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Londonderry Township
City Zoning Code

PART 8

C-1 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOOD

§ 801 Intent.

[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(a)]
This district is designed to facilitate commercial enterprises which serve the local populace.

§ 802 Permitted Uses.

[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(b); as amended by Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001, § 5; by Ord. No. 2024-06, 10/7/2024]
Below are the permitted uses for the C-1 Commercial (Neighborhood) district:
1. 
Churches and other places of worship.
2. 
Public schools and provide schools in accordance with Part 16 § 1601, Subsection 7.
3. 
Multifamily (apartment) dwellings.
4. 
Convenience stores, such as grocery stores, drugstores; personal service stores such as barber shops, beauty parlors, tailor shops, shoe repair shops, medical clinics, dental clinics; provided that their design is harmonious with the architectural design of other structures in their neighborhood.
5. 
Public nursery schools and kindergarten.
6. 
Funeral homes.
7. 
Nursing homes.
8. 
Short-term rental units, subject to the regulations in Chapter 11 (Rental Housing).
9. 
Bed-and-breakfast establishment, provided the conditions specified in Part 16, § 1602, Subsection 8, Bed-and-Breakfast Establishments, are met.
10. 
Stores for the retailing of food, drugs, confectionery, hardware, bakery goods, incidental clothing, household appliances, flowers, or house plants. No more than four gasoline pumps shall be permitted as an ancillary part of the above.
11. 
Personal service shops including barbers, beauty parlors, tailors, and shoe repair.
12. 
Self-service laundromat and dry cleaning.
13. 
Municipal buildings and municipal uses, firehouses and post offices.
14. 
Restaurants, but not including drive-thru or fast-food restaurants or night clubs.
15. 
Retail sale and/or rental of goods, including convenience stores, provided the total sales and/or display area is less then 3,600 square feet.
16. 
Retail services, including barber, beauty salons, music, dance, art or photographic studios, repair of clocks and small appliances, computer retail services.
17. 
Public uses and public utility structures, including public pumping stations
18. 
Commercial day care facilities, subject to the requirements of Part 16, § 1601, Subsection 3.
19. 
Dry cleaners, laundries and laundromats, subject to the requirements of Part 16, § 1601, Subsection 5.
20. 
Banks and similar financial institutions, including credit agencies, security and commodity brokers and services.
21. 
Insurance agencies, brokers and services.
22. 
Medical and dental offices.
23. 
Veterinary offices, provided no outdoor keeping of animals shall be permitted.
24. 
Business identification signs when erected and maintained in accordance with the provisions of Part 18, "Signs."
25. 
One dwelling unit, in conjunction with another permitted use.
26. 
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses.

§ 803 Limitations.

[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(c)]
The above businesses shall be retail establishments exclusively and shall be permitted only under conditions that they are conducted in an enclosed building and such usage, operation or products will not be objectionable due to odor, dust, smoke, noise, vibration, or similar causes.

§ 804 Height Regulations.

[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(d)]
1. 
The height of a building shall not exceed 35 feet.
2. 
The height of a building shall not be less then one story.
3. 
The maximum height limitation of this Chapter shall not apply to church spires, cupolas, monuments, silos, domes, or any other structures not intended for human occupancy nor to chimneys, ventilators, sky lights, water tanks, or other necessary mechanical appurtenances normally built above the roof level. Such building appurtenances, however, shall be erected only to such height as is necessary to accomplish the purpose they are to serve.

§ 805 Yard Regulations.

[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(e); as amended by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020]
Except for public pumping stations, each lot shall have a front, side, and rear yard of not less than those indicated:
A. 
Front yard: depth, 50 feet.
B. 
Side yards: two required, 20 feet each.
C. 
Rear yard: depth, 20 feet.
D. 
Buffer yards shall be provided under "General Regulations; Yard Regulations." [§ 1609]

§ 806 Coverage Regulations.

[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(f); as amended by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020]
The following coverage regulations shall apply, except that the requirements of this section shall not apply to public pumping stations:
1. 
Coverage shall be no more than 40%.
2. 
Not less than 20% of the lot area shall be covered with plant material.
3. 
Parking area shall be no more than 40% of the lot area.

§ 807 Off-Street Parking.

[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(g); as amended by Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001, § 6]
1. 
Parking shall be in accordance with the provisions of Part 19.
2. 
Screening and landscaping shall be in accordance with Part 16, § 1609(5).

§ 808 Area Regulations.

[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983, § 12.8(h); as amended by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020; by Ord. No. 2024-06, 10/7/2024]
1. 
Except that the requirements of this section shall not apply to public pumping stations, the lot area shall be determined on the basis of yard requirements, coverage, parking, and buffer yard requirements contained in this Part and Chapter, but the lot shall not be less than 43,560 square feet (one acre).
2. 
The maximum floor space per lot allowed in this district shall be 10,000 square feet, with the exception of numbers 20 through 26 under § 802 Permitted Uses, which uses shall be limited to a total floor area of not more than 4,000 square feet.

§ 809 Width Regulations.

[Ord. 1983-4, 12/5/1983; as added by Ord. 1992-3, 10/5/1992, § 5; as amended by Ord. No. 2020-03, 7/21/2020]
Except that the requirements of this section shall not apply to public pumping stations, the lot width at the front street line, which shall be measured at the right-of-way line and at the building setback line, shall be not less than 100 feet.

§ 810 General Regulations.

[Ord. 2001-2, 4/17/2001, § 6]
All uses within this zone shall also comply with the general regulations in Part 16 of this Chapter if applicable.