In cases where this Zoning Code does not provide specific dimensional standards for uses permitted by special exception or conditional use, the following general dimensional standards will be applied by the Zoning Hearing Board (ZHB) or the Board of Commissioners.
(a) In residential districts, the area, bulk and any other applicable requirements shall be not less than those for single-family dwellings in that district or in the next more restrictive district in which single-family dwellings are permitted.
(b) In nonresidential districts, the area, bulk and any other applicable requirements shall be not less than those for the use which requires the greatest dimensions in the applicable nonresidential district.
(c) The governing body or the ZHB, whichever has jurisdiction, may require additional, reasonable, but more stringent requirements than those required in subsections (a) or (b) above, provided that the Board of Commissioners or the Zoning Hearing Board makes one or more of the following determinations. That the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) above are clearly:
(1) Insufficient to accommodate the proposed building, facility or use, and that larger dimensional requirements would substantially alleviate that condition;
(2) Insufficient to provide adequate area for parking and loading, as required by Chapter 1284, and that larger dimensional requirements would substantially alleviate that condition; and
(3) Insufficient to provide for lot areas and dimensions necessary to protect the adjacent area from the potential adverse impacts of the proposed use, such as noise, vibration, air pollution, and similar impacts, and that larger dimensional requirements would substantially alleviate that condition.
(d) All parking requirements of Chapter 1284 must be followed.
(Ord. 896, passed 12-21-2011)