The purpose of the Planned Office/Business District is to provide
opportunities for modern office buildings and other compatible businesses
that will serve businesses as well as the needs for medical, financial,
legal, architectural and other professional services. Development
controls will ensure sign control, attractive landscaping, desirable
setbacks, traffic control and compatibility with nearby residential
uses.
In a POB District, the following regulations shall apply.
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises
may be used for any of the following purposes and no other:
A. Business, professional or governmental office.
C. Laboratory, research, testing and experimentation, not involving
the danger of fire or explosion nor any noise, vibration, smoke, dust,
odor, glare, heat or other influence outside a building.
F. Any accessory use normally associated with a permitted use.
G. Grocery store/supermarket having a minimum square footage of 30,000
square feet and a maximum square footage of 75,000 square feet.
I. Forestry as defined in Section 107 of the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code at 53 P.S. § 10107 as it may be amended from
time to time.
The following are permitted as conditional uses requiring approval by the Township Supervisors, pursuant to §Â
184-210 of this chapter.
B. Interior service and convenience uses, including but not limited
to eating and drinking places, specialized retail food sales, barber/beauty
shops, photocopy services, pharmacies and opticians. No interior service
and convenience uses shall occupy more than a total of 10% of the
total floor area of the building in which they are located. Public
entrances to interior service and convenience uses shall be from the
interior of the building. No public entrance to any interior service
or convenience use shall be located less than 30 feet from an exterior
exit to the building that is used by the public for ingress and egress.
C. Retail sale of goods appropriate to surrounding business and residential
areas, such as but not limited to beverages, bicycles, books (except
adult bookstores), clothing, confections, drugs, dry goods, flowers,
food, gifts, hardware, liquor, newspapers, notions, paint, personal
and household supplies, musical recordings, photographic supplies,
sporting goods, stationery and tobacco.
D. Banks, savings and loan associations, finance companies and similar
types of businesses.
E. Restaurants (excluding drive-through restaurants), taverns and similar
types of establishments.
F. Personal and household service establishments, such as but not limited
to barbershops, beauty shops, Laundromats, laundry and dry cleaning
shops, tailor and seamstress shops and shoe and appliance repair shops.
G. Business services such as copying, office equipment sales/services,
and printing.
H. Commercial pharmacies containing a minimum of 30,000 square feet
and a maximum of 50,000 square feet.
I. Accessory uses and structure to the above-permitted uses when on
the same lot as the permitted use.
J. Academic clinical research center in accordance with the use restrictions described in §Â
184-153.1B.
[Added 11-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 309-2017]
K. Dispensary facility in accordance with the use restrictions described in §Â
184-153.1E.
[Added 11-6-2017 by Ord.
No. 309-2017]
The minimum lot area shall be one acre.
The minimum side and rear yards shall be 35 feet. The front
yard shall be 50 feet measured from the street line.
The maximum building height shall be 35 feet. The height may be exceeded through the conditional use procedure in accordance with §Â
184-210.
The minimum lot width at the building setback line shall be
150 feet. The minimum lot width at the street line shall be 100 feet.
At least 40% of the lot shall be maintained as open area.
Each use shall comply with the performance standards contained within §Â
184-153.