1. Intended purpose. The C-1 Business District is intended to serve a central retail marketing function for the township and surrounding trade area and is designed to encourage development of an intensive self-contained shopping center catering to the free circulation of pedestrian activity having arrived by automobile. This district is intended for a wide-range of shopping and service functions which can provide adequate comparison shopping activities.
2. Permitted uses and structures.
A. Principal uses.
(1) Any use permitted and regulated in CN Neighborhood Commercial Districts;
(2) The following uses when conducted entirely within an enclosed building, but not including any use first permitted in the C-2, M-2 or M-3 Districts:
(a) Dry cleaning and pressing establishments limited to 2,000 square feet of floor space per establishment, and provided that only solvents with a flash point of not less than 138.2°F shall be used, and total aggregate dry load of machines shall not exceed 60 pounds;
(b) Business and professional offices not otherwise permitted in other districts;
(c) Eating and drinking establishments, provided that any entertainment shall be limited to television, radio or recorded music, and further provided that no sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises shall be permitted on any lot where a side line abuts any R District boundary; and
(d) Amusement enterprises including bowling alleys, pool or billiard establishments, “pinball” or “computer” game arcades.
(3) Gasoline service station, subject to § 27-701.4 and .5, and provided that:
(a) All servicing or repairing of vehicles shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building, except fueling, adding motor lubricants, water or antifreeze, or making minor emergency repairs;
(b) There shall be no outdoor display of merchandise except for a supply of motor lubricants. All storage of merchandise and equipment (except fuel pumps or air line) shall be in the principal building; and
(c) No outside storage of vehicles shall be permitted for more than 36 hours.
B. Accessory uses.
(1) Shops for the manufacture or processing of articles incidental to the conduct of a retail business lawfully conducted on the premises, provided that:
(a) All such articles manufactured or processed are sold at retail on the premises;
(b) No more than four persons are engaged in such manufacturing or processing at any one time and in any one establishment; and
(c) Such activity shall not produce offensive odors, noise, vibration, heat, glare or dust.
(2) Business signs as regulated in § 27-701.3;
(3) Off-street parking. (See Part 6 of this Chapter for required spaces, off-street loading or unloading.); and
(4) Other customary accessory uses, including applicable accessory uses permitted and as regulated in the R-8 District.
C. Use by special exception. (Reserved)
D. Use by conditional use permit.
(1) To allow outdoor display of merchandise for retail sales by any industrial, automotive, oil supply or other retail business;
(2) A conditional use application with a site plan shall be prepared and submitted for approval to the Board of Supervisors. The site plan shall contain at a minimum, and in addition to other requirements of this Chapter, the following:
(a) Property boundaries and identities of neighboring property owners;
(b) Location of all human-made structures on the property;
(c) Details of the merchandise and proposed location of outdoor displays with setback measurements for the display in relation to neighboring properties, roadways and driveways;
(d) Location and details of fencing required to secure merchandise. Fencing specifications shall be as provided for in accordance with the township zoning ordinance. An approved zoning permit for such fencing must be obtained from the Township Zoning Officer; and
(e) Details of reasonable safeguards for the display of the outdoor merchandise to protect the public’s general welfare.
(3) The township may require the submission of additional information at any time prior to, during or following the conditional use hearing(s); and
(4) All conditions of any conditional use granted by the township shall be obligations of any succeeding owners of the property. In addition, any change in ownership of the property must be registered with the township within 30 days of said change in ownership.
3. Required lot size for dwellings and buildings of mixed occupancy. Same as required in R-8 Residence Districts.
4. Required open space.
A. Front yard. Forty feet.
B. Side yards.
(1) Dwellings: up to 30 feet in height. Same as required in R-8 District. (See § 27-205.3.B.(l).)
(2) Other principal buildings: none required, except:
(a) Where a side yard is provided it shall be no less than five feet wide; and
(b) Where a side yard abuts a lot in an R District, its width shall be not less than 30 feet or a distance equal to the height or the principal building, whichever is greater.
(3) Where a side yard is used for either vehicular ingress or egress, it shall be at least 12 feet wide.
(4) Where a side yard is used for vehicular ingress and egress, it shall not be less than 25 feet wide.
C. Rear yard.
(1) Dwellings: same as required in the R-8 District. (See § 27-205.4.B.)
(2) Other principal buildings:
(a) Ten feet minimum; and
(b) Along a lot in an R District, 20 feet or a distance equal to the height of such building, whichever is greater.
D. Useable open space for mixed occupancy. In the case of a building having mixed occupancy, 400 square feet of open space for each dwelling unit contained in such building shall be provided on the lot exclusively for recreation and household service activities.
5. Maximum height of buildings.
A. Single- to two-family dwelling. Thirty feet.
B. Other principal buildings. Forty feet.
C. Accessory buildings. Fifteen feet.
6. Off-street parking reference. For applicable off-street parking regulations. (See Part 6 of this Chapter.)
7. Supplemental regulations reference. For applicable supplemental regulations pertaining to use, height, area or open space. (See Part 7 of this Chapter.)
(Ord. 1983-2B, passed 4-30-1984; Ord. 1989-1, passed 3-13-1989; Ord. 2014-06-01, passed 6-12-2014)