Paxtang City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
GB General Business Zoning District
§ 425-40 Purpose.
This zoning district is generally comprised of areas of the Borough where a wider range of automobile-oriented and automobile-dominated commercial and light industrial activities and related uses are more predominate than are permitted in the downtown (DT) area. These areas augment the downtown (DT) by providing for more intense business establishments generally requiring additional street frontage, larger building footprint, increased impervious coverage, deeper setbacks, increased building heights, larger amounts of off-street parking and loading, outdoor storage, increased screening and buffering, etc. This zoning district seeks to accommodate these uses by minimizing detrimental impacts on surrounding, lower-density and/or -intensity uses and districts via general and specific compatibility and performance standards.
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§ 425-41 Permitted uses.
See Table 3-4 in § 425-14 relating to use tables for uses permitted by right, conditional use and/or special exception in this commercial/industrial district.[1]
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Editor's Note: The Permitted Uses Tables are attached to this chapter.
§ 425-42 Area and design requirements.
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See Table 9-1 in this section relating to area and design requirements for the area and design requirements for all development activities and uses.
Table 9-1 Area and Design Requirements | |||
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Permitted Uses | |||
Area/Design Features | All Permitted Uses (unless specifically listed in Article XVI) | ||
Lot area per unit - minimum | Shall be based on size of the buildings, required setbacks, coverage, parking, loading/unloading, and other applicable standards including Chapters 360, relating to stormwater management, and 370, relating to subdivision and land development | N/A | |
Minimum lot width at front lot line — interior lot | N/A | ||
Minimum lot width at front lot line - corner lot | N/A | ||
Setback - front minimum | 20 feet | Not permitted to be located between the principal building and the public street. | |
Setback - side minimum | 10 feet*, except 0 feet at the shared lot line of lawfully attached buildings or uses constructed with a shared common party wall and provided the notarized, written consent of the owner of abutting lot and building | 10 feet | |
Setback - rear minimum | 20 feet | 3 feet, except that detached garages adjacent to and having access to an alley shall be set back 5 feet from the right-of way or 15 feet from the center line of the alley, whichever is greater | |
Impervious lot coverage - maximum | 85% | Included as part of total maximum impervious coverage | |
Vegetative coverage - minimum | 10% | Included as part of total minimum vegetative coverage | |
Building height - maximum | 40 feet | Not higher than the principal structure. | |
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* | Thirty feet when abutting property in the residential districts or existing residential use in the mixed use districts. | |
 Figure 9.1 Typical Area/Design Features Example (Abutting Lots Not Developed) (not drawn to scale) |
 Figure 9.2 Typical Building Height Example (Abutting Lots Not Developed) (not drawn to scale) |
§ 425-43 Compliance with general regulations.
Additionally, all development activities and uses within this zoning district shall comply with all applicable general standards of this chapter, including but not limited to:
§ 425-44 Overlay zoning districts.
If located within or affected by the following overlay zoning districts, development or uses shall meet the requirements of the applicable overlay zoning district provisions in accordance with: