The P-S Professional Services District is established to recognize and provide areas for professional offices and personal service businesses which serve the neighborhoods in which they are located and have buildings and landscaping which are harmonious and compatible with their surroundings.

(Ord. No. 144, 8-13-2019)

All principal, accessory, and conditional uses and structures in the P-S district shall be subject to the area, location and height restrictions as specified in Article 35, Schedule of Zoning District Regulations.

(Ord. No. 144, 8-13-2019)

Land and buildings in this district may be used for the following uses only:

(a)

Professional offices for doctors, lawyers, architects, dentists, accountants, engineers, planners, insurance, financial consulting, general consulting, and other similar general businesses not engaged in retail sales.

(b)

Banks, credit unions, mortgage firms and other types of financial businesses, including those with drive-through facilities.

(c)

Medical and dental clinics.

(d)

Personal service establishments which perform services on the premises, including but not limited to, barber/beauty shops, nail salons, tattoo parlors, physical therapy, and chiropractors.

(e)

Offices and showrooms for home and office decorators which do not involve retail sales.

(f)

Health and fitness establishments.

(g)

Adult foster care facilities, homes for the aged and nursing homes provided they are served by public water and sanitary sewer.

(h)

Child care center.

(i)

Governmental buildings.

(j)

Veterinary clinics per Section 109-24.22 herein.

(k)

Collocated antenna subject to the provisions of Section 109-3.29(d) herein.

(l)

Structure-mounted wind energy turbines (SMWET) and small wind energy turbines (SWET) in accordance with Article 29.

(m)

Towers and antennas which do not exceed a height of 35 feet per Section 109-3.28 herein.

(n)

Accessory uses and structures which are customarily incidental to any of the permitted principal uses and structures.

(Ord. No. 144, 8-13-2019)

(a)

Dumpsters. All dumpsters and trash containers shall be located behind the front line of the main building and shall be screened from view by landscaping, fencing or placement of the building in accordance with Section 109-26.09 herein.

(b)

Structure Façade. At least 50 percent of that portion of a building, be it a front, side, or rear, which faces a public street shall be finished with face brick, wood, vinyl, glass, tinted and/or textured masonry block, fluted cement block, cement board, natural or cast stone, architectural pre-cast panel's or stucco-like material or a combination of these materials. In recognition of developing technologies in building materials, the Planning Commission may agree to approve other materials provided that they are compatible with surrounding properties, and further provided that such materials shall comply with the architectural, safety and other requirements of the Township Building Code.

Additions to or renovations of buildings existing as of the date of the Section shall be subject to the requirements of this section. The Planning Commission shall have the authority to modify or waive these requirements or to extend them to the entire facade of the existing building.

In determining whether to apply the facade requirements of this section to additions or renovations of existing buildings, the following criteria shall be considered:

(1)

The location of the addition or renovation relative to the existing building.

(2)

The size relative to the existing building.

(3)

The location of the existing building.

(4)

Whether compliance with this section will result in architectural consistency with the existing building and improve the overall aesthetics of the building.

(5)

The practicality of requiring compliance with this section based on the design and structural integrity of the existing building.

(Ord. No. 144, 8-13-2019)

(a)

General Requirements:

(1)

Accessory Buildings. Section 109-3.12.

(2)

Landscaping for Non-Residential Uses. Article 26.

(3)

Parking of Recreational Vehicles. Section 109-3.25.

(4)

Signs. Article 28.

(5)

Off-Street Parking. Article 27.

(6)

Sidewalks. Article 30.

(b)

Development Procedures:

(1)

Site Plan Review. Article 23.

(2)

Conditional Land Uses. Article 24.

(3)

Site Condominiums. Article 25.

(c)

Appeals and Administration:

(1)

Non-Conforming Lot and Uses. Article 31.

(2)

Zoning Board of Appeals. Article 32.

(Ord. No. 144, 8-13-2019)