Elizabeth Township Allegheny County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
B-2 HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
§ 1100 Purpose.
The purpose of this district is to provide for commercial uses that depend on access to an arterial highway, that may generate truck and significant vehicular traffic and that may not be compatible with residential neighborhoods.
§ 1101 Authorized Uses.
In the B-2, Highway Commercial District, only the following uses are authorized:
A.
Permitted Uses.
(1)
Principal Uses.
(a)
Any permitted principal use authorized in the B-1 District.
(b)
Apparel and accessories.
(c)
Appliance, home furnishing store.
(d)
Commercial school.
(e)
Funeral home.
(f)
Garden center.
(g)
General merchandise store.
(h)
High technology industries.
(i)
Light manufacturing.
(j)
Motel or hotel.
(k)
Public utility building or structure.
(l)
Research and development.
(m)
Vehicle accessories sales and installation.
(n)
Vehicle rental, sales and service.
(2)
Accessory Uses.
(a)
Drive-through facilities, subject to § 1506.
(b)
Fences, subject to § 1503.
(c)
No-impact home-based business or home occupation in a dwelling which is a nonconforming use.
(d)
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XVI.
(e)
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use, conditional use or use by special exception authorized in this District.
(f)
Signs, subject to Article XVII.
(g)
Temporary construction trailer or sales office, subject to § 1507.
B.
Conditional Uses.
(1)
Principal Uses.
(a)
Adult business, subject to § 1403.1.
(b)
Alternative housing and educational facilities for nonviolent offenders, subject to § 1403.2.
(c)
Billboards, subject to § 1403.4.
(d)
Car wash, subject to § 1403.6.
(e)
Commercial indoor recreation, subject to § 1403.9.
(f)
Commercial outdoor recreation, subject to § 1403.9.
(g)
Eating and drinking establishments, subject to § 1403.15.
(h)
Fire and emergency medical facilities, subject to § 1403.8.
(i)
Methadone clinic, subject to § 1403.29.
(j)
Mini-warehouses or self-storage facilities, subject to § 1403.32.
(k)
Oil and gas drilling, subject to § 1403.36.
(l)
Planned shopping center, subject to § 1403.38.
(m)
Private club, subject to § 1403.39.
(n)
Vehicle repair garage, subject to § 1403.49.
§ 1102 Area and Bulk Regulations.
In the B-2, Highway Commercial District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article XIV.
§ 1103 Parking and Loading.
See Article XVI.
§ 1104 Signs.
See Article XVII.
§ 1105 Buffer Areas and Landscaping.
See § 1502.
§ 1106 Storage.
See § 1509.