses are as follows:
Drive-in-type uses.
Lot area shall be based on required setbacks, coverage, parking/access, loading/unloading, and other applicable standards.
The minimum width of any lot shall be 20 feet at the building setback line.
Each lot shall have front, side, and rear yard setbacks of not less than the depth and width indicated below:
Front yard. The minimum front yard setback shall be 10 feet. Where buildings exist on both sides of the lot to be developed, the setback shall be at least the average of the buildings constructed on both sides.
Side yard. On interior lots, the minimum side yard setback shall be five feet. On a corner lot, the side yard abutting a street or alley shall be not less than 15 feet. No side yard shall be required where structures abut one another, provided that a written agreement is entered into by such property owners and submitted to the Zoning Officer. However, in no case shall common party walls be permitted between properties of separate ownership.
Rear yard. The minimum rear yard setback shall be 15 feet.
Off-street parking/access and loading/unloading shall be in accordance with Article XV.
