(1) Use Regulations Without Certificate. The specific
uses permitted in this district, which shall be wholly within a completely
enclosed building, unless otherwise specified, shall be the erection,
construction, alteration or use of buildings for the following sales and/or
services on the premises, separately or in any
combination:
(a) automobile showrooms, to include the performance
indoors of incidental service and repairs to automobiles including clutch,
cylinder, differential, and transmission repairs and the inspections of
automobiles; provided, the same is licensed by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania;
(b) automobile repair shop (not including body and fender
work, or painting);
(c) automobile service station for the retail sale
of automobile fuels, lubricants, radiator fluids and accessories, and for the
performance indoors of incidental service and repairs to automobiles including
clutch, cylinder, differential or transmission repairs, incidental car washing
indoors in an area not to exceed 400 square feet, and the inspection of
automobiles; provided, the same is licensed by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania;
(d) boat, marine, and farm equipment sales, distributing
of liquids for human consumption, electrical appliances and fixtures, floor
coverings, florist merchandise, furniture, hardware, household appliances,
nursery and garden supplies, package paints, radio and television sets and
parts, tire stores, and trailers;
(e) bowling alley, business or
professional agencies, office or studio, club houses, lodges, fraternity houses,
dance studios, financial institutions, funeral parlors and post
office;
(f) sales, storage and installation of automobile seat covers,
glass, and mufflers;
(g) plumbing, heating, and electrical services,
including the accessory storage of materials, and incidental repair work using
hand tools only;
(h) hotels, as defined in §
14-102(29);
(i) municipal art galleries, municipal museums, or
municipal libraries;
(j) police and fire
stations;
(k) transportation terminals (except truck
terminals);
(l) water booster or sewer booster substations, telephone
exchange buildings, railroad passenger stations, electric transforming or gas
regulating substations;
(m) indoor theater;
(n) commercial
outdoor amusement parks, athletic and sports fields, outdoor swimming pools, and
day camps, golf courses to include golf driving range and miniature golf
courses;
(o) restaurant, cafe, soda or ice cream fountain, or catering,
including outdoor dining areas;
(p) accessory uses, customarily
incidental to any of the above permitted uses; provided, that the accessory use
does not occupy more than 25% of the gross floor area, and does not include open
air storage of materials, equipment or merchandise.
(2) Use Regulations
With Certificate. The following uses will be permitted in this district only if
a Zoning Board of Adjustment certificate, as hereinafter provided, is obtained,
and said use is conducted only in completely enclosed buildings, except (a) and
(d) below:
(a) open air theater, open air motion pictures, and other
open air entertainment;
(b) automobile body, fender and painting shop;
provided, that such service shop shall be conducted wholly in the same building
with and incidental to an automobile sales agency and showroom; provided
further, that no wall abutting a residential district shall have windows or
doors;
(c) buildings supplies;
(d) car washing establishment,
using mechanical equipment for the purpose of washing and/or polishing
automobiles and other vehicles; such Zoning Board of Adjustment certificate as
required in (2), above, shall only be issued where such use will have on the
premises: (1) a waiting area for incoming cars accessible to the entrance end of
the washing equipment, of at least 4,000 square feet, and (2) an area beyond the
exit end of the washing equipment, of at least 400 square feet, so situated as
to be usable for the hand finishing of the washing process;
(e) a use
of the same general character as (a) through (d), above, when authorized by a
Zoning Board of Adjustment certificate;
(f) accessory uses, not
otherwise prohibited, customarily incidental to any permitted principal
use.
(3) Prohibited Uses. All uses, except those specified in (1) and
(2) above, including manufacturing uses, are prohibited in this
district.
(4) Required Conditions.
(a) All business, service,
or processing except those specifically exempted in (2)(a) and (d) shall be
conducted wholly within a completely enclosed building, except for automobile
parking, the same of automotive fuel, lubricants, accessories, and radiator
fluids at service stations, outdoor dining area, and outdoor selling area
located contiguous to the building and not exceeding an area equal to 5% of the
sum for the aggregate floor area of all floors of the building erected on the
premises; provided, any other outdoor accessory use shall be permitted only by a
Zoning Board of Adjustment certificate.
(b) There shall be provided on
the same lot off-street parking spaces for automobiles in accordance with the
following requirements:
(.1) The total parking area, including access
drives and aisles, shall be equal to not less than the sum of the aggregate
floor area of all floors of the structure above the first floor plus twice the
aggregate floor area of the first floor of the structure. For purposes of this
computation, the aggregate floor area shall be measured between the interior
sides of exterior walls, including stairways, halls, closets, and similar
areas.
(.2) Provisions of Section 14-1403 (2), (3), and (4) of this
Title are applicable.
(5) Area Regulations.
(a) Minimum Area
and Frontage. The minimum area shall be 45,000 square feet, and said area shall
have frontage on at least three streets, one of which shall be a minimum of 70
feet in width, and on which said area shall have a minimum frontage of 150 feet
in length.
(b) Occupied Area. Not more than 50% of the lot shall be
occupied by buildings; provided that no building, storage of any kind, or
parking of vehicles or equipment shall be permitted within 25 feet of any lot
line abutting a residential district.
(c) Open Area. The open area
shall consist of any space not occupied by buildings and shall not total less
than 50% of the lot area; provided that, where this district abuts a residential
district, a green belt shall be planted and maintained in an area at least 10
feet in depth from any such abutting residential district, shall extend in
length along the entire lot line abutting said residential district, and shall
contain evergreens, shrubbery, and/or trees, at least four feet in
height.
(d) Floor Area. The gross floor area shall not exceed an area
equal to 150% of the area of the lot.
(e) Building Set-back Line. No
building set-back line shall be required, subject to the provisions of §
14-107 of this Title.
(f) Yards. No front, side, or rear yards shall be
required, however, any building not erected on lot lines shall be erected at
least five feet from said lot lines (subject to Section 14-306.1(5)(b) and
(c)).
(6) Height Regulations.
(a) The maximum height of any
structure shall be 35 feet above the average ground level at the base of the
structure, but in no case over three stories (subject to provisions of §
14-313(1)
[157]).
(7) Off-street
Loading. Off-street loading spaces shall be provided in accordance with Chapter
14-1400 of this Title.
(8) Signs. Signs accessory to uses on the
premises shall be permitted in this district only under the following
conditions:
(a) One sign shall be permitted on each building and it
shall not exceed 3 square feet for each linear foot of building facing any and
only one street, shall be constructed facing only on that street designated for
the above computation, and may be (1) attached flat against the wall of the
building or marquee or, (2) upon the roof of a marquee, and may project above
the roof or wall coping, but may not extend beyond the building walls. In the
case of multiple users in one building, the locations and numbers of signs
totaling not more than the allowable sign area as above set forth may be
authorized by a certificate issued from the Zoning Board of
Adjustment.
(b) Signs may be animated or illuminated; provided, the
illumination shall not create glare upon the surrounding
areas;
(c) Signs with flashing or intermittent illumination shall not
be erected within 150 feet of any Residential District, nor facing any
Residential District within 300 feet of the sign;
(d) Signs which
revolve shall be prohibited;
(e) Any revolving device which causes
intermittent flashes of light to be projected shall be prohibited.