1. The proposed development shall be constructed in accordance with an overall plan and shall include the planned phasing and schedule of construction. The overall plan shall be designed as a single architectural scheme with appropriate common landscaping and shall provide, initially at least, for the construction of a minimum of 12,000 square feet of ground floor area of one of the functional categories. If the development of the Center is to be carried out in progressive stages, each stage shall be planned that the previous and following requirements of this Chapter shall be fully complied with at the completion of any stage.
2. No Planned Commerce Unit Development tract shall be less than 10 acres and no individual lot size shall be less than 1 acre. Not more than 35% of the area of each shall be occupied by buildings.
3. Front, side and rear yards shall be provided on each lot as follows:
A. One front yard not less than 50 feet in depth. There shall be at least 15 feet between any off-street parking area or parallel access drive and any existing right-of-way or future street right-of-way.
B. Two side yards, neither less than 25 feet in width. This requirement shall not prevent the erection of a series or row of attached buildings, provided that the series or row meets side yard requirements if treated as a single unit. There shall be a landscaped side yard at least 15 feet between any side lot line and any off-street parking area or access drive.
C. One rear yard not less than 40 feet in depth. There shall be a landscaped rear yard at least 15 feet in depth between any rear lot line and any off-street parking area or access drive.
4. Lot width. Each lot shall have a width of not less than 200 feet.
5. Spacing of structures on the same lot. Any building shall be located at least fifty feet from any other building on the same lot, unless such buildings are attached by a roof structure.
6. Vehicular access points and road frontage improvements. Vehicular access points to the development and any road frontage improvements including widening and directional turning lanes shall be an integral part of the development.
7. A buffer strip shall be provided along each property or street line which is opposite or adjacent to a Residential District or to a park. The following standards shall apply:
A. Plant materials used in the buffer strip shall be of such species and size as will produce, within 3 years, a complete visual screen of at least 6 feet in height.
B. The buffer strip shall be maintained permanently and any plant material which does not live shall be replaced within 1 year.
C. The buffer strip shall be placed so that at maturity it will be no closer than 3 feet from any street or property line.
D. In all buffer strips, the exterior width beyond the planting screen shall be planted with grass seed, sod or ground cover and shall be maintained and kept clean of all debris, rubbish, weeds and tall grass.
E. No planting or other obstruction shall be permitted which would interfere with traffic visibility across the corner of a lot and at access driveways within a triangle bounded by the street center lines and a straight line drawn between points on each street center line, 75 feet from their intersection. Such clear sight triangle shall be maintained in the area between a plane 2 feet to 10 feet above the outside edge of the street pavement.
F. No structure, materials or vehicular parking shall be permitted in the buffer strips.
G. The buffer strip shall be broken only at points of vehicular or pedestrian access.
8. No sign or other structure shall be erected unless it fully complies with the requirements of Part 7 of this Chapter and unless all signs conform to an overall coordinated design scheme which shall be subject to approval or disapproval by the Township Council.
9. All parking, loading, access and service areas shall be adequately illuminated at night. Such lighting, including sign lighting, shall be arranged so as to protect the highway and adjoining property from direct glare or hazardous interference of any kind. All utility lines servicing the area shall be placed underground.
10. The district shall be serviced by centralized water supply and sewage disposal facilities certified by the PA Department of Environmental Resources and the PA Public Utility Commission.
11. The performance standards set forth in Part 5 shall apply.
(Ord. 45, Z-§ 904, 5/12/76)