Plumstead Township City Zoning Code
PART 14
C-2 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT
§ 27-1401 Purpose.
[Ord. 01-09-18-1, 9/18/2001, § 1400]
A building or structure may be erected or altered, to be used either in whole or in part, and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following uses and no other, provided that such uses, buildings, or structures shall comply with such regulations as yards, lot sizes, lot width, building area, height, impervious surface, easements, bufferyards, off-street parking, and other requirements as specified by this Part.
§ 27-1402 Permitted Uses.
[Ord. 01-09-18-1, 9/18/2001, § 1401; Ord. No. 2017-05, 11/28/2017; Ord. No. 2018-06, 9/11/2018; Ord. No. 2019-02, 3/12/2019; Ord. No. 2023-02, 2/14/2023; A.O.; Ord. No. 2024-02, 10/9/2024; Ord. No. 2025-01, 1/8/2025]
1.
Uses Permitted by Right.
A1 | General Farming |
A2 | Agricultural Retail |
A4 | Forestry or Timber Harvesting |
C4 | Hospital |
C5 | Nursing Home or Personal Care Facility |
C7 | Municipal Use or Municipal Building |
D1 | Public Recreational Facility |
D2 | Commercial Recreational Facility |
D7 | Commercial Swimming Pool |
D8 | Temporary Community Event |
F1 | Medical Office |
F2 | Veterinary Office |
F3 | Office |
G1 | Commercial or Trade School |
G3 | Retail Store |
G6 | Service Business |
G7 | Financial Establishment |
G8 | Funeral Home or Mortuary |
G9 | Eating Place |
G12 | Repair Shop |
G13 | Garden or Horticultural Center |
G15 | Indoor Athletic Club |
G17 | Convenience Store |
G20 | Motor Vehicle Sales |
G22 | Motor Vehicle Gasoline Station |
G23 | Automobile Service Center and Repair Shop |
G24 | Car Wash |
G28 | Small Wireless Communications Facility, co-located |
G28 | Small Wireless Communications Facility, requiring installation of new wireless support structure |
G29 | Motor Vehicle Rental |
I1 | Nonresidential Accessory Building |
I2 | Outside Storage or Display |
I5 | Vending Machines |
2.
Uses Permitted by Conditional Use.
G3b | Consumer Fireworks Sales |
G10 | Eating Place with Drive-Through Service |
G21 | Large Retail Store |
G16 | Amusement Halls and Arcade |
G25 | Shopping Center |
G28 | Non-Tower-Based Wireless Communications Facility |
H5 | Truck Terminal |
I4 | Accessory Drive-Through Facility |
3.
Uses Permitted by Special Exception.
E1 | Utilities |
E2 | Emergency Services |
G11 | Tavern or Bar |
G14 | Theater |
G18 | Laundry |
G19 | Hotel or Inn |
H3 | Warehousing |
H4 | Contracting |
§ 27-1403 Area and Dimensional Requirements.
[Ord. 01-09-18-1, 9/18/2001, § 1402]
All uses shall comply with the area and dimensional requirements listed in this section, unless a greater area or dimensional requirement is stated in § 27-304, Use Regulations, for the specific use, in which case the requirements of § 27-304 shall apply.
Minimum lot area | 60,000 square feet | |
Minimum lot width | 200 feet | |
Maximum building coverage | 45% | |
Maximum Impervious Surface | 65% of base site area | |
Minimum yards | ||
Front | 50 feet | |
Side | 50 feet* | |
Rear | 50 feet* | |
*Side and rear yards shall be increased to 100 where the proposed use abuts a residential zoning district or a property in residential use. | ||