[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
To provide for planned commercial uses and businesses, and select
multifamily residential uses in order to provide 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]
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020; amended by Ord. No. 2020-05, 9/9/2020]
Only the following uses are permitted by right in the PUCD District,
provided that the requirements for specific uses in Part 9 are met:
A.
The following uses within the requirements of this district:
(1)
Adult day care.
(2)
Animal hospital.
(3)
Auto service station.
(4)
Barber or beautician.
(5)
Conference or convention center.
(6)
Cultural/community center.*
(7)
Day-care center/child-care nursery.
(8)
Dry cleaning or shoe repair center.
(9)
Exercise/fitness center.
(10)
Financial institution with or without drive-through service.
(12)
Laundromat.
(13)
Medical marijuana dispensary.
(14)
Membership club.
(15)
Offices.
(16)
Place of worship.
(17)
Publicly owned recreation.
(18)
Retail store/convenience store.
(19)
Standard restaurant.
(20)
Swimming pool, public or semipublic.
(21)
Tailoring or custom dressmaking shop.
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 § 27-1403C.**
(3)
Essential services.**
(5)
Solar energy system, on-site usage.**
[Amended by Ord. No. 2022-02, 5/11/2022]
(6)
Geothermal system.**
[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
"PUCD" District, provided that the requirements for the use in Part
9 are met:
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
Only the following are permitted conditional uses in the "PUCD"
District, provided that the requirements for specific uses in Part
9 are met:
A.
Emergency services station.*
[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 "PUCD" District as principal or accessory uses.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
The following lot and setback regulations shall apply to uses in the "PUCD" District, unless a more restrictive requirement is stated in Part 14 (for a particular use) or elsewhere in this chapter.
A.
Minimum lot area: 40,000 square feet per principal use if public
water and sewer are provided. Two acres per EDU if on-lot water and/or
sewer are provided.
B.
Number of uses: Multiple principal uses are permitted.
C.
Minimum lot width: 150 feet, except 200 feet for any lot created
after the adoption of this chapter that has its own driveway entering
onto a collector or an arterial street.
D.
Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.
E.
Maximum building coverage: 40%.
F.
Maximum impervious coverage: 70%.
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: 25 feet for both principal and accessory
structures, except 20 feet (per side) for a side abutting an existing
dwelling or 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.
[Ord. No. 2020-01, 1/6/2020]
To assure that the intent and requirements of this district
are complied with, review and approval of a planned unit commercial
development shall be required as a conditional use.
A.
Minimum tract size: two acres. See definition of "tract" in Part
2.
B.
Lot Regulations. Any lot proposed to be created presently or in the future within a planned unit commercial development shall be capable of complying with the lot and setback regulations of this district (see § 27-908).
C.
Information. The applicant shall present whatever information is
available on the types of tenants or uses that are intended or expected
in different portions of the development.
D.
Relationship to Surroundings. The applicant shall show how the development
will be coordinated with access and utilities of other portions of
the PUCD and HC Districts.
E.
Open Space and Landscaping. The application shall show an overall
plan of open spaces and landscaping. This plan shall be carried out
through a system of deed restrictions on each lot.
F.
Access.
(1)
Coordinated Access. Any planned unit commercial development
shall make the absolute maximum use possible of interior streets as
opposed to numerous driveways entering onto a collector or arterial
street. Deed restrictions shall be placed on any individual lots that
are created to require access to the interior street system only.
(2)
Access to Other Than Arterial Streets. Based upon any PennDOT
review comments, the Williams Township Comprehensive Plan, and any
reviews by the Planning Commission, Police, and Township Engineer,
the Board of Supervisors may require that a planned unit commercial
development not have any direct access that would involve left-hand
turns onto and off of an arterial street (except at an intersection
planned for or with an existing traffic signal), if reasonable access
could be provided off and onto a collector or suitable local street.
(3)
Easements for Access. The Board of Supervisors may at the time
of approval of a subdivision or land development within a PUCD District
require a lot or tract to grant an easement or cross easements for
vehicular traffic to adjoining lots, tracts to allow an efficient
interior access system.
(4)
Right-of-Way Dedications. Based upon a traffic study, an applicant
may be required to dedicate sufficient land for needed widening of
arterial or collector streets. Also, an applicant may be required
by the Board of Supervisors, if recommended by the Planning Commission
and after review of the Comprehensive Plan, to dedicate sufficient
land for needed realignments of intersections that abut the tract.
G.
Staged Construction. If development is to occur in progressive stages,
each stage shall be planned and occur so that the purpose and requirements
of this chapter are fully complied with at the completion of each
stage. Each stage shall be shown on the plan.
H.
Information on Covenants. A planned unit commercial development shall
include a reasonable set of deed restrictions or covenants imposed
by the developer on each lot. These covenants should cover types of
uses, maintenance of lots and industrial operations, with a proper
means for enforcement. The covenants shall also be written to carry
out the purposes and requirements of a planned unit commercial development,
together with the improvements necessary to comply with this subsection.
