Middletown City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
C-2 Commercial District, General
§ 260-82 Purpose.
The purpose of this article is to provide for the retail sales of goods, services and food to meet the needs of the surrounding neighborhood in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan for the Borough of Middletown. A related objective is to permit a wide range of business types and residential uses that are compatible with the urban character.
§ 260-83 Permitted uses.
A.
In the C-2 District, the following uses shall be permitted by right:
(1)
Amusement enterprises, including theaters, billiard or pool parlors, bowling alleys or similar uses or places of assembly.
(2)
Automobile sales, provided they are located on Main Street.
(3)
Banks and business, fiduciary and professional offices.
(4)
Barbershops and beauty parlors.
(6)
Churches, places of worship and related uses.
(7)
Clubs and lodges.
(9)
Crafts or artisan's studio.
(10)
Department stores.
(11)
Emergency medical treatment centers or similar.
(12)
Health and recreation club.
(13)
Launderettes and dry cleaning establishments.
(14)
Medical and dental clinics and laboratories.
(15)
Mortuary and undertaking establishments.
(16)
Municipal buildings and uses.
(17)
Office.
(18)
Parking structure.
(19)
Personal service shops.
(20)
Private schools conducted for gain or profit, including instructional studios, trade schools or similar.
(21)
Railway or bus passenger stations, telegraph offices and express offices.
(22)
Restaurants, tearooms, cafes, taverns and other places serving food or beverages, excluding drive-throughs.
(23)
Stores for the retailing of food, drugs, confectionery, hardware, bakery products, clothing, household appliances, flowers or houseplants, including convenience stores.
(24)
Veterinary office.
(25)
Accessory buildings and uses customarily incidental to the above uses.
(26)
Hotels.
(27)
Academic clinical research centers.
[Added 2-7-2017 by Ord. No. 1336, approved 2-21-2017]
(28)
Medical marijuana growers/processors.
[Added 2-7-2017 by Ord. No. 1336, approved 2-21-2017]
(29)
Medical marijuana transport vehicle offices.
[Added 2-7-2017 by Ord. No. 1336, approved 2-21-2017]
(30)
Medical marijuana dispensaries.
[Added 2-7-2017 by Ord. No. 1336, approved 2-21-2017]
§ 260-84 Special exception uses.
§ 260-85 Height restrictions.
The height of a principal building shall be not greater than 35 feet, except that the height of apartment housing for the elderly shall not exceed 90 feet and the height of a hotel shall not exceed 50 feet.
§ 260-86 Area regulations.
The minimum lot area for all uses in the C-2 District is 2,000 square feet.
§ 260-87 Yards.
Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards of not less than the depth or width indicated below:
A.
Front yard: not required.
B.
Two side yards, 10 feet in width, each side of a principal building, provided that any lot adjoining a residential district shall have a side yard of a width not less than the minimum width required in the adjoining residential district. No side yards shall be required where two commercial uses abut side to side and a written agreement between the adjoining property owners is provided. However, in no case shall party walls be permitted between properties of separate ownership. In the case of a series of abutting structures abutting and paralleling a public right-of-way, an open and unobstructed passage for vehicles and pedestrians of at least 20 feet in width shall be provided at grade level at intervals of not more than 400 feet.
C.
Rear yard depth: 30 feet.
§ 260-88 Lot coverage.
A.
The building coverage ratio shall not exceed 60%.
B.
The total coverage ratio shall not exceed 90%.
C.
A minimum of 10% of the lot shall be prepared and maintained as green space, containing grass or other ground cover and appropriate shrubbery or similar plantings. This requirement shall be met for all new development and at the time of any substantial improvement or redevelopment.
§ 260-89 Additional regulations.
A.
Where a development on a single lot contains multiple buildings, the building to building separation shall be a minimum of 20 feet.
B.
No parking shall be allowed between the building and the street line. Parking shall be placed to the rear of buildings and accessed off an alley, existing curb cut or a side street.
C.
Off-street parking facilities may be provided within 600 feet of the periphery of the designated commercial district.
D.
Off-street parking facilities are subject to the following provisions:
§ 260-90 Off-street parking.
Parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article XVI, except that for apartment housing for the elderly, the total number of parking spaces shall be not less than 1/5 times the number of apartments in the building, plus one space for each person employed therein.