The B-4 Regional Business District is established to accommodate the needs of a regionally based consumer population, within an aesthetically attractive and well integrated district. (Ord. 260-A-305. Passed 3-23-98; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)

   In the B-4 Regional Business District, no building or land shall be used and no building shall be erected except for one or more of the following specified uses, unless otherwise provided in this Zoning Code. These uses may be subject to additional standards as specified in Chapter 1293 Use Standards:

   (b)   Department stores and other retail businesses which exceed 50,000 square feet, and which offer the sale of merchandise, including such items as apparel, home furnishings, food, jewelry, pets, appliances, sporting goods and toys, and whose activities are completely conducted within an enclosed building.

   (c)   Office buildings exceeding 50,000 square feet which are used for medical, professional, administrative or research purposes.

   (d)   Full-service restaurants serving food and beverages and whose primary purpose is for the food or beverage to be consumed within the building. No “drive thru” windows shall be permitted.

   (e)   Indoor theaters, auditoriums, concert halls or other similar indoor places of assembly.

   (f)   Business and technical schools.

   (g)   Health and athletic clubs.

   (h)   Indoor commercial recreation uses, such as bowling alleys, indoor archery, indoor soccer, ice skating, roller skating, racquet clubs or similar establishments. However, billiard halls and coin or token-operated amusement arcades, and adult-use oriented businesses, are expressly prohibited.

   (i)   Hotels and motels, provided that units shall not be occupied as a place of permanent residence and a guest register shall be maintained by the hotel or motel.

   (j)   Banquet and catering halls.

   (k)   Internet sales establishments.

   (l)   Festivals. These shall meet the conditions set forth in Chapter 1293.

(Ord. 260-A-305. Passed 3-23-98; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)

   (a)   All business establishments shall be retail or service establishments dealing directly with consumers, unless otherwise provided herein. All goods produced on the premises shall be sold at retail on the premises where produced.

   (b)   All business, except for off-street parking, loading and unloading, and those open- air uses indicated as being permissible, shall be conducted within completely enclosed buildings.

   (c)   Direct access to each parcel must be from an internal marginal access road having a width of 30 feet, and not from the abutting thoroughfare. The Township Board may waive this requirement if such parallel access drive is impractical to construct and would serve no useful purpose.

   (d)   Curb cuts for vehicular ingress and/or egress from a marginal access road to a major or secondary thoroughfare shall be no closer than 500 feet from each other.

   (e)   In addition to the minimum landscape requirements specified in this Zoning Code, all landscaping must be consistent with any corridor landscape plan adopted by the Township.

   (f)   All buildings shall be constructed of brick or scored block on all sides.

   (g)   All buildings shall be designed to give the appearance of having sloped roofs with a pitch of not less than three/twelve, as reviewed from all public rights of way.

(Ord. 260-A-305. Passed 3-23-98; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)

   The following uses may be permitted within the B-4 District, subject to the requirements and conditions set forth in Chapter 1293:

   (a)   Automobile dealerships offering new car sales, subject to the conditions in 1293.01(a)(9). (Ord. 260-A-305. Passed 3-23-98.)

   (b)   Accessory or ancillary oil and gas uses and structures, subject to the conditions in 1293.01(a)(6). (Ord. 260-A-454. Passed 1-11-16; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)

   All lots and buildings shall meet the following dimensional requirements:

 

 

   FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF REGULATIONS CHART

   (a)   In the instance of a corner lot or parcel of land abutting more than one public thoroughfare, all frontages shall require the minimum front yard setback specified in the district. No off-street parking or maneuvering lanes shall be permitted within the 25 foot front yard setback measured from the proposed right-of-way line. Parking shall be permitted to occupy the remaining 50-foot setback.

   (b)   Off-street loading and unloading space shall be provided in the rear yard or an interior side yard, unless the side yard abuts a Residential District and shall, in no instance, be permitted in a front yard. In those instances where exterior side yards abut an Industrial District, loading and unloading may take place in the exterior side yard, except that in those instances where exterior side yards have a common relationship with an Industrial District across a public thoroughfare, loading and unloading may take place in the side yard when the setback is equal to at least 50 feet. Off-street loading space shall further meet the requirements of Chapter 1296. Where an alley exists or is provided at the rear of the buildings, the rear building setback and loading requirements may be computed from the centerline of such alley, but separately from the off-street parking requirements.

   (c)   Parking may be permitted to occupy the rear and side yard setbacks. However, a minimum landscaped setback of 20 feet shall be maintained from the rear and side property lines.

(Ord. 260-A-305. Passed 3-23-98; Ord. Passed 10-30-23.)