Darby City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
HC Highway Commercial District
§ 153-48 District purposes.
The purposes of this district are to provide for a wide range of highway-oriented retail, service and automobile-related business activities which ordinarily require main highway locations and serve regional as well as local customers and to provide sufficient space for automobile-related merchandising, including the provision of off-street parking facilities. Provisions are also included to allow and regulate office uses and special uses such as day-care centers.
§ 153-49 Uses permitted by right.
Land, buildings or premises shall be used by right for only one or more of the following uses:
A.
All uses permitted by right or by special exception in the CBD Central Business District.
B.
Convenience store.
C.
Grocery store or supermarket.
D.
Shopping center.
E.
Beverage distributor.
F.
Catering establishment.
G.
Laundry and dry-cleaning establishment or laundromat.
H.
Medical or dental clinic or office.
I.
Dance studio, martial arts school or other private instructional studio or school.
J.
Movie theater or other indoor amusement or recreational use such as a bowling alley, children and family fun center, or other similar use; provided, however, that said facility is supervised by at least one employee during all hours that the facility is open for business.
K.
Veterinarian, animal hospital, animal grooming establishment, or animal boarding house.
L.
Tradesman's shops such as those for electricians, carpenters, plumbers, cabinetry makers or similar establishments including a retail outlet or showroom.
M.
Automobile sales, leasing, and repair and service establishments, excluding auto body repair and painting businesses.
N.
Private, commercial educational institution or establishment such as a business or trade school.
P.
Lodge halls, clubhouses and associated facilities, including auditoriums for private or public use, subject to the provisions of § 153-134.
Q.
Drive-through restaurant or bank or similar drive-through use.
R.
Municipally owned public surface parking lot.
S.
Public utility.
§ 153-50 Uses permitted by special exception.
The following uses shall be permitted by special exception only, subject to the applicable provisions of Articles XVII and XXI:
A.
Wholesale establishments including retail showroom and display space.
F.
Public parking lot or deck as principal use on a lot.
G.
Standard collection facility for recycling.
H.
Multiple drive-through facilities for restaurants and banks, provided that there is room for four automobiles for each stacking lane and that access for vehicular storage and stacking is maintained in such a manner so as not to interfere with the safe movement of on- and off-site vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
§ 153-51 Conditional uses.
Daycare center or group daycare home, subject to § 153-146B.
§ 153-52 Accessory uses.
A.
All accessory uses permitted in the CBD Central Business District.
B.
Wireless communications antenna attached to an existing structure, subject to the provisions of § 153-146A.
C.
Outdoor storage, provided that the area is located in the rear or side yard and is completely screened by a solid fence not less than six feet in height.
D.
Any accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the uses permitted above and not detrimental to the neighborhood.
§ 153-53 Area and bulk regulations.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, the following shall be minimum requirements:
A.
B.
Shopping centers. Developments in shopping centers may consist of attached establishments or detached, individual establishments. The following shall be minimum requirements unless specifically stated otherwise: