It is the specific intent of this article to:
A. Provide for development of a wide range of commercial uses in the
Township.
B. Take advantage of access and visibility from the major roadway.
C. Provide regulations for continued commercial use opportunities in
areas of existing commercial development.
D. Establish standards for the orderly and well-planned development
and expansion of commercial facilities, in accordance with the objectives
and policies of the 2014 Central Perkiomen Valley Regional Comprehensive
Plan, as amended.
E. Relate specific types of uses to appropriate minimum lot sizes to
ensure adequate land area relative to use classifications and intensities.
F. Provide regulations that minimize conflicts between commercial facilities
and adjacent residential properties.
G. Assure suitable design to protect the character and property values
of adjacent neighborhoods.
H. Provide regulations that minimize congestion, hazardous traffic conditions
and potential noise, glare and pollution resulting from commercial
development.
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot may be
used or occupied for any of the following purposes and no other:
A. Retail store for sale of dry goods, variety merchandise, books and
stationery, clothing, food, beverages, flowers and plants, drugs,
furnishings or other household supplies and/or similar goods.
B. Retail stores for sales and repair of jewelry, clocks, optical goods,
cameras, home appliances, electronic equipment, scientific and professional
instruments and/or similar goods.
C. Personal service shop: barbershop, hairdresser, custom tailoring
shop, dry-cleaning shop (provided no dry cleaning is done on the premises),
shoe repair shop, household appliance repair shop, laundromat and
any other similar use, at the discretion of the Township. There shall
be no outdoor storage permitted.
D. Restaurants, retail bakery, confectionery or ice cream shop, other places serving food and beverages, excluding drive-through windows for restaurants permitted under §
310-157 of this article.
E. Business or professional office.
F. Bank, savings and loan association, financial institution, excluding drive-through windows permitted under §
310-157 of this article.
G. Indoor athletic facility.
H. Dance, exercise, music or art studio/gallery.
I. Any use similar to those listed above.
The following may be permitted as a Class One conditional use in the CR District by the Board of Supervisors in accordance with §
310-53 of Article
VIII and §§
310-160,
310-161,
310-162 and
310-164 of this article.
A. Automatic or self-service car wash.
C. Building materials and home equipment supplies.
D. Wholesale sales in conjunction with retail sales.
F. Indoor theater, bowling alley, pool hall, arcade or other place of
indoor amusement or recreation.
G. Any permitted use that is proposing a drive-through window either
as a land development under Act 247 or as an addition to an existing building.
H. Automobile service, parts and supply center with automobile service
as an ancillary use.
I. Any use similar to those listed above.
Shopping centers may be permitted as a Class Two conditional use in the CR District by the Board of Supervisors in accordance with §
310-53 of Article
VIII and §§
310-163,
310-164 and
310-166 of this article.
The following uses are prohibited in the CR District:
A. Sales of automobiles, trailers, motorcycles, motor homes or similar
vehicles.
B. Rental centers for construction equipment, home maintenance tools
or motorized vehicles.
Two or more Class One uses that share parking and a common access
drive shall be allowed to develop utilizing the following bonus provisions.
To qualify for such provisions, the property owners must provide the
Township with an irrevocable cross-access easement. Unless mentioned
below, all other dimensional standards shall be followed.
The following standards shall apply, where applicable, to Class
One conditional uses.
A. All car washes and automobile service, parts and supply centers shall
meet the following:
(1)
No repairs to vehicle shall be performed outdoors;
(2)
Parking spaces shall be designated for vehicles being serviced;
(3)
No unregistered or unlicensed vehicles shall be permitted on
the premises;
(4)
Any bays for services or wash areas shall not be located on
a street frontage;
(6)
No trucks over one-ton payload shall be repaired or serviced.
B. Drive-through windows shall meet the following:
(1)
A minimum of four automobile spaces shall be provided for each
drive-through bank window, remote teller window, and drive-through
automatic teller machine (ATM), which may include the automobile space
at the pickup window.
(2)
A minimum of eight automobile spaces shall be provided for each
drive-through restaurant window, which may include the automobile
space at the pickup window.
(3)
A minimum of four automobile spaces shall be provided for all other drive-through uses other than banks and restaurants as they are provided for in §
310-162B(1) and
(2) above, which may include the automobile space at the pickup window.
(4)
The automobile spaces referred to in Subsection
B(1),
(2) and
(3) above shall not interfere with other parking spaces or the pedestrian or vehicular travel or circulation of the site.
(5)
Drive-through windows and the drive-through queue shall, to
the extent possible, be placed to the rear or the side of the structure.
C. The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to place any reasonable
restriction upon any conditional use. In considering any conditional
use request, it may consider the potential effect the use could have
on any adjacent use or residential neighborhood.