Lansdale City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
Professional Office District B
§ 405-900 Permitted uses.
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises may be used for any of the following purposes and for no other:
A.
Business or professional offices or studios, provided that no goods are publicly displayed for sale on the premises.
B.
Banks or similar financial institutions, including savings and loan associations and finance companies.
C.
Business or professional schools, not including trade schools.
D.
Hospitals, convalescent homes, nursing homes, homes for the aged or religious uses.
E.
Conversion of a single-family dwelling to apartment conversion units, provided that such apartment conversion units meet all requirements of Chapter 146, Building Construction, Article I, that a minimum lot area of 1,500 square feet shall exist on the lot of the converted structure for each such apartment conversion unit, that the parking requirements of this chapter shall be met with respect to each apartment conversion unit, and further provided that the yard requirements contained in § 405-903 shall be met for any structure containing such units.
F.
Home occupations as they are defined and their use governed by the provisions of § 405-1908, Special criteria for home occupations.
[Amended 8-15-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-1916]
G.
Accessory uses customarily incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses; provided, however, that any permitted accessory living accommodations shall be located within the principal building to which the use relates.
H.
Apartment houses; provided, however, that the off-street parking requirements shall be specified in § 405-1703A(1) and (6). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, every apartment house shall have a lot area of at least twice the ground area of the building, exclusive of the building itself, any accessory building, the parking spaces required by this chapter and the driveways required to serve the parking area; and provided, further, that the following yard requirements shall be observed:
(1)
Front yard: 25 feet.
(2)
Rear yard: 25 feet.
(3)
Side yard: 20 feet.
I.
Apartment or apartments over any of the uses permitted in this section; provided, however, that the off-street parking requirements shall be as specified in § 405-1703A(1) and (6); and provided, further, that in the case of alterations to an existing building for such combined use, the front yard, side yard and rear yard areas shall be reduced to less than those existing on the lot in question prior to the conversion, except that they need not be greater than those provided in Subsection H above. In the case of a new building with such combined uses, the front yard, side yard and rear yard areas shall be as provided for in Subsection H of this section.
J.
Forestry.
[Added 8-15-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-1916]
K.
Any other nonresidential use permitted in Article VI, Class C Residential District.
§ 405-901 Lot area.
A lot area of not less than 1,500 square feet per apartment unit shall be provided for any apartment house located within this district. For all other permitted uses within this district, a lot area of not less than 7,500 square feet shall be provided for every building or use. For all above permitted uses, in no case shall more than 75% of the lot area be occupied by buildings, parking area, driveways and other impervious coverage.
§ 405-902 Lot width (frontage).
Each lot shall have a width (frontage) of at least 40 feet.
§ 405-903 Yard requirements.
A.
Front yard. For each building or use on a lot, there shall be a front yard of at least 15 feet.
B.
Side yard. For each building or use on a lot, there shall be two side yards, neither of which shall be less than six feet; provided, however, that, as to the portion of side yard between the rear wall of the main building and the rear property line, no more than two feet of said side yard may be used for parking.
C.
Rear yard. For each building or use on a lot, there shall be a rear yard of at least 50 feet. Parking shall be permitted in the rear yard area beginning three feet from the rear of the building. The three-foot buffer strip shall be suitably landscaped in a manner acceptable to the Zoning Officer.
§ 405-904 Driveways.
No driveway from any street shall enter directly therefrom into the front yard area or a side yard area or over any sidewalk; provided, however, that the Zoning Hearing Board may grant a special exception to permit such driveway. In determining whether or not such exception should be granted in any particular case, the Board shall consider, in addition to the tests and standards provided in § 405-2205, the location of the property in relation to density of traffic, the degree of pedestrian travel on the sidewalk in question, the particular need for such driveway in the particular case, and such other considerations as may be deemed relevant to the public safety, health and welfare by the Board.
§ 405-905 Height.
No building or structure shall exceed 40 feet in height.
§ 405-906 Signs.
There shall be permitted, with the obtaining of a permit from the Borough of Lansdale, a maximum size sign of 16 square feet, neither dimension to exceed five feet either vertically or horizontally, to be of a freestanding and/or directory-type nature. The sign shall be set back at least four feet inside of the sidewalk line and not less than six feet from any side property line.
