Hatboro City Zoning Code
PART 13
HB HIGHWAY BUSINESS DISTRICT
§ 27-1301 Declaration of Legislative Intent.
[Ord. 761, 8/26/1985, § 1300]
In expansion of the "Declaration of Legislative Intent" contained in § 27-103 of this chapter and the "Community Development Objectives" contained in § 27-105 of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this Part with respect to HB Highway Business Districts to establish reasonable standards of performance for the development of highway oriented commercial uses in those locations which provide for superior highway access that is a necessary prerequisite for such uses. In addition, it is the intent of this Part to provide standards which will ensure that such higher density traffic generating commercial uses will not have a negative impact on any abutting residential neighborhoods in the Borough.
§ 27-1302 Use Regulations.
[Ord. 761, 8/26/1985, § 1301]
1.
In an HB Highway Business District, a building or combination of buildings may be erected, altered, or used, and a lot or premises may be used or occupied for any of the following uses and no other:
A.
Services to the Traveling Public. Gasoline service stations, drive-in and drive-through restaurants, hotels, motels; provided, that no entrance or exit shall be located within 250 feet of a property used for a school, church, hospital, playfield, playground, park, recreation area, or library.
B.
Commercial Recreation. Bowling alleys, skating rinks, miniature golf course, theaters.
C.
Automotive and Allied Sales and Services. Service stations, repair shops, used car and truck sales, automotive parts and accessories, new car and truck sales, boat and marine sales, trailer sales, heavy equipment and/or farm implement sales, bicycle and motorcycle shops.
D.
Miscellaneous Sales. Heating and plumbing shops, building material sales (including lumberyard), monument sales, nurseries, greenhouses, and garden stores.
E.
Any use of the same general character as any of the above permitted uses, when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board; provided, that such use shall be permitted subject to such reasonable restrictions as the Zoning Hearing Board may determine; and, further provided, that no trade or business shall be permitted which is either hazardous or noxious.
F.
Trailer camp and motor home camp.
§ 27-1303 Area, Width, and Yard Regulations.
[Ord. 761, 8/26/1985, § 1302]
1.
The following area, width and yard regulations shall apply in the HB Highway Business District:
A.
Lot Area. A lot area of not less than 6,000 square feet shall be provided for every use or group of uses permitted in the HB Highway Business District.
B.
Width. A lot width at the right-of-way line of not less than 70 feet shall be provided.
C.
Coverage. Not more than 50% of the area of each lot may be occupied by buildings. Coverage includes accessory use buildings.
D.
Front Yard. A front yard of not less than 40 feet measured from the right-of-way line to the building foundation wall nearest to the right-of-way line; provided, that parking shall not be permitted closer than 10 feet to any right-of-way line. A front yard shall be that yard that extends from the right-of-way line to the nearest wall of the principal building.
E.
Rear Yard. A rear yard of not less than 25 feet measured from the building foundation wall at the nearest point to the rear property line. A rear yard is that yard directly opposite the front yard.
§ 27-1304 Height Regulations.
[Ord. 761, 8/26/1985, § 1303]
No building shall exceed 35 feet in height, except as provided for in § 27-413 of this chapter.
§ 27-1305 Development Regulations.
[Ord. 761, 8/26/1985, § 1304]
1.
The following additional development regulations shall apply in the HB Highway Business District:
A.
No building may be erected, altered or used for any of the uses permitted in § 27-1302 herein that has a usable first floor area of less than 1,500 square feet all on the same level. Such level shall be at or within five feet above the mean level of the curb of the street upon which the building fronts.
B.
No building may be erected, altered, or used for any of the uses permitted in § 27-1302 herein, having a usable width of less than 19 feet. Width shall be the distance measured parallel to the building line.
C.
No building containing residential uses shall provide less than 15 feet of clear space between any window of a habitable room and a property line or building wall.
D.
In order to minimize traffic congestion and hazard and to encourage the appropriate development of highway frontage:
(1)
No parking lot or area for off-street parking or for the storage of motor vehicles shall abut directly upon a street or highway. Each parking or storage area shall be separated from a street or highway by a raised curb, planting strip, wall, or other suitable barrier against unchanneled vehicular entrance or exit, except for necessary accessways or driveways.
(2)
Each separate use, or group of buildings, constructed as part of an integrated plan shall have not more than two accessways to any one street or highway, and, where practicable, access to parking areas shall be provided by a common service driveway or minor street in order to avoid direct access on a major street or highway.
E.
Buffer Area. Any highway business development within an HB Highway Business District shall have a permanent landscaped planting area of at least 15 feet in depth designed for screening from view any residential, office or industrial uses which adjoin the highway business development.