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Lower Macungie Township
City Zoning Code

PART 11

C-SC-COMMERCIAL-SPRING CREEK DISTRICT

§ 27-1101 Purpose.

[Ord. No. 2019-10, 8/1/2019]
The purpose of the Commercial-Spring Creek District is to provide a place where Township residents and others may purchase goods and services. Development standards as set forth in this Part will be applied to facilitate compatibility with nearby residential uses and to minimize traffic congestion on major nearby roads such as Route 100.

§ 27-1102 Uses Permitted by Right.

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1. 
The following uses available in the Exhibit 1: Zoning Use Matrix[1] are permitted by right in this zoning district conditioned on meeting the requirements of Part 24, provided the use type, dimensional and all other applicable requirements of this chapter are met.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said exhibit is included as an attachment to this chapter.

§ 27-1103 Uses Permitted by Condition.

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1. 
The following conditional uses available in the Exhibit 1: Zoning Use Matrix and their accessory uses may be permitted following a review and recommendation by the Planning Commission and a hearing by the Board of Commissioners in accordance with the provisions of Part 24, provided all other applicable provisions of this chapter are met.

§ 27-1104 Uses Permitted by Special Exception.

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1. 
The following use and its accessory uses may be permitted when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board, subject to the provisions of Part 24:
A. 
Any use of the same general character as those uses permitted by right or condition in this C-SC District.

§ 27-1105 Uses Specifically Excluded in the C-SC District.

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1. 
Adult bookstore, adult movie/picture theater, or cabaret.
2. 
Campground parking.
3. 
Carnivals.
4. 
Outside of the building storage, except as provided below in § 27-1106.F.
5. 
Tent sales.
6. 
Trailer storage.

§ 27-1106 Accessory Uses.

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1. 
Accessory uses on the same lot and customarily incidental to the permitted uses are permitted by right. The term "accessory use" may include the following uses which shall comply with all applicable provisions stated for them:
A. 
Accessory buildings such as garages and ancillary buildings related to the proposed use and meeting the same yard requirements as the principal buildings.
B. 
Amateur radio antennas in accordance with § 27-1708.2G and § 27-1709.1.J.
C. 
Buffer areas in accordance with § 27-1803.
D. 
Daycare for children, provided as an accessory use to a commercial or industrial use.
E. 
Fences and walls in accordance with § 27-1708.2A(2) and § 27-1709.
F. 
Off-street parking and loading areas in accordance with Part 23, as modified by § 27-1109.
G. 
Outdoor storage use areas for equipment supplies and materials provided that they are screened from view of adjacent properties and streets, as described in § 27-1803.
H. 
Signs in accordance with Part 22.
I. 
Solar panel in accordance with § 27-1708.2.O.
J. 
Temporary structures or uses, as outlined in § 27-1708.2.J.
K. 
Wind turbines in accordance with § 27-1708.2.N.

§ 27-1107 Lot Area, Width, Building Coverage, Height Regulations.

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The following dimensional requirements (minimums or maximums) shall apply to each use permitted in the C-SC-Commercial-Spring Creek District, subject to further applicable provisions of this chapter:
Principal Use
Minimum Lot Area
(acres)
Minimum Lot Width
(feet)
Maximum Building Coverage
Maximum Impervious Coverage
Maximum Building and Structure Height
(feet)
All principal uses
2
150
40%
50%
50

§ 27-1108 Minimum Yard Requirements.

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The following minimum dimensional requirements shall apply to all uses in the C-SC-Commercial-Spring Creek Zoning District, subject to further applicable provisions of this chapter:
Principal Use
Front Yard
(feet)
Each Side Yard
(feet)
Rear Yard
(feet)
All other principal uses
50
30
30

§ 27-1109 Off-Street Parking.

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1. 
Off-street parking shall be in accordance with Part 23 except as follows:
A. 
No retail store or shopping center shall be required to provide more than one off-street parking space per 250 square feet of gross floor area.
B. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 27-1704 and 27-2302, there may be two accessways for the first 300 feet of frontage and one additional accessway for each additional 150 feet or portion thereof of frontage.

§ 27-1110 Additional Standards for Uses in the C-SC District.

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1. 
Coordinated Developments. Two or more uses permitted in the C-SC-Commercial-Spring Creek District may occupy a single parcel provided that the following requirements are met. These provisions shall supersede those of §§ 27-1701, Subsection 11B.
A. 
All development shall be in accordance with a unified site plan and architectural scheme approved by the Township Board of Commissioners as a land development.
B. 
It shall not be required that the whole of the development be in a single ownership or be built and financed by a single party, if satisfactory evidence is given that all parties financially or otherwise concerned in the development are legally bound to conform to the above required unified site plan and architectural scheme.
C. 
The aggregate total floor space of all uses shall be used in determining parking requirements, but such requirements shall not exceed the maximum set in § 27-1109. Buildings may either be joined by common walls or separated. If separated, all minimum yard requirements shall be met.
D. 
The combined development shall be considered as a single tract for the purposes of determining driveway, access and parking requirements.