South Fayette Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
C-2 Highway Commercial District
§ 240-49 Purpose.
The purpose of this District is to provide for commercial uses that depend on access to an arterial highway, that may generate truck traffic and that may not be compatible with commercial areas devoted primarily to retail shopping in planned shopping centers.
§ 240-50 Authorized uses.
[Amended 4-16-2007 by Ord. No. 7-2007; 7-13-2016 by Ord. No. 6-2016; 9-9-2020 by Ord. No. 6-2020; 7-12-2023 by Ord. No. 3-2023; 10-8-2025 by Ord. No. 2-2025]
In the C-2 Highway Commercial District, only the following uses are authorized:
A.
Permitted uses.
(1)
Principal uses.
(a)
Antiques, interior decorating.
(b)
Apparel and accessories store.
(c)
Appliance, home furnishings store.
(d)
Art, book, stationery store.
(e)
Art, music or photography studios.
(f)
(Reserved)
(g)
Bakery, including processing.
(h)
Bar or tavern.
(i)
Bed-and-breakfast.
(j)
Business or professional offices.
(k)
Business services.
(l)
Candy or ice cream store, including processing.
(m)
Card and gift shop.
(n)
Catering service, including rental hall.
(o)
Church.
(p)
Coin-operated laundry.
(q)
Commercial recreation.
(r)
Commercial school.
(s)
Contracting business.
(t)
Convenience store.
(u)
Day-care center.
(v)
Drugstore.
(w)
Dry cleaning pickup store.
(x)
Essential services.
(y)
Financial institution.
(z)
Florist shop, excluding greenhouse.
(aa)
Food store.
(bb)
Funeral home.
(cc)
Garden nursery.
(dd)
General merchandise store.
(ee)
Grocery store.
(ff)
Health club.
(gg)
Hobby shop.
(hh)
Hotel or motel.
(ii)
Indoor entertainment.
(jj)
Medical offices; medical clinic.
(kk)
Museum; library.
(ll)
Newsstand.
(mm)
Noncommercial recreation.
(nn)
Nursing home.
(oo)
Personal care boarding home.
(pp)
Personal services.
(qq)
Printing establishment.
(rr)
Private club.
(ss)
Public recreation, other than Township-related facilities.
(tt)
Repair shop.
(uu)
Restaurant, carry-out, fast-food or sit-down.
(vv)
Retail stores.
(ww)
Specialty retail.
(xx)
Township-related facilities.
(yy)
Vehicle accessories sales and installation.
(zz)
Vehicle rental, sales and service.
(aaa)
Video store, excluding adult video stores.
(bbb)
Forestry, subject to § 240-105.
(ccc)
Incidental mineral removal.
(2)
Accessory uses.
(a)
Signs, subject to Article XVIII.
(b)
Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XVII.
(c)
Fences, subject to § 240-99.
(d)
Other accessory uses customarily incidental to and on the same lot with any permitted use authorized in this District.
(e)
Drive-through facilities, subject to § 240-102.
(f)
No impact home-based business or home occupation in a dwelling which is a nonconforming use.
(g)
Small solar, small wind and outdoor hydronic renewable energy systems, subject to § 240-95A(63).
B.
Conditional uses.
(1)
Principal uses.
(a)
Billboards, subject to § 240-95A(5).
(b)
Communications tower, subject to § 240-95A(11).
(c)
Firehouses, subject to § 240-95A(9).
(d)
Group care facility, subject to § 240-95A(20).
(e)
High technology industries, subject to § 240-95A(27).
(f)
Mini-warehouses or self-storage facilities, subject to § 240-95A(29).
(g)
Nightclub, subject to § 240-95A(46).
(h)
Places of assembly, subject to § 240-95A(27).
(i)
Planned shopping center, subject to § 240-95A(36).
(j)
Planned research or technology park, subject to § 240-95A(35).
(k)
Public parking lot or public parking garage, subject to § 240-95A(33).
(l)
Public buildings, other than Township-related facilities, subject to § 240-95A(9).
(m)
Public utility building or structure, subject to § 240-95A(39).
(n)
Research and development, subject to § 240-95A(27).
(o)
Schools, public or private, subject to § 240-95A(9).
(p)
Transitional dwelling, subject to § 240-95A(20).
(q)
Beer distributor, subject to § 240-95(51).
(r)
Oil and gas development, subject to § 240-95A(54).
(s)
Natural gas compressor station and natural gas processing plant, subject to § 240-95A(55).
(t)
Automobile service station.
(u)
Extended stay hotel, motel, and facility, subject to § 240-95A(61).
(2)
Accessory uses.
(a)
Communications antenna mounted on an existing building or on an existing public utility storage or transmission structure, subject to § 240-95A(12).
(b)
Temporary construction trailer, model home or sales office, subject to § 240-95A(49).
(c)
Large solar and large wind renewable energy systems, subject to § 240-95A(63).
C.
Uses by special exception.
(1)
Principal uses.
(a)
Animal hospital, subject to § 240-95A(2).
(b)
Car wash, subject to § 240-95A(7).
(c)
Equipment storage yard, subject to § 240-95A(16).
(d)
Florist with greenhouse, subject to § 240-95A(27).
(e)
Landscaping contractor, subject to § 240-95A(27).
(f)
Temporary use or structure, other than a construction trailer or sales office, subject to § 240-95A(42).
(g)
Truck and heavy equipment rental, sales and service, subject to § 240-95A(43).
(h)
Comparable uses not specifically listed, subject to § 240-95A(13).
(2)
Accessory uses. None.
§ 240-51 Area and bulk regulations.
In the C-2 Highway Commercial District, all uses shall be subject to the following regulations, except as they may be modified by the express standards and criteria for the specific conditional uses and uses by special exception contained in Article XV.
A.
Minimum lot area.
(1)
Planned shopping center: five acres.
(2)
All other uses: 20,000 square feet.
B.
Minimum lot width.
(1)
Planned shopping center: 200 feet.
(2)
All other uses: 60 feet.
C.
Maximum impervious surface coverage: 70%.
[Amended 3-21-2011 by Ord. No. 2-2011]
D.
Minimum front yard.
(1)
Planned shopping center: 50 feet.
(2)
All other uses: 25 feet.
E.
Minimum rear yard.
(1)
Adjoining any R District: 50 feet.
(2)
Planned shopping center: 50 feet.
(3)
All other principal structures: 40 feet.
(4)
Accessory structures: 20 feet.
F.
Minimum side yard.
(1)
All principal structures.
(a)
Adjoining any R District: 50 feet.
(b)
Adjoining all other districts: 20 feet.
(2)
Accessory structures: 20 feet.
G.
Special yard requirements: see § 240-99.
H.
Permitted projections into required yards: see § 240-100.
I.
Maximum height.
(1)
All principal structures: six stories but no more than 60 feet.
(2)
All accessory structures: one story but no more than 20 feet.
J.
Height exceptions: see § 240-101.
§ 240-52 Parking and loading.
See Article XVII.
§ 240-53 Signs.
See Article XVIII.
§ 240-54 Buffer areas and landscaping.
See § 240-98.
§ 240-55 Storage.
See § 240-104.
