(a) Borough Council has adopted the Swarthmore Town Center Revitalization Strategy.
(b) It is the intention of Borough Council to implement the revitalization strategy. The Borough believes that certain additional commercial development adjacent to the existing TC Town Center District is a highly desirable component of that plan. Therefore, a new district, to be called IN–C Institutional Commercial District (hereinafter referred to as the “Overlay District”) is hereby created as a portion of the existing IN Institutional District. The intent is to preserve the IN Institutional District zoning in this district while specifically permitting commercial development consistent with the Borough’s revitalization plan.
(c) It is the intention of Borough Council that any commercial development in the Overlay District should extend and enhance the character of the existing townscape design concepts within the adjacent TC Town Center District. The design of the various structures, including their materials and proportions and the vertical and horizontal subdivision of their masses shall be a continuation of and compatible with the existing townscape along South Chester Road between Rutgers and Park Avenues.
(d) It is further the intention of Borough Council to permit commercial development only to the extent that such development and related site improvements, including pedestrian and traffic circulation, parking, hard and soft landscaping, lighting and heights of all the structures, are a continuation of and compatible with the existing townscape and serve as a link between the town center and the college.
(e) It is further the intention of Borough Council that any commercial development be able to accommodate future possible enlargement and enhancement of existing pedestrian access between the north and south parts of the College campus and between the campus and the Swarthmore Town Center.
(f) It is further the intention of Borough Council that any commercial development: 1) provide adequate parking for the users of the commercial facilities; 2) provide for the replacement of all public parking which might be displaced because of any commercial development; and 3) share available public parking in the Town Center by making reasonable use of underutilized public metered parking, while not imposing any additional burden on residential streets in the Borough.
(Ord. 990. Passed 6-13-05; Ord. 1049. Passed 5-14-12; Ord. 1056. Passed 11-12-13.)