Serve the shopping needs of the Township's population growth.

Provide regulations to minimize conflicts between shopping center development and adjacent residential neighborhoods.

Provide for the logical development of appropriately located larger tracts.

Provide locations for shopping centers so as to avoid detrimental competition with existing commercial uses and shopping centers within both the Township and in adjacent municipalities.

Provide regulations to avoid congestion and hazardous traffic conditions as a result of shopping center development.

Provide varying regulations appropriate for the development of neighborhood-scale shopping centers and for the development of community-scale shopping centers.

Convenience store and retail establishment for the sale of dry goods, variety merchandise, clothing, food, beverages, flowers, plants, drugs, furnishings, or other household supplies, sale and repair of jewelry, clocks, optical goods, or musical instruments, or scientific or professional instruments, and similar goods. No drive-through facilities shall be permitted.

Restaurant, provided that quick-service restaurants shall not be permitted.

Retail service shop, including but not limited to bakery, custom tailoring shop, household appliance repair shop, provided that a minimum of 30% of a shop used for such purpose is devoted to customer use and that such area is completely separated from any area devoted to a processing activity by a wall or partition.

Personal service shop, including but not limited to hairdresser, barbershop, shoe repair, dry-cleaning establishment, provided that any dry-cleaning establishment shall be a nonflammable type of operation and that a minimum of 30% of a shop used for such purpose shall be devoted to customer use.

Business or professional office; studio.

Bank or financial institution.

Automatic self-service laundry.

Indoor place of amusement including coin-operated amusement machine establishment (consisting of more than three machines), but excluding theater for motion-picture or stage productions or assembly hall.

Post office.

Passenger station for public transportation.

Municipal building.

Outdoor dining areas shall be permitted as an accessory use to a restaurant pursuant to the provisions of § 230-16E.

Drive-in banking facility.

Motor vehicle repair shop, provided said is an ancillary use to a retail establishment located in the primary building(s) of the shopping center.

Photographic film processing outlet.

Remote (automated) post office facility.

Any use of the same general character as those listed in Subsections A through D herein.

A building or group of buildings may be erected, altered, or used, and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the uses permitted in a neighborhood shopping center pursuant to § 230-107 herein. In addition, the following other uses may also be developed in a community-scale shopping center:

All satellite uses enumerated in § 230-108 herein may be allowed in a community-scale shopping a center. In addition, the following additional satellite uses may be developed in a community-scale shopping center, pursuant to the standards enumerated in § 230-114 herein:

Ownership. The tract of land to be developed shall be in one ownership, or shall be the subject of an application filed jointly by the owners of the entire tract, and it shall be agreed that the tract will be developed under single direction in accordance with an approved plan. Transfer of ownership prior to the commencement of construction shall render the development agreement required in Subsection D herein void. Said agreement shall then be renegotiable between the new owners and Township Council.

Sewer and water facilities. The tract of land shall be served by centralized water facilities and sanitary sewer facilities provided by a public utility.

Development plan. The application for development shall be accompanied by a plan, or plans, showing the detailed use of the entire tract, which plan or plans shall also comply with all requirements of Chapter 198, Subdivision and Land Development, and other applicable ordinances. The plan shall clearly designate the proposed use(s) of each area of the tract.

Development stages and permits. The development of a tract carried out in either a single phase or in stages, shall be executed in accordance with a development agreement. The owner, developer and Township shall enter into said agreement embodying all details regarding compliance with this article to assure the binding nature thereof on the overall tract and its development, which agreement shall be recorded with the final development plan. Included in the development agreement shall be a stipulation that any landscaping material required by this district and reflected on the landscape plan as required by § 230-31 herein, shall be replaced if it dies within one year of initial planting.

Minimum tract size: five acres.

Minimum tract width measured at the ultimate right-of-way line: 300 feet.

Height: all buildings shall comply with the regulations as contained in Article V, Performance Standards.

Maximum building coverage (includes primary and satellite uses): 25% of the developable area of each lot may be occupied by buildings.

Minimum area of vegetative cover: 20% (exclusive of parking lot landscaping pursuant to § 230-115C and D).

Minimum building setbacks.

Minimum parking setbacks.

Minimum distance between buildings or building groups (all structures connected by common roof lines or covered walkways shall be considered as one building): 25 feet.

A market area study shall be prepared justifying the need for a shopping center of the magnitude proposed. Said study shall be prepared by a qualified professional(s) and shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:

The site development requirements enumerated in § 230-113 herein shall be met for any proposed community-scale shopping center.

Minimum tract size: 10 acres.

Minimum tract width measured at the ultimate right-of-way line: 500 feet.

