Encourage a broad range of commercial uses in the Township that will serve residents and complement existing businesses.

Provide appropriate locations in the Township for large-scale commercial developments such as shopping centers, chain stores, and other uses that rely traditionally on vehicular access and parking.

Provide regulations to minimize congestion and ensure safe traffic conditions within and near the site.

Allow existing commercial properties to be appropriately redeveloped.

Encourage commercial development design that will reflect community identity and protect and enhance the character and property values of adjacent and nearby neighborhoods.

Provide safe and attractive access to shopping areas for pedestrians and provide for convenient use of public transit and bicycles.

Minimize the impacts of commercial parking and loading areas and buildings with mitigation measures such as landscaping, fencing, and buffering between shopping centers and neighboring districts.

Promote the principles of sustainable development by encouraging energy efficient buildings, environmentally sensitive site design, and walkable shopping districts.

Recruit innovative, high-quality commercial uses to enhance academic, artistic and classic historical assets and interests of the Township.

Use B-3: Bank or Financial Institution.

Use B-4: Bed-and-Breakfast.

Use B-5: Building Materials.

Use B-8: Commercial School.

Use B-9: Convenience Store.

Use B-10: Dry Cleaner (Dropoff only).

Use B-14: Funeral Home.

Use B-15: Hotels.

Use B-17: Mixed Use Buildings.

Use B-20: Personal Care Business

(Reserved)

Use B-21: Professional Service Business.

Use B-23: Rental Agencies (Vehicles).

Use B-25: Restaurant, to include outdoor dining facilities.

Use B-26: Retail Take-Out Foods.

Use B-28: Retail Store.

Use B-29: Supermarket, provided they have a minimum of 9,000 square feet of gross floor area.

Use B-31: Shopping Center.

Use B-32: Lifestyle Center.

Use B-36: Veterinary Clinic.

Use B-37: Motel.

Use D-4: Adult/Child Day Care.

Use E-1: Office Building.

Use E-2: Medical Clinic.

Use E-3: Medical Office.

Use E-5: Professional Services.

Use F-1: Amusement Arcade.

Use F-2: Athletic/Health Club.

Use F-4: Movie Theater.

Use F-6: Indoor Recreation.

Uses permitted by special exception:

The following accessory uses on the same lot which are with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses and as provided for in Article IV herein:

Use B-40: Short-Term Transient Lodging or Vacation Rental.

A mix of evergreen and deciduous trees with a mature height of at least 25 feet, planted in a staggered row along the property line.

A mix of evergreen and deciduous shrubs with a mature height of at least four feet, planted in a staggered row along the property line.

Ornamental plantings, grass, or other landscaping between property line buffer plantings and the closest building or curb.

Building massing. The massing of all buildings shall be de-emphasized in a variety of ways to enhance the visual quality of the development and contribute to a human-scaled environment at the street level. Large buildings shall include vertical and horizontal elements such as facade jogs, towers, balconies, bays, roof gables, and dormers to create the appearance of smaller-scale buildings. All buildings shall feature a proportionate and distinct base, middle, and top. Multistory buildings shall articulate the line between the ground and upper levels with a cornice, canopy, arcade, balcony, material change, or similar three-dimensional visual device.

Outdoor spaces around buildings. Buildings shall include elements such as courtyards, balconies, arcades, terraces, and plazas to create and interact with pedestrian-oriented outdoor spaces.

Facade articulation and composition. The facade(s) of buildings fronting on public streets and public parking areas shall include design elements to break up the appearance of blank walls, such as awnings, setbacks, window bays, and other vertical elements and openings. Setbacks shall be of a depth adequate to create visually distinct sections of the building. Individual storefronts shall be defined and articulated through distinct architectural elements, provided that all storefronts in a building or related group of buildings create an architecturally cohesive whole.

Building entrances. Principal buildings shall have clearly defined, highly visible customer entrances, accentuated with appropriate architectural features, lighting and landscaping elements. All public entrance doors shall be at least 50% transparent.

Windows. The ground floor of all building facades fronting on a public street or public parking area shall be at least 50% clear windows and doors. At least 50% of each window surface shall be fully transparent. Every storefront shall include at least one display window that allows customers to see activity and lights inside the building. Windows on upper floors or any upper tier of windows on a building's facade shall be vertically aligned with the location of windows and doors on the ground floor to the greatest extent.

Use B-31: Shopping Center and Use B-32: Lifestyle Center exceeding 100,000 square feet in gross leasable floor area shall also comply with the following standards:

Exterior lighting. All exterior lighting shall be designed to prevent glare onto adjacent properties. Pedestrian pathways outside of buildings need to be clearly marked and well lit. Lighting shall be sufficient for safety, security and identification without allowing light to trespass onto adjacent sites. The height of fixtures shall be 24 feet for parking lots and a maximum of 16 feet for pedestrian walkways.