Plymouth Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXVIII
Limited Commercial Districts
Section 2800 Use regulations.
[Ord. No. 647, § 2, 4-10-1972; Ord. No. 1241, § 5, 9-22-1997]
A building may be erected, altered or used, and a lot may be used or occupied, for any of the following purposes, and for no other:
A.
Retail sales and retail services, but excluding eating and drinking places unless otherwise allowed as a special exception, funeral homes and crematoriums unless otherwise allowed as a special exception, hotels, motels, and amusement and/or recreation establishments.
[Ord. No. 1600, § 10, 5-11-2015]
B.
Barbershop, hairdresser, tailor shop and other personal service shops.
C.
Business or professional office, studio, bank and financial institutions, offices for administration, executive, professional, sales and other similar uses.
D.
The following uses, when authorized as a special exception, subject to the provisions of article XXI, section 2101B. and D. hereof:
1.
Restaurant, tearoom, cafe, confectionery or similar establishment serving food or beverage, but excluding establishments maintaining outdoor counters, drive-in or curb service, or that otherwise permit and/or facilitate eating and drinking on the outside of the building, or that supply take-out food or beverages which may be or customarily can be consumed in transit.
2.
Funeral home. If a crematorium is accessory to a funeral home use, it must be set back a minimum of 500 feet from a residential district, residential use, school, or day-care facility.
[Ord. No. 1600, § 10, 5-11-2015]
3.
Any use of the same general character as any permitted use.
Section 2801 Height regulations.
[Ord. No. 647, § 2, 4-10-1972; Ord. No. 971, § 6, 6-8-1987]
The maximum height of any building or other structure erected or used in this district shall be thirty-five (35) feet, except that the height of any building may be increased to a maximum of sixty-five (65) feet, but in no event to exceed six (6) stories, provided that for every foot of height in excess of thirty-five (35) feet there shall be added to each required yard one corresponding foot of depth; and, provided further, however, that where the lot on which the building to be erected or enlarged abuts a residential district, then such height may be increased to a maximum of sixty-five (65) feet; provided, that for every foot of height in excess of thirty-five (35) feet there shall be added to each yard requirement five (5) corresponding feet of width or depth.
Section 2802 Area, width, yard, building coverage, impervious surface coverage and green space area regulations.
[Ord. No. 647, § 2, 4-10-1972; Ord. No. 1293, §§ 14, 15, 6-15-1999; Ord. No. 1320, §§ 16 and 17, 4-10-2000; Ord. No. 1476, § 30, 6-11-2007]
A.
Minimum lot area and width. A lot area of not less than 20,000 square feet and a lot width of not less than 100 feet at the building line shall be provided for every principal building erected or used for any purpose permitted in this district.
B.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each lot, the depth of which shall be not less than 30 feet from the ultimate right-of-way line.
C.
Side yards. There shall be two side yards on each lot which shall have an aggregate width of not less than 30 feet, neither side yard having a width of less than 10 feet. On a lot abutting any residential district on the side of such lot, there shall be a side yard toward the residential district which shall have a width of not less than 30 feet. On each corner lot, there shall be a side yard abutting the street, having a width of not less than 30 feet from the ultimate right-of-way line.
D.
Rear yard. For any permitted use there shall be a rear yard on each lot the depth of which shall be not less than 30 feet.
E.
Building coverage. The building coverage on any lot shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent.
F.
Maximum impervious surface coverage. The maximum impervious surface coverage shall be seventy-five (75%) percent of the total tract area.
G.
Green space area requirement. The minimum required green space area on any lot shall not be less than twenty-five (25%) percent.
Section 2803 Landscaping, screening, buffer, lighting, rubbish storage.
[Ord. No. 647, § 2, 4-10-1972; Ord. No. 793, §§ 1, 17, 3-13-1978]
A.
On a lot abutting any residential district, a suitable and uninterrupted planting screen and buffer, not less than 20 feet in depth and including opaque fencing, shall be provided and maintained adjacent to such residential district. All landscaping and screening plans shall be reviewed by the parks and recreation advisory board and approved by the Council of Plymouth Township prior to the issuance of a building permit. Such landscaping and screening plans shall include size, location and species of all new or existing plant materials proposed to be used and the size and location of all walls or fences.
B.
Rubbish storage areas shall be provided for each commercial enterprise and such storage shall be enclosed and concealed as part of the architectural treatment of the building.
C.
Lighting facilities shall be arranged in a manner so that direct glare or hazardous interference of any kind will not be projected onto the highway or neighboring properties.
D.
Miscellaneous. No merchandise shall be displayed, sold or leased outside the walls of a building nor shall any outside speakers for musical or voice amplification be permitted.
Section 2804 Required off-street parking facilities.
[Ord. No. 647, § 2, 4-10-1972]
Any building or other structure erected, altered or used, and any lot used or occupied for any of the following purposes shall be provided with minimum off-street parking spaces as set forth below, together with adequate passageways, driveways or other means of circulation and access to and from a street or way:
A.
Retail store or shop. One parking space for every 100 square feet of store sales floor space.
B.
Restaurants, cafe, tea room, confectionery, or similar establishments serving food or beverage. One parking space for every 50 square feet of dining area, but no less than one parking space for every four customer seats.
C.
Business or professional office, studio, bank, financial institution or personal service shop. One parking space for every 250 square feet of floor area.
D.
Undertaking establishment. One parking space per 50 square feet of floor area devoted to funeral service use.
E.
The parking spaces required herein may be located elsewhere than on the same lot, when authorized as a special exception, subject to the following conditions:
1.
That the owners of two or more establishments shall submit, with their application for a special exception a site plan showing joint use and location of common off-street parking area;
2.
That some portion of the common off-street parking area lies within 200 feet of an entrance, regularly used by patrons, into the building served thereby.
F.
The Zoning Hearing Board may, in its discretion, reduce the aggregate amount of required parking spaces upon determination that greater efficiency may be affected by joint use of a common parking area, but in no case shall the required off-street area be reduced more than 25%.
G.
The required off-street parking facilities shall further comply with the requirements of Sections 1702 A, B, C and D, 1703 and 1704 of this ordinance.