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Township of West Manchester, PA
York County
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This district provides opportunity for a wide range of office uses that are protected from other commercial activities. These districts are conveniently located amid proposed residential areas and along major roads. In addition, this zone can be used as a transitional land use separating residential zones with different permitted densities. Lastly, this zone accommodates various medical and care facilities by conditional use, thereby acknowledging a trend toward such uses which are evolving along Kenneth Road. Unless otherwise noted, this zone shall be considered a commercial zone.
[Amended 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
Permitted uses shall be as follows:
A. 
Offices (business and professional).
B. 
Medical and dental offices.
C. 
Alternative therapy office.
D. 
Nursing, rest or retirement homes. (See § 150-343.)
E. 
Hospitals. (See § 150-333.)
F. 
Banks and similar financial institutions. (See § 150-313.)
G. 
Zoning lot reduction. (See § 150-357.)
H. 
Commercial day-care facilities. (See § 150-321.)
I. 
Public buildings, including firehouses. (See § 150-345.)
J. 
Churches and related uses. (See § 150-319.)
K. 
Funeral homes. (See § 150-327.)
L. 
Forestry.
M. 
Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above permitted uses.
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Editor's Note: Former § 150-119, Conditional uses, as amended 4-9-1998 by Ord. No. 98-06, was repealed 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03.
[Amended 10-22-1992 by Ord. No. 92-15; 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
Subject to the general criteria listed in § 150-302D, special exception uses shall be as follows:
A. 
Public utilities. (See § 150-346.)
B. 
A communications antenna mounted on an existing public utility transmission tower, building or other structure, and a communications equipment building. (See § 150-322.1.)
Unless otherwise specified, each use within this zone shall have a minimum lot size of 30,000 square feet.
Minimum lot width shall be 150 feet.
Minimum setback requirements for principal and accessory uses shall be as follows:
A. 
Front yard setback. All buildings and structures, except permitted signs, shall be set back at least 35 feet from the street right-of-way; off-street parking lots and loading area shall be set back a minimum of 25 feet from the street right-of-way.
B. 
Side yard setbacks. All buildings and structures shall be set back at least 15 feet from the side lot lines. Off-street parking lots and loading areas shall be set back at least 10 feet from the side lot lines, unless joint parking facilities are shared by adjoining uses. In such instances, one of the side yard setbacks can be waived solely for parking facilities.
C. 
Rear yard setback. All buildings, structures, off-street parking lots and loading areas shall be set back at least 25 feet from the rear lot line.
D. 
Residential buffer strip. Any lot adjoining land within a residential zone shall maintain a twenty-five-foot setback for building structures, off-street parking lots and loading areas from the residentially zoned parcels. Such area shall be used for a landscape strip.
[Amended 6-26-2003 by Ord. No. 03-05]
Maximum permitted height shall be 35 feet, except that an additional foot of permitted height (to a maximum of 45 feet) shall be permitted for each additional foot of required setback from all property lines.
No outdoor storage is permitted.
Off-street loading shall be provided as specified in Article XXV of this chapter.
Off-street parking shall be provided as specified in Article XXIV of this chapter.
Signs shall be permitted as specified in Article XXVII of this chapter.
Maximum lot coverage shall be 60%.
Multiple permitted uses may be located in one building located on one lot of land.
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Editor's Note: Former § 150-130, Access drives, was repealed 3-14-1996 by Ord. No. 96-08. See now Ch. 42, Access Drives.
A visual screen must be provided along any adjoining lands within a residential zone, regardless of whether or not the residentially zoned parcel is developed. (See Article XXVI.)
A. 
Any portion of the site not used for buildings, structures, parking compounds, loading areas and sidewalks shall be maintained with a vegetative ground cover and other ornamental plantings. A minimum twenty-foot-wide landscape strip shall be provided along all front and rear lot lines.
B. 
A minimum ten-foot-wide landscape strip shall be provided along a side lot line, except that when joint parking facilities are shared by adjoining uses, this side yard landscape strip can be waived for that portion of the site occupied by the joint parking lot. (See Article XXVI.)
Dumpsters used for domestic garbage may be permitted within the side or rear yard, provided that such dumpsters are screened from many adjoining roads and properties. All dumpsters shall be set back 35 feet from any adjoining residentially zoned properties and 10 feet from all other lot lines.