The purpose of this article is to:
A. Provide for mixed-use development that is open to the general public along the Lehigh River and Lehigh Canal that has a strong pedestrian orientation to the river and the canal.
B. To revitalize and enhance properties that adjoin the river and the canal, while maintaining the neighborhood character of the Borough.
C. To establish, enhance and promote a culturally and socially diverse residential and commercial environment that is complementary to downtown Catasauqua.
D. To encourage streetscapes with complementary residential and office uses located above and adjacent to ground floor retail, office and service commercial uses.
E. To minimize negative traffic impacts by reducing the number and length of automobile trips required to access everyday needs.
F. To establish a neighborhood character which is pedestrian oriented and open to the general public.
G. To promote pedestrian circulation throughout the Waterfront District with sidewalks, crosswalks and pathways that are open to the general public.
H. To revitalize the Borough by demolishing unsightly structures, as necessary, and replacing them with buildings and structures that are aesthetically and architecturally context sensitive, while promoting the adaptive reuse and protection of historic buildings, materials and structures in the development tract.
I. To promote a range and diversity of housing types, shops and work places.
J. To promote development that is consistent with the development strategy plan and the Borough's development of the municipal complex tract.
K. Meet the conditions of eligibility of §
280-77.
Development within the Waterfront District shall be contingent upon the following conditions of eligibility:
A. All development shall be served by public water and public sewer.
B. Front Street shall be improved in accordance with a traffic study submitted by the applicant(s) and approved by Borough Council.
C. Bridge Street shall be extended in accordance with the development strategy plan.
D. An interconnected street and driveway network shall be created consistent with the development strategy plan.
E. An interconnected sidewalk, crosswalk, walkway and pedestrian pathway network shall be created consistent with the development strategy plan.
F. A mix of uses and a ratio of residential to nonresidential uses reasonably consistent with the development strategy plan.
Unless otherwise stated, the following uses are permitted by right in the Waterfront District:
A. Mixed-use development consisting of four or more of the following uses:
(4) Catering for off-site consumption.
(5) Craft beverage production facility. See Subsection
B(2) below.
(6) Craft beverage restaurant. See Subsection
B(2) below.
(8) Crafts or artisans studio.
(9) Custom printing, photocopying, faxing, mailing, courier service and similar business services.
(11) Financial institution with drive-through opposite the primary frontage street.
(19) Personal service establishment.
(20) Publicly owned recreation.
(21) Restaurant with drive-through service. See Subsection
B(2) and
(3) below.
(22) Restaurant without drive-through service. See Subsection
B(3) below.
(26) Planned multifamily residential community. See Subsection
B(2) below.
B. Uses accessory to Subsection
A(1) through
(26) above.
(1) Note 1: Upon the written request of an applicant and following a review and comment by the Planning Commission, Borough Council may, in its sole discretion, modify the number of uses required by this section; however, in doing so, Borough Council may place reasonable conditions upon the grant of any modifications hereunder.
(2) Note 2: This use shall be a use permitted by special exception even though part of a mixed-use development and, therefore, the special exception requirements of this Zoning Ordinance shall apply to such use.
(3) Note 3: A restaurant may provide outdoor seating in accordance with §
280-81P.
(4) Note 4: Upon the written request of an applicant and following a review and comment by the Planning Commission, Borough Council may, in its sole discretion, grant bonuses with respect to density, building coverage, building height and other dimensional standards applicable to the use when the applicant complies with §
280-82K.
(5) Note 5: Enhanced lot area calculation. For the purpose of density calculations only, an applicant shall be permitted to include land in the municipal complex tract in its calculation of lot area applicable to the development tract or any portion thereof. The amount of municipal complex tract land to be included in the enhanced lot area calculation shall be in the same proportion as the applicant's land is to the development tract. By way of example, if the applicant's land to be developed represents 50% of the total amount of land in the development tract, then the applicant's lot area may be enhanced by including 50% of the land in the municipal complex tract. This note shall apply only to the initial development of the land in the development tract. If development tract land is developed and the lot area enhancement is not used, it shall not be available for other development in the development tract or to subsequent applicants without the approval of Borough Council, which may impose conditions on such use.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PLAN Section 4, titled "Design Solutions," as contained in the pamphlet titled "The Iron Works Catasauqua, Pennsylvania 2014," by Spillman Farmer Architects et al., a copy of which is available at the Borough office.
DEVELOPMENT TRACT All land in the
Waterfront Zoning District not included in the municipal complex tract, subject to the unified development standards set forth in §
280-80.
MUNICIPAL COMPLEX TRACT That parcel of land owned and developed by the Borough of Catasauqua as a municipal complex, all as depicted on an approved and recorded subdivision plan.
The Waterfront District shall be as shown on the Catasauqua Borough Zoning Map.
In the event of a direct conflict with any other ordinance provisions, the Article
XI provisions shall apply.