Lansdale City Zoning Code

Any uses permitted in Article VI, Class C Residential District, subject to the restrictions contained in said classification.

Apartments over any use permitted in the Commercial District or Business District. Off-street parking shall be provided as required by this chapter for apartment uses; provided, however, in the case of apartments already existing at the date of passage of this chapter and not in the case of apartments constructed thereafter, that if or to the extent which there is not sufficient space on the same lot as the building and if a municipally owned parking lot borders within 500 feet of the nearest property line, the off-street parking requirements need not be met; provided, further, that the owner of the subject property shall procure and submit to the Borough of Lansdale, as a condition of receiving any apartment licenses required under the provisions of the Borough Code, evidence there have been procured for the whole term of the licenses stickers for tenant parking on municipal parking lots, as provided for in Chapter 268, Parking, Article II, Municipal Parking Lots, for such number of cars as parking spaces are required for under the provisions of § 405-1703. It is not intended by this provision to permit the elimination of existing parking spaces or available area.[1]

Offices, banks or financial institutions.

Retail stores for the sale of dry goods, variety and general merchandise, clothing, foods, drugs, furnishings or other household supplies, sale and repair of jewelry, watches, clocks, optical goods or musical, professional or scientific instruments.

Clubs, fraternal organizations and houses, lodges, rooming houses or tourist homes, motels or hotels.

Business or professional offices, studios, banks, savings and loan associations, financial institutions, municipal uses (excluding a dump), telephone control offices, telegraph or other public utility offices or passenger stations for public transportation.

Restaurants, tea rooms, places of business dispensing alcohol and malt beverages in accordance with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board licensing provisions, provided that none of the above shall be located within 100 feet of 1) any residential zone; 2) any church or place of worship; and/or 3) any community center or youth organization center.

Bakery, confectionery or custom shops for the production of articles to be sold at retail on the premises and employing not more than five persons.

Florist shops or personal service shops, including tailors, barbers, beauty salons, shoe repairs, dressmaking or similar shops.

Laundries or dry-cleaning establishments as long as there is no cleaning, laundering, pressing or other processing of goods on the premises unless granted by the Zoning Hearing Board as a special exception.

Bowling lanes; indoor theater; billiard room; other place of indoor amusement or recreation; or sexually oriented business, provided that the requirements of Articles XXVIII and XXIX are met.

Newspaper publishing or job printing.

Undertaking, embalming, mortuary or funeral homes.

Radio-television stations, telephone exchanges or transformer stations, provided that all buildings or structures except fences and barriers are located not less than 50 feet from a residential district.

Hospitals, sanitariums, convalescent homes, nursing homes, orphanages or homes for the infirm or aged, provided that all main buildings are not less than 50 feet from any adjoining premises in a residential district not used for similar purposes.

Real estate and insurance offices, general office buildings, business colleges, private trade schools and nursing schools.

Medical marijuana dispensary.

Forestry.[2]

Day-care centers (in accordance with Article XXIX).[3]

Any use of the same general character as any of the uses hereinabove specifically permitted.

Automobile or farm machinery sales and service agencies with enclosed showrooms, including used car lots and repair shops adjacent to and in connection therewith.

All buildings shall be set back 20 feet from the street line.

There shall be a rear yard with a depth of at least 15 feet measured from the rear lot line.

In the event that there are any window or door openings in the side walls of any building, then a side yard of at least four feet shall be maintained on that side of the building.

A lot area of not less than 8,000 square feet shall be provided for every building hereafter erected, altered or used in whole or in part, and the width of the lot shall be not less than 55 feet at the street line (frontage).

In no case shall more than 75% of the lot area of any lot be occupied by buildings, parking area, driveways and other impervious coverage.