The purpose of this district is to provide freestanding retail, commercial and small office buildings for neighborhoods and/or communities in areas directly accessible by an arterial street. The district is intended to meet the shopping and service needs of the residents of the township, adjacent and nearby communities and transients. It is intended that all buildings be constructed in a detached fashion.

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   Land, buildings or premises shall be used by right for only one or more of the following uses:

   (a)   Offices;

   (b)   Medical or dental office or clinic;

   (c)   Retail store, including general merchandise store, hardware, pharmacy or variety store, not including retail sale of automobiles, trucks and heavy equipment;

   (d)   Food store, including grocery, delicatessen, convenience store or supermarket, liquor store, bakery sales or ice cream shop;

   (e)   Restaurant, including sit down or fast food restaurant; and

   (f)   Bank or financial institution.

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   The following uses shall be permitted by conditional use, subject to the provisions of Chapters 1290 and the conditions and standards noted below:

   (a)   Child day care centers and adult day care center, subject to §§ 1290.05 and 1290.09, respectively;

   (b)   Health club or spa;

   (c)   Hotel, subject to § 1277.07; and

   (d)   Personal service shop, including barber or beautician, shoe repair, tailor or similar personal service.

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   Any accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses and not detrimental to the neighborhood.

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   Unless specifically stated otherwise, the following shall be minimum requirements:

 

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   (a)   Buffer area.

      (1)   Where properties in this district abut a residential district or use, a buffer area shall be provided on the property zoned FSB Freestanding Business District where it abuts the residential district or use. Such buffer area shall be provided in accordance with § 1276.08 and perpetually maintained by the owner.

      (2)   Buildings in a freestanding detached fashion shall have a minimum floor area of 2,500 square feet.

   (b)   Screening. There shall be a planted visual screen, as defined in § 1250.07, within the buffer zone required in subsection (a) above. This planted screen shall be not less than six feet high at the time of planting.

   (c)   Landscaping.

      (1)   Any part or portion of a site which is not used for buildings, other structures, parking or loading spaces and aisles, sidewalk and designated storage areas shall be planted with an all-season cover and shall be landscaped according to an overall plan. Maximum advantage shall be taken of existing natural plantings in landscaping.

      (2)   All landscaping and screening requirements in § 1284.08 relating to the screening and landscaping of parking areas shall be complied with.

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   (a)   Each building shall be individually designed and constructed as a freestanding building.

   (b)   Minimum distance between buildings shall be 35 feet.

   (c)   Maximum height shall be 35 feet or two stories except that the maximum height of a hotel may be 45 feet or four stories.

   (d)   Retail sales leasing shall have a minimum of 1,000 square feet of floor area.

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   Parking and loading requirements shall be as required in Chapter 1284, but in no case shall it be necessary for the parking rate to exceed six spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area for the entire tract.

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   Signs shall be as required in Chapter 1282.

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   Performance standards shall be as required in Chapter 1280.

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   For site plan review requirements, see the township subdivision regulations.

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