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Borough of South Waverly, PA
Bradford County
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The purpose of the Business I District is to designate an area for retail commercial activity to serve the needs of the residents of the Borough on Keystone Avenue that borders on the south between Sayre Municipality and South Waverly; thence running east bordering along Keystone Avenue up to Wilcox Street to the New York State border; thence running north to Yanuzzi Drive to the New York State border; thence running on the west from Keystone Avenue to Pitney Street; thence running west on Pitney Street to Williams Street; thence running north all the way to Williams Street to Horns True Value Store; thence running west to Warren Street; then running up Warren Street to the intersection of Keystone Avenue, the point and the place of the beginning.
A. 
Permitted uses in the Business I District are as follows:
(1) 
Adult day-care center.
(2) 
Adult personal care facility.
(3) 
Animal hospital.
(4) 
Apartment.
(5) 
Automobile and gasoline service station.
(6) 
Automotive maintenance.
(7) 
Automotive sales.
(8) 
Banks and financial institutions.
(9) 
Bed-and-breakfast.
(10) 
Boardinghouse.
[Amended 1-6-2020 by Ord. No. 1-6-2020]
(11) 
Church.
(12) 
Club.
(13) 
Convenience store.
(14) 
Day-care: child day-care center.
[Amended 1-6-2020 by Ord. No. 1-6-2020]
(15) 
Drive-in commercial uses.
(16) 
Drinking establishment.
(17) 
Dry cleaning.
(18) 
Dwelling, group.
(19) 
Dwelling, multiple, apartment.
(20) 
Dwelling, multiple.
(21) 
Eating establishment.
(22) 
Educational institution.
(23) 
Electric substation.
(24) 
Electric transmission and distribution facilities.
(25) 
Entertainment facilities (except adult entertainment facility).
(26) 
Forestry.
[Added 1-6-2020 by Ord. No. 1-6-2020]
(27) 
Garage, private.
(28) 
Garage, public.
(29) 
Garage, service.
(30) 
Garden apartment.
(31) 
Greenhouse (sale).
(32) 
Grocery or food store.
(33) 
Group home facility.
(34) 
Hotel.
(35) 
Indoor recreational facility.
(36) 
Institution.
(37) 
Laundromat.
(38) 
Medical center.
(39) 
Mortuary.
(40) 
Motel, motor court or tourist court.
(41) 
Nursing home.
(42) 
Office building.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 101-18A(42) of the 1992 Code, Office, professional, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
(43) 
Parking area.
(44) 
Personal care boarding home/personal health care.
(45) 
Personal services.
(46) 
Professional office.
(47) 
Recreational facilities, private.
(48) 
Restaurant.
(49) 
School, nursery.
(50) 
Shopping centers.
(51) 
Studio.
(52) 
Studio, dancing, and music.
(53) 
Tourist home.
(54) 
Vehicular body shop.
(55) 
Vehicular sales establishment.
(56) 
Vehicular garage.
(57) 
Vehicular service establishment.
(58) 
Vehicular service station.
(59) 
Vehicle washing (car wash).
(60) 
Accessory uses customarily related to the above.
(61) 
Storage facilities.
[Added 12-9-2019 by Ord. No. 12-9-19-01]
A. 
Permitted accessory uses in the Business I District are as follows:
(1) 
Parking facilities.
(2) 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection A(2), regarding storage facilities, was repealed 12-9-2019 by Ord. No. 12-9-19-01.
(3) 
Garbage storage facilities (temporary).
(4) 
Garage/yard sales subject to the conditions in § 500-77.
[Added 7-6-2015 by Ord. No. 07-06-15; amended 1-6-2020 by Ord. No. 1-6-2020]
A. 
The following special exceptions may be permitted by the Zoning Hearing Board, following review and comment by the Planning Commission, pursuant to standards and criteria as set forth herein:
[Amended 1-6-2020 by Ord. No. 1-6-2020]
(1) 
(Reserved)
The height of a principal building shall not exceed 35 feet.
Unless otherwise specified herein, lot area, lot width and impervious coverage requirements of the following dimensions shall be provided for each structure or use hereafter erected, established or altered for any use permitted within this district:
A. 
Business uses.
(1) 
Minimum lot area: 20,000 square feet.
(2) 
Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
(3) 
Maximum coverage: 90% of building and parking area.
(4) 
Maximum building height: 35 feet.
(5) 
Maximum land coverage: 90%.
The following setback regulations apply to all uses permitted within this district, unless otherwise specified herein:
A. 
Fifteen feet from the edge of the paved cart path.
B. 
Side: 15 feet on each side.
C. 
Rear: 15 feet from the edge of the paved cart path or adjoining boundary line.