Mount Joy Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIV
C-2 – General Commercial District
§ 135-131 District purpose.
[Amended 3-16-2015 by Ord. No. 293-2015]
This General Commercial (C-2) District seeks to accommodate the needs for distribution of goods and services to the consumer in a retail and/or professional office setting in accordance with the Regional Strategic Plan. This district generally coincides with public utility service areas and is within the designated growth area. The uses provided in this district are meant to serve local residents as well as those motorists passing through the area.
§ 135-132 Permitted-by-right uses.
Permitted-by-right uses shall be as follows:
A.
Banks and other financial institutions. Drive-through facilities shall be permitted subject to § 135-255.
C.
Business and professional offices, excluding office parks.
D.
Municipal uses.
E.
Emergency services.
F.
Medical and dental clinics.
G.
Mortuary.
H.
Parking lot.
I.
Personal service shops, including tailor, barber- or beauty shop, dressmaking, shoe repair or similar shop, excluding shopping centers.
J.
Publicly or privately owned recreation facilities.
K.
Commercial recreation facilities, including amusement arcades, mini-golf courses, go-kart courses, batting ranges, driving ranges, indoor firing ranges, bowling alleys and similar facilities subject to § 135-222.
L.
Public utility service buildings.
M.
Veterinary facilities and animal adoption centers without kennel facilities.
[Amended 8-15-2016 by Ord. No. 305-2016]
O.
Hotels, motels, convention centers, and community centers.
P.
Cinemas and theaters.
Q.
Dry-cleaning and laundry establishments.
R.
Exercise clubs.
S.
Libraries and museums.
T.
Studios or galleries for teaching, dancing, art, music or similar cultural pursuits.
U.
Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above permitted uses.
V.
Child or adult day-care center.
X.
Forestry and related uses; provided that the applicant provides copies of the permits and approvals from the DEP, and/or any other applicable state or federal permit authorizing such use to occur.
§ 135-133 Special exception uses.
The following uses are permitted when special exceptions are granted by written approval of the Zoning Hearing Board. In granting any special exception, the Board may attach certain conditions to its approval which it feels are necessary requirements in order to preserve and protect the character of the district in which the proposed use would locate. The burden shall be upon the applicant to prove that the approval of the application will not be detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare of the community.
B.
The following uses provided they are clearly accessory and incidental to any of the permitted uses under §§ 135-132 and 135-133:
(1)
Any process of manufacture, assembly or treatment, which is performed within a completely enclosed building and which normally does not constitute a nuisance by reason of odor, noise, dust or smoke, even if incidental to a permitted by right or by special exception use conducted on the premises.
(2)
Lumber- and coal yards, building material storage yards, contractors' equipment and storage yards and commercial warehouses, provided such uses are within a completely enclosed building.
(3)
The storage of volatile products which are used as part of the business operation provided such products are kept within a completely enclosed building.
E.
Dwellings in the same structure as a commercial establishment; provided, however, that the residential use of the structure shall be clearly secondary to the commercial use of the structure and located on a floor above the commercial establishment.
G.
Vehicular fueling stations, including those fueling stations that are provided as an accessory use to a retail establishment or convenience store, in accordance with § 135-268.
M.
Veterinary facilities and animal adoption centers with associated kennels in accordance with § 135-239.
[Amended 8-15-2016 by Ord. No. 305-2016]
O.
Commercial communications antenna meeting § 135-221, other than antenna permitted by right by such section.
P.
Accessory structures and uses customarily incidental to the above special exception uses.
§ 135-134 Conditional uses.
(Reserved)
§ 135-135 Area and bulk regulations.
A.
Height. An additional side yard setback of one foot shall be provided for every two feet, or fraction thereof, increase in height above 40 feet. Buildings devoted to agricultural use shall be exempt from height regulations.
B.
Minimum lot area. The minimum lot area shall be 10,000 square feet.
C.
Minimum lot width. The minimum lot width shall be 75 feet at the building setback line.
D.
Minimum lot depth. The minimum lot depth shall be 100 feet.
E.
Yards. Yards of the following minimum sizes shall be provided:
(1)
Front yard minimum depth.
(a)
The minimum front yard building setback line from all streets shall be 35 feet from the ultimate street right-of-way as designated by § 135-301, unless a more stringent setback applies to a particular use.
(b)
In developed areas, the minimum building setback line requirements may be adjusted by right so that the proposed building may be in proper relation to adjacent buildings. Under no circumstances shall a building be permitted to encroach any closer to the ultimate right-of-way than an adjacent building.
(c)
Off-street parking and outdoor storage areas shall contain a setback line of at least 15 feet from the ultimate street right-of-way. No off-street loading, excluding customer pickup locations, and outdoor storage of materials, except for those materials allowed for a specific use, shall be permitted in a front yard.
(2)
Side yard. All buildings, off-street parking lots, loading areas and outdoor storage areas shall be set back at least 15 feet from each side lot line. If joint parking facilities are shared by adjoining uses, one of the side yard setbacks can be waived solely for parking and/or loading facilities.
(4)
Residential buffer strip. Any lot adjoining land within a residential zone or land that is available for residential use shall maintain a fifty-foot setback for nonresidential buildings, structures, off-street parking lots, loading areas and outdoor storage areas, from the property boundary that is shared with the residential district or land that is available for residential use. Such areas shall be used for a landscape strip and screen, see § 135-299.