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East Vincent Township
City Zoning Code

PART 10

NC - NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT

§ 27-1001 Purpose.

[Ord. 162, 6/12/2002, § 1000]
In addition to the general goals listed in the Statement Community Development Objectives (§ 27-106), it is the intent of the NC - Neighborhood Commercial District to provide for the development of a village center offering shopping, personal services, and offices to serve the limited basic needs of the adjacent residential areas and remain compatible with a village setting and the immediate community.

§ 27-1002 Use Regulations.

[Ord. 162, 6/12/2002, § 1001]
1. 
Uses by Right. In the NC - Neighborhood Commercial District, a building may be erected, altered, or used, and a lot or premises may be used, by right, for any of the following purposes, provided there is no more than one principal use on a single lot, except as provided in Subsection 1F below, and provided that no use(s) permitted by right shall occupy more than 3,500 gross square feet on any one floor, except those uses permitted in accordance with Subsections 1G and 1I below:
A. 
Retail store except adult-oriented use, designed primarily to provide goods to the immediate community such as grocery and food products, flowers, clothing, music, hardware, newspaper and magazines, drugs and variety items, and provided that no merchandise or other material shall be displayed within any required setback or yard area.
B. 
Personal service establishments including shoe shine and repair, tailor, dressmaker, barber and beauty shop, but excluding adult-oriented use.
C. 
Professional or business offices including banks and financial establishments, real estate and insurance offices, medical clinics, and doctor's and dentist's offices.
D. 
Eating and drinking establishments excluding outdoor counter, drive through or curb service.
E. 
Professional studios including: artists and photographers, music or dance school for individual or group instruction.
F. 
Residential units accessory to a principal use, provided that the building containing such units also contains a commercial use on the first floor, and that the dwelling units are located on the upper floors of the building with separate means of access.
G. 
The following uses shall be permitted by right where occupying in excess of 3,500 square feet on any one floor:
(1) 
Government and semi-public offices serving the public, including a library, fire station, post office, municipal building, community or civic center buildings or use; library, fire station, post office, municipal building, community or civic center buildings or use.
(2) 
Municipal use.
(3) 
Public schools.
H. 
Single-family detached and two-family dwellings.
I. 
Forestry, where conducted in compliance with the provisions of § 22-429.2 of the East Vincent Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance
2. 
Uses by Special Exception. Within the NC - Neighborhood Commercial District, the following uses shall be permitted when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with Part 20:
A. 
Churches, including parish houses, Sunday school buildings and similarly related uses.
B. 
Funeral homes and mortuaries.
C. 
Any single use permitted by right exceeding 3,500 square feet of gross floor area on any one floor, except as provided in Subsection 1G above.
D. 
Coin-operated laundromat, provided adequate water and sewage service is provided.
E. 
Day care facility as per § 27-802.2C(1) - (3).
F. 
Tourist home.
3. 
Conditional Uses. Within the NC - Neighborhood Commercial District, the following uses shall be permitted when approved by the Board of Supervisors as a conditional use authorized, subject to the conditions and procedures set forth in Part 19:
A. 
Gasoline service station or quick-service food store, provided in accordance with § 27-1613.
B. 
More than one principal use on a single lot or tract, including any use otherwise permitted by right, special exception, and/or conditional use in the NC District. Any use otherwise permitted by special exception may be permitted as a condition of conditional use approval for more than one principal use without requiring separate application for special exception.
C. 
Telecommunication facilities on tall structures as provided in § 27-1606B(2) and subject to full compliance with the provisions of § 27-1606.
D. 
Accessory Uses. The following accessory uses shall be permitted within the NC - Neighborhood Commercial District, where in compliance with all applicable provisions of Part 16 and provided that they shall be incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses:
(1) 
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses, when located on the same lot.

§ 27-1003 Area and Bulk Regulations.

[Ord. 162, 6/12/2002, § 1002]
1. 
The following regulations shall be observed for all uses:
A. 
Minimum lot size: one acre.
B. 
Minimum lot width at street line: 100 feet.
C. 
Maximum impervious cover: 40%.
D. 
Minimum front yard: 35 feet.
E. 
Minimum side yard: 15 feet.
F. 
Maximum rear yard: 30 feet.
G. 
Maximum building height: 35 feet.

§ 27-1004 Design Standards.

[Ord. 162, 6/12/2002, § 1003]
1. 
All uses shall comply with the following design standards:
A. 
Access and Highway Frontage. As required by § 27-1708 of this chapter.
B. 
Interior Circulation and Emergency Access. As required by § 27-1708 of this chapter.
C. 
Loading and Unloading. As required by § 27-1711 of this chapter.
D. 
Parking. As required by § 27-1709 of this chapter.
E. 
Storage. As required by § 27-1603 of this chapter.
F. 
Screening and Landscaping. As required by §§ 27-1712 and 27-1713 of this chapter.
G. 
Lighting. As required by § 27-1715 of this chapter.
H. 
Visibility at Intersections. As required by § 27-1702 of this chapter.
I. 
Signs. As required by § 27-1717 of this chapter.
2. 
In addition, the Township at its sole discretion may require compliance with the additional design standards of § 27-1104 as applicable.