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Township of Williams, PA
Northampton County
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[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
To provide for commercial uses and businesses that typically seek out highway locations and to provide for orderly and controlled development in the Township.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
The requirements of this chapter shall not apply to uses or structures owned by Williams Township or for municipal authorities created solely by Williams Township.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
Only the following uses are permitted by right in the "HC" District, provided that the requirements for specific uses in Part 14 are met:
A. 
The following uses within the requirements of this district:
(1) 
Adult day-care center.*
(2) 
Auto service station.
(3) 
Bakery.
(4) 
Barber or beautician.
(5) 
Cemetery.*
(6) 
Crop farming.
(7) 
Cultural/community center.*
(8) 
Dry cleaning or shoe repair.
(9) 
Exercise club/fitness center.
(10) 
Financial institution with or without drive-through service.
(11) 
Forestry activities.
[Added by Ord. No. 2023-2, 8/9/2023[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection A(11) through (25) as Subsection A(12) through (26), respectively.
(12) 
Greenhouse/plant nursery, which may include retail sales.
(13) 
Laundromat.
(14) 
Medical marijuana dispensary.
(15) 
Membership club.
(16) 
Nursery school day-care center.*
(17) 
Offices.
(18) 
Place of worship.*
(19) 
Public or private primary or secondary school.*
(20) 
Publicly owned recreation.
(21) 
Retail store/convenience store.
(22) 
Standard restaurant.
(23) 
Swimming pool, public or semipublic.
(24) 
Tailoring or custom dressmaking shop.
(25) 
U.S. Postal Service facility.
(26) 
Township-owned use.
NOTES:
* See additional requirements in § 27-1402.
** See additional requirements in § 27-1403.
B. 
The following accessory uses, within the requirements of § 27-1403:
(1) 
Accessory use or structure clearly customary and incidental to a permitted by right, approved special exception or conditional use.**
(2) 
Accessory uses or structures permitted by § 27-1402C.**
(3) 
Essential services.**
(4) 
Forestry activities.
[Added by Ord. No. 2023-2, 8/9/2023[2]]
[2]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection B(4) through (6) as Subsection B(5) through (7), respectively.
(5) 
Solar energy system, on-site usage..**
[Amended by Ord. No. 2022-02, 5/11/2022]
(6) 
Geothermal system.**
(7) 
Wind turbines.**
NOTES:
* See additional requirements in § 27-1403C.
** See additional requirements in § 27-1403.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020; as amended by Ord. No. 2022-01A, 5/11/2022; and by Ord. No. 2022-03, 8/10/2022]
The following uses are permitted by special exception in the "HC" District, provided that the requirements for the use in Part 14 are met:
A. 
Auto, boat or mobile/manufactured home sales.*
B. 
Auto repair garage.*
C. 
Building contractor's storage.*
D. 
Car wash.*
E. 
Commercial indoor or outdoor recreation.*
F. 
Electric vehicle charging station — Level 3.
G. 
Fast-food restaurant.*
H. 
Funeral home.*
I. 
Hotel or motel.*
J. 
Life care center.*
K. 
Nursing home.*
L. 
Parking lot.
M. 
Personal care center.*
N. 
Bus station or taxi terminal.*
O. 
Truck terminal.
P. 
Uses primarily involving delivery of products off of the site.
NOTE:
* See additional requirements in § 27-1402.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
Only the following are permitted conditional uses in the "HC" District, provided that the requirements for specific uses in Part 14 are met:
A. 
Consumer fireworks.
B. 
Emergency services station.*
C. 
Motor vehicle race track.*
D. 
Recycling collection.
E. 
Small animal hospital.
F. 
Self-storage development, highway adjacent.*
[Added by Ord. No. 2023-1, 6/14/2023]
NOTE:
* See additional requirements in § 27-1402.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
All uses not specifically permitted are prohibited, unless their allowance is clearly implied in the determination of the Zoning Hearing Board by a very close similar use. The following uses are specifically prohibited in the "HC" District as principal or accessory uses.
A. 
Junkyard.
B. 
Manufacturing.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
The following lot and setback regulations shall apply to uses in the "HC" District, unless a more restrictive requirement is stated in Part 14 (for a particular use) or elsewhere in this chapter.
A. 
Minimum lot area: 15,000 square feet per principal use.
B. 
Number of uses: Multiple principal uses are allowed.
C. 
Minimum lot width: 80 feet, except 200 feet for any lot created after the adoption of this chapter that has its own driveway entering onto an arterial street.
D. 
Minimum lot depth: 60 feet.
E. 
Maximum building coverage: 50%.
F. 
Maximum impervious coverage: 80%.
G. 
Minimum front yard setback: 25 feet from the future street right-of-way for both principal and accessory structures.
H. 
Minimum side yard setback (per side): eight feet for both principal and accessory structures, except 20 feet for a side abutting an existing dwelling residential district.
I. 
Minimum rear yard setback: 25 feet for both principal and accessory structures, except for 30 feet along areas abutting an existing dwelling or residential district.
J. 
Maximum height: 60 feet or five stories.
K. 
Shared parking and driveways: Sharing of off-street parking and driveways by adjoining uses is strongly encouraged. See § 27-1601B for possible reduction of off-street parking requirements.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
A. 
Parking. See Part 16.
B. 
Signs. See Part 17.
C. 
Site Plan Review. See § 27-1311, which requires a site plan review by the Planning Commission for nonresidential building expansions and parking lots.
D. 
Buffer Yard and Evergreen Screening. See § 27-1304.