Glenolden City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IV
Regulations for Neighborhood Business District B-1
§ 162-15 Applicability.
In a Neighborhood Business District, the following regulations shall apply.
§ 162-16 Permitted uses.
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and no other, provided that no merchandise or equipment shall be sold, displayed or stored on a public sidewalk or right-of-way:
A.
Hotel or motel.
B.
Offices, post office, banks or other financial institutions.
C.
Bakeries, confectioners, ice cream shops, excluding lunch wagons, automobiles and other similar vehicles from which food is sold.
D.
Nurseries, greenhouses and flower shops.
E.
Jewelers, opticians, music stores and repair shops for jewelry, watches, musical instruments, clocks or optical goods.
F.
Barbershops, beauty parlors, hairdressing or manicuring establishments.
G.
Furniture and household appliances.
H.
Neighborhood grocery store for the retail sale of food products and normal household supplies.
I.
Telephone or utility office.
J.
Laundry, self-service launderette; tailoring, dressmaking or shoe repairing.
K.
Clothing or haberdashery.
L.
Funeral parlor.
M.
Stationers, news dealers, pharmacists, drugstores.
N.
The following uses when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board as a special exception in accordance with the standards set forth in § 162-61:
(1)
Any use substantially similar to the above-enumerated uses.
(2)
Restaurant.
(3)
Sale or minor repair of motor vehicles, car wash and motor vehicle service station, provided that no pump or other filling service device shall be erected within 20 feet of the street line; that all washing and/or repair work is done and all services are conducted within an enclosed building; and that the parking and/or storage of any motor vehicle, other than a currently licensed and inspected vehicle, is prohibited.
§ 162-17 Area regulations.
A.
Minimum lot size. The minimum lot size shall be 5,000 square feet.
B.
Lot coverage. Building area may not exceed 40% of the lot area. Parking, driveways, sidewalks and other paved areas may not exceed 40% of the lot area. Minimum of 20% of the lot area shall be kept in grass and planted areas.
C.
Minimum width. The minimum lot width shall be 50 feet.
D.
Front yard. No building shall be erected, constructed or maintained closer than 25 feet to the street line.
E.
Side yards. A building shall have at least one side yard not less than 10 feet.
F.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot which shall have a depth of not less than 15 feet.
G.
Garages and other accessory buildings. The above dimensional and area regulations shall apply to all buildings, except for an accessory building(s) as defined herein, which shall have at least one side yard not less than three feet and a rear yard which shall have a depth of not less than three feet. All garages must conform to the open space requirement and may not exceed 600 square feet. Maximum height for a garage with an A-frame roof shall be 15 feet and 10 feet for a flat roof. All other accessory buildings must conform to the open space requirement and may not exceed 200 square feet.
[Added 1-9-1992 by Ord. No. 979, approved 1-9-1992; amended 3-9-1995 by Ord. No. 1017, approved 3-9-1995]
§ 162-18 Height regulations.
No building or structure shall exceed 35 feet in height.
§ 162-19 Parking.
Parking spaces shall be provided as required by § 162-54.
§ 162-20 Design standards.
Design standards shall conform to the requirements of § 162-53.
§ 162-21 Signs.
Signs shall conform to the requirements of § 162-45.