Springfield Township Montgomery County
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
B2 Business District
§ 114-100 General.
In a B2 Business District, the regulations contained in this Article shall apply.
§ 114-101 Permitted uses.
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises may be used for any of the following purposes and for no other:
A.
Any use permitted in the B1 Business District.
B.
Public garage, motor vehicle service and repair shop or gasoline service station.
C.
Storage house; stable; express, carting or hauling station; ice storage; or yard for storage and sale of coal, fuel oil or building materials.
D.
Carpentry, cabinet making and furniture repair and upholstery shop; blacksmithing; tinsmithing; or plumbing, heating, roofing, paper hanging, painting or electrical repair shop.
E.
Creamery, dairy products, milk or beverage distribution station.
F.
Repair of jewelry, watches, clocks, optical goods, musical, professional and scientific instruments.
G.
Job printing, including printing of newspapers.
H.
Billiard room, bowling alley or other place of amusement, when authorized as a special exception, except that any use as a permanent amusement park is hereby prohibited.
I.
Cleaning and dyeing establishment.
J.
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses.
K.
Any use of the same general character as any of the uses hereinbefore specifically permitted when authorized as a special exception.
L.
Amusement device, as an accessory use, when authorized as a special exception, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4 of the Code, and subject to the following requirements:
[Added 7-10-2024 by Ord. No. 978]
(1)
The property line of any property on which an amusement device is located shall not be within 500 feet in any direction of the property line of any public, private or parochial school, day-care facility, place of worship, park, playground, community center, or public open space.
§ 114-102 Prohibited uses.
No building may be erected, altered or used and no lot or premises may be used for any trade, industry or business that is noxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, vibration or noise. No engine or other mechanical device shall be used unless objectionable noise and vibration is eliminated.
§ 114-103 Lot and building area.
A.
Lot area. A lot area of not less than 1,600 square feet per family shall be provided for every building hereafter erected, altered or used in whole or in part as a dwelling, except that multiple dwellings when authorized as a special exception shall have a lot area of not less than 5,000 square feet per family and shall meet the other requirements of § 114-71D(2), provided that in the case of a lot held in single and separate ownership at the time the Zoning Ordinance of 1940 became effective, having an area of less than 1,600 square feet, a dwelling may be built thereon when authorized as a special exception.
[Amended 9-8-1965 by Ord. No. 525]
B.
Building area. In the case of any building hereafter erected, altered or used in whole or in part as a dwelling, the building area shall not exceed 70% of the lot area.
§ 114-104 Yards.
A.
Front yards.
(1)
General requirement. There shall be a front yard, the depth of which shall be at least 20 feet.
[Amended 3-11-1970 by Ord. No. 591; 11-14-1973 by Ord. No. 625; 9-9-1987 by Ord. No. 750]
B.
Side yards.
(1)
Detached and multiple dwellings. In the case of a single-family or two-family detached dwelling or a multiple dwelling, there shall be two side yards, one on each side of the main building, neither of which shall be less than six feet wide, provided that if such building is over 40 feet high, the width of each side yard shall be increased four feet for each 12 feet or portion thereof by which the building exceeds 40 feet in height; and provided further that in the case of a lot held in single and separate ownership at the time this chapter becomes effective, of a width less than 40 feet, a single-family or two-family detached dwelling may be built thereon with side yards of less width, when authorized as a special exception.
(2)
Semidetached dwellings. In the case of a single-family or two-family semidetached dwelling, there shall be at least one side yard which shall be not less than nine feet wide, provided that in the case of a lot held in single and separate ownership at the time this chapter becomes effective, of a width less than 40 feet, a single-family or two-family semidetached dwelling may be built thereon with a side yard of less width, when authorized as a special exception.
C.
Rear yards. In the case of a building used in whole or in part as a dwelling, there shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be at least 15 feet, provided that, if such building is over 40 feet high, the depth of the rear yard shall be increased four feet for each 12 feet or portion thereof by which the building exceeds 40 feet in height.
§ 114-105 Landscaping.
[Added 10-8-1975 by Ord. No. 646; amended 7-8-1992 by Ord. No. 786]
For all land uses in the B2 Business District, buffers shall be provided along property boundaries, buffers or street trees shall be provided along all streets and all parking areas shall be landscaped in accordance with the requirements of § 95-11I of Chapter 95, Subdivision of Land. Existing landscape material may be used to meet these requirements.