Maximum building height: all buildings shall comply with the regulations as contained in Article V, Performance Standards.

Maximum building coverage (includes primary and satellite uses): 25% of the developable area of each lot may be occupied by buildings.

Minimum area of vegetative cover: 20% (exclusive of parking lot landscaping pursuant to § 230-115C and D).

Minimum building setbacks.

Minimum parking setbacks.

Minimum distance between buildings or building groups: the provisions of § 230-111H shall apply.

No more than 10% of the total allowable building coverage pursuant to §§ 230-111D and 230-113D herein shall be devoted to satellite uses.

To determine the maximum number of satellite uses permitted as part of any shopping center development, a ratio of the number of satellite uses to the size of the tract (in acres) must be computed. Said ratio shall not exceed two to five; provided, however, the maximum number of satellite uses shall not exceed five, regardless of the size of the tract.

In addition to the parking provisions contained in § 230-115 herein, the following parking and circulation requirements shall pertain to satellite uses:

The requirements contained in Article V shall apply to all parking areas constructed pursuant to this article.

For double parking bays, 15% of the area of each parking space may be maintained in grass, provided that the grass is separated from the paved area by a suitable curb or bumper.

For purposes of traffic channelization, precluding parking of vehicles in unwanted areas, and reduction of visual monotony, a minimum of 10% of all parking areas shall be devoted to raised interior parking lot landscaped islands, exclusive of any other landscaping or buffering requirements and exclusive of the grass area permitted under Subsection B herein. The landscaping required by this section shall be installed in such manner that no individual landscaped area shall contain less than 200 square feet; the minimum horizontal dimension of any such area shall be 10 feet.

Pedestrian access. Within all parking areas, signing and pavement markings or pavement differentiation shall be provided indicating paths of heavy pedestrian traffic. Wherever such paths cross landscaped islands, a break in the landscaping shall be provided. Curb cuts shall also be provided as necessary to allow access by elderly and the physically handicapped.

Bicycle storage. Area(s) for the storage of bicycles, including a rack(s) or other permanently affixed storage device(s), shall be provided. Such area(s) shall be so placed as to be out of areas of heavy traffic and in such a way that pedestrian travel is not impaired.

Parking for the physically disabled: the applicable provisions of Article V shall apply.

Off-street loading. The requirements contained in Article V, § 230-35, shall apply.

Accessways leading onto a public street shall be built to the dimensional requirements specified in Chapter 198, Subdivision and Land Development.

For any tract used for development pursuant to this district, no more than two points of access may be permitted onto each street on which the lot(s) abuts.

Tracts of land to be developed pursuant to this article which front onto two streets shall not have two points of access onto one street and none on the other, unless the placement of an access point onto the other street would create a traffic hazard or unduly impact existing residential development as documented in the traffic impact statement prepared pursuant to § 230-117 herein. Two points of access onto one street shall also be permitted if one or two points of access are provided onto the other street. In addition, where the tract fronts onto two streets of differing classification (according to Chapter 198, Subdivision and Land Development), the developer may elect to place two points of access on the street of lesser classification, with none on the other fronting street, if so doing would not create a hazardous traffic situation or unduly impact existing residential development as confirmed in the Traffic Impact Statement prepared pursuant to § 230-117 herein.

Accessways shall be spaced a minimum of 100 feet on center on any tract used for development pursuant to this district. In addition, accessways shall be spaced a minimum of 100 feet on center from existing accessways on adjacent properties whenever possible. When this is not feasible, common drives shall be encouraged.

The edge of any accessway shall not be located closer than 50 feet to any lot used for residential purposes.

Street furniture, lighting standards, signs and other accessory items installed as part of a shopping center development shall be of compatible materials, scale, and design.

Any building facade which faces a patron parking area, street, or other space used or viewed by the public, shall be provided with decorative facade treatment, architecturally integrated with all other building facades.

Refuse areas shall be centrally located for the joint use of tenants in the shopping center. A maximum of one refuse area shall be permitted for each 10,000 square feet of gross leasable area or fraction thereof, provided, however, that an individual tenant(s) with 10,000 square feet or more of gross leasable area must be provided with at least one individual refuse area(s).

Every satellite use may be provided with an individual refuse area.

Conditional use application.

Public hearing. Prior to deciding to approve or deny an application for the proposed conditional use, Township Council shall hold a public hearing thereon pursuant to public notice. At least 45 days prior to the date of the hearing, one copy of the development proposal and all additional submitted information shall be transmitted to the Township Planning Commission and one to the Montgomery County Planning Commission together with a request that these agencies submit recommendations regarding said use.