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Hummelstown City Zoning Code

PART 11

"C-G" COMMERCIAL DISTRICT: GENERAL

§ 27-1101 Purpose.

[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988]
The Commercial-General District is comprised of an area in the Borough providing for a wider range of retail commercial activity and related uses than that permitted in the Central Business District. The purpose of this District is to augment the Central Business District by providing for establishments generally requiring additional street frontage while also protecting the safe usage of streets.

§ 27-1102 Permitted Uses.

[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988; as amended by Ord. 89-7, 12/21/1989, § 2; by Ord. 95-10, 10/19/1995, §§ 3, 5, and by Ord. 2001-3, 10/18/2001, § 2]
1. 
All uses permitted in any Residential District and Central Business District (C-CBD) provided a residential use shall be permitted only when accessory and incidental to a permitted nonresidential use.
2. 
Bus passenger stations, telegraph offices and express offices.
3. 
Automobile service stations.
4. 
Automobile garages for the storage and repair of motor vehicles, but not automobile body shops.
5. 
Florists or nurseries, provided that all incidental equipment and supplies, including fertilizers and empty cans, are kept within a building.
6. 
Amusement arcades motion picture theaters, bowling alleys and other places of public amusement conducted entirely within a building.
7. 
Medical centers.
8. 
Business identification signs when erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of Part 18 herein.
9. 
Uses and buildings customarily accessory and incidental to any permitted use.
10. 
The above permitted uses shall be permitted only under the following conditions:
A. 
Such stores, shops and businesses, except those permitted in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 above, shall be conducted within an enclosed building.
B. 
Such uses, operations or products are not obnoxious or offensive by reason of the emission of gas, odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration, refuse matter or other causes in accordance with Part 14 herein.
C. 
There shall be no manufacturing, compounding, processing or treatment of products other than that which is clearly incidental and essential to a retail store, and when all such products are sold on the premises.
11. 
Personal care home.
12. 
Personal service shops.
13. 
Laundromat.
14. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection 14, regarding personal wireless service facilities attached to certain tall structures, was repealed by Ord. 2016-1, 7/21/2016.
15. 
15. Non-tower WCF, which fall under the Pennsylvania Wireless Broadband Collocation Act,[2] subject to the conditions of Part 22 herein.
[Amended by Ord. 2016-1, 7/21/2016]
[2]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 11702.1 et seq.
16. 
Banquet hall.
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-4, 11/16/2017]
17. 
Automobile sales.
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-4, 11/16/2017]
18. 
Retail bakery.
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-4, 11/16/2017]
19. 
Wholesale bakery.
[Added by Ord. No. 2017-4, 11/16/2017]
20. 
Cigar shops and lounges.
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-2, 6/16/2022]
21. 
Smoke shops and tobacco stores.
[Added by Ord. No. 2022-2, 6/16/2022]

§ 27-1103 Special Exceptions and Conditional Uses.

[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988; as amended by Ord. 98-1, 7/16/1998, § 6]
1. 
Special Exceptions. The following special exceptions may be permitted by the Zoning Hearing Board, following review and comment by the Planning Commission, pursuant to standards and criteria as set forth in Part 21 herein.
A. 
Drive-in type establishments.
B. 
Wind energy conversion systems (WECS).
C. 
Radio and television antennas.
2. 
Conditional Uses. The following uses may be permitted by the Borough Council following review and recommendation by the Planning Commission, pursuant to standards and criteria as set forth in § 27-1401, "Use Regulations":
A. 
Community residence.

§ 27-1104 Height Regulations.

[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988]
1. 
The height of a building shall not exceed 35 feet.
2. 
The height of an accessory building shall not exceed 15 feet.
3. 
Building height may be increased in accordance with Part 14, § 27-1402, Subsection 1, herein.

§ 27-1105 Lot Area and Width Regulations.

[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988]
Minimum lot area and width shall be based upon required setbacks, coverage, parking, loading/unloading and other applicable standards.

§ 27-1106 Yard Regulations.

[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988]
Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards of not less than the depth or width indicated below:
1. 
Front yard. There shall be a front setback line determined as follows: Where buildings exist in the same block on either side of the street, the setback line of the building to be constructed shall be at least the average of buildings constructed within the same block. In measuring to determine said building line, open porches shall not be construed as part of the building. In blocks where no buildings exist on either side of the street, the setback line of the building shall be 10 feet. In the case of a corner lot, there shall be two front yards.
2. 
Side yards. On an interior lot, the minimum side yard setback shall be five feet. No side yard shall be required where structures abut one another, provided that a written agreement is entered into by such property owners and submitted to the Zoning Officer. However, in no case shall common party walls be permitted between properties of separate ownership.
3. 
Rear yard. The rear yard depth shall be no less than 30 feet.
4. 
Buffer yards/screen plantings shall be provided in accordance with Part 14 herein.

§ 27-1107 Coverage Regulations.

[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988]
1. 
Lot coverage shall not exceed 60%.
2. 
At least 10% of the lot area shall be maintained in a vegetative cover.

§ 27-1108 Off-Street Parking/Access and Loading/Unloading.

[Ord. 88-7, 5/12/1988]
Off-street parking/access and loading/unloading shall be provided in accordance with Parts 17 and 19 herein.