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Elverson City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VII

C Commerce District

§ 290-701 Purpose.

The purpose of the (C) Commerce District is to provide areas in the Borough for a continued mix of commercial, office, limited industrial, and other employment activity as well as new office, commercial and limited industrial development. The C District is located where convenient access and services are available. The C District is intended to provide for larger-scale and automobile-oriented uses which may not be compatible with the historic village context within the adjacent TC District.

§ 290-702 Use regulations.

A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any one of the following principal purposes and no other.
A. 
Uses by right. The following uses are permitted by right in the Commerce District:
(1) 
Retail store.
(2) 
Office.
(3) 
Studio.
(4) 
Spa.
(5) 
Bank or financial institution.
(6) 
Institutional use.
(7) 
Personal service shop.
(8) 
Office of a contractor or craftsman.
(9) 
Restaurant.
(10) 
Hotel.
(11) 
Self-service laundry.
(12) 
Place of worship in accordance with § 290-1221.
(13) 
Private club or fraternal organization in accordance with § 290-1222.
(14) 
Agriculture in accordance with § 290-1205.
(15) 
Municipal use.
(16) 
Medical office or clinic, in accordance with § 290-1216.
(17) 
Forestry/timber harvesting, in accordance with § 290-1210.
(18) 
Non-tower wireless communications facilities, in accordance with § 290-1231.
(19) 
Public utility service structures and facilities, in accordance with § 290-1224.
(20) 
Accessory use in addition to a permitted principal use, in accordance with § 290-1202.
B. 
Conditional uses. The following uses are permitted when approved by the Borough Council as a conditional use, subject to the provisions of Article XVII:
(1) 
Multifamily dwellings. Multifamily development shall meet the area and bulk regulations stipulated for this district and the standards set forth in § 290-1219. Where the standards of this article differ from those stipulated in § 290-1219, this article shall apply.
(2) 
Mixed use, in accordance with § 290-1218. More than one principal use on a single lot or tract or within a single building or structure, including any use otherwise permitted by right or conditional use in the C District.
(3) 
Vehicle filling station, in accordance with § 290-1229.
(4) 
Vehicle sales, in accordance with § 290-1230.
(5) 
Vehicle repair, in accordance with § 290-1230.
(6) 
Educational use, in accordance with § 290-1209.
(7) 
Day-care center (commercial day care), in accordance with § 290-1207.
(8) 
Adult day care, in accordance with § 290-1207.
(9) 
Laboratory.
(10) 
Industrial use.
(11) 
Manufacturing use.
(12) 
Wholesaling, warehousing and distribution.
(13) 
Lumberyard.
(14) 
Kennel, in accordance with § 290-1215.
(15) 
Two-family dwelling.
(16) 
Single-family detached dwelling.
(17) 
Residential conversion, in accordance with § 290-1225.
(18) 
Supplemental dwelling unit, in accordance with § 290-1228.
(19) 
Mortuary.
(20) 
Crematory.
(21) 
Commercial recreational uses.
(22) 
Self-storage facility, in accordance with § 290-1227.
(23) 
Tower-based wireless communications facilities, in accordance with § 290-1231.
(24) 
Age-restricted retirement community, in accordance with the provisions of §§ 290-1204 and 290-1226.
(25) 
Site Responsive Residential Community Option, in accordance with § 290-1225.
(26) 
Group-care facility, in accordance with § 290-1211.
(27) 
Accessory use in addition to a permitted principal use, in accordance with § 290-1202.

§ 290-703 Area and bulk regulations.

Without Public Sewer
With Public Sewer
Minimum lot area
Commercial, industrial or proposed residential use
60,000 square feet
20,000 square feet
Residential use
20,000 square feet
7,000 square feet
Minimum lot width at building line
Commercial or industrial use
150 feet
100 feet
Proposed residential use
150 feet
90 feet
Residential use
150 feet
70 feet
Maximum building coverage
30%
50%
Maximum lot coverage
50%
70%
Front, rear and side yards, minimum
Industrial use
50 feet
50 feet
Residential use
20 feet
20 feet
Commercial and all other uses
30 feet
30 feet
Maximum building height
3 stories or 40 feet, whichever is less

§ 290-704 Design standards.

The following standards shall apply in the C District, where applicable:
A. 
Natural resources protection, Article X.
B. 
General regulations, Article XI.
C. 
Supplemental use regulations, Article XII.
D. 
Signs, Article XIII.
E. 
Off-street parking and loading, Article XIV.