Aberdeen Township City Zoning Code
§ 25-4.5
"NC" Neighborhood Commercial.
a.
Purpose. The purpose of the "NC" district is to allow for small areas throughout the Township where small retail and service businesses may be located primarily for the convenience of the residents in the immediate neighborhood. Each designated zone is large enough to permit an expansion of these convenience centers in anticipation of continued population growth and increased demand for the goods and services. It is intended that the addition of more buildings in these areas be designed to enhance and improve the centers by insuring that an adequate traffic circulation plan evolves so that each building does not have its own access point(s) to the highway(s); that building appearances and signs are compatible; and that parking facilities are interrelated and capable of common usage where advisable.
b.
Principal Permitted Uses on the Land and in Buildings.
1.
Local retail activities including grocery stores having less than three thousand five hundred (3,500) square feet of gross floor area, meat markets, seafood markets, delicatessens, bakeries, drug stores, furniture stores, sporting goods shops, gift shops, hobby shops, book stores, clothing stores, shoe stores, hardware stores, package liquor stores, pet shops, stationery stores, fabric stores and florists.
2.
Local service activities including barber and beauty shops, tailors, dry cleaning and laundering operations, appliance repair shops, shoe repair shops and upholsterers.
3.
Restaurants, bars and taverns.
4.
Banks, including drive-in facilities.
5.
Professional offices limited to doctors, dentists, architects, engineers, lawyers, real estate agents, insurance brokers or similar professional uses.
7.
Public purpose uses.
c.
Accessory Uses Permitted.
3.
Garages to house delivery trucks or other commercial vehicles.
4.
Temporary construction trailers and one (1) sign not exceeding fifty (50) square feet, advertising the prime contractor, subcontractor(s), architect, financing institution and similar data for the period of construction beginning with the issuance of a building permit and concluding with the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy or one (1) year, whichever is less, provided said trailer and sign are on the site where construction is taking place and set back at least fifteen (15) feet from street and lot lines.
d.
Maximum Building Height. No building shall exceed thirty-five (35) feet in height except as allowed in subsection 25-6.5.
e.
Area and Yard Requirements.
Principal Building | |
Minimum | |
Lot area | 5,000 sq. ft. |
Lot frontage | 50 ft. |
Lot width | 50 ft. |
Lot depth | 80 ft. |
Side yard | In order to encourage an end product which provides parking, access and architectural continuity, even where development occurs piecemeal and with diverse ownership, buildings may be attached and may be built to the interior side line(s) in order to be attached. Attached buildings may include two (2) walls which must be keyed to each other. Where buildings are built to both side lot lines, the site plan shall be accompanied by appropriate legal material and plans showing properly located loading spaces and trash receptacles with permitted access across adjacent properties. If structures are not attached, the side yard(s) shall be ten (10) feet. |
Front yard | 10 ft. |
Rear yard | 20 ft. |
Accessory Building | |
Minimum | |
Distance to side line | 10 ft. |
Distance to rear line | 10 ft. |
Distance to other building | 15 ft. |
Maximum | |
Building coverage of principal building | 30% |
Building coverage of accessory building(s) | 10% |
f.
Gross Floor Area Minimum. Each principal building shall have a minimum gross floor area of one thousand (1,000) square feet.
g.
General Requirements.
1.
One (1) building may contain more than one (1) use, provided that the total building coverage of the combined uses does not exceed the maximum building coverage specified for this district and, further, that each use occupies a minimum gross floor area of five hundred (500) square feet.
2.
At least the first ten (10) feet adjacent to any street line shall not be used for parking and shall be planted and maintained in lawn area, ground cover, or landscaped with evergreen shrubbery and separated from the parking area by curbing.
3.
No merchandise or similar material shall be displayed outside beyond five (5) feet of any building. No waste or equipment shall be stored outside.
4.
All buildings shall be compatibly designed whether constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time. Where a side or front exterior wall in excess of fifty (50) feet is proposed, variations in design shall be used to provide attractiveness to the building which shall include changing roof lines and roof designs, altering building heights, varying facade treatment or staggering the building setback. Wherever practicable and feasible, buildings shall be oriented so as to promote the conservation of energy and the use of renewable energy resources. All building walls visible from any street or residential district shall be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes which shall not include unpainted or painted cinder block or concrete block walls.
5.
All areas not utilized for buildings, parking, loading, access aisles and driveways or pedestrian walkways shall be suitably landscaped with shrubs, ground cover, seeding or similar plantings and maintained in good condition, as outlined in the Aberdeen Township Maintenance Code.