The intent of the C-1 Commercial District is to:

      A.   Provide reasonable standards for the development of commercial, service and community uses to serve the needs of Borough residents and workers.

      B.   Minimize the potential conflicts between the nonresidential uses permitted in this district and residential uses abutting the district.

      C.   Provide pedestrian connections between buildings, parking areas, and sidewalks, and to consolidate driveways, parking and curb cuts to provide more efficient, economical and safe access and parking.

(Ord. 379, 7/6/2009, § 1301)

   1.   Permitted Uses.

      A.   Retail sales (C1).

      B.   Personal service shop (C2).

      C.   Establishment serving food or beverages (C3).

      D.   Instructional aervices (C20).

      E.   Municipal uses (IR7).

   2.   Conditional Uses.

      A.   Indoor entertainment facilities such as a theater, bowling alley, billiard room or other place of indoor amusement or recreation (C4).

      B.   Day care center, including adult day care (C5).

      C.   Gasoline service station and filling station (C6).

      D.   Vehicle sales service, or repair establishments, including vehicle body repair, vehicle painting, or washing (C7).

      E.   Religious institutions and their ancillary uses (IR3).

      F.   Funeral home or mortuary (C8).

      G.   Drive-through facilities (AC4).

      H.   Outside storage (AC3).

      I.   Professional office (C19).

      J.   Business Office (C21)

      K.   Club, Fraternity House or Lodge (IR8). [Ord. 396]

      L.   Uses determined by the Borough Council to be of a similar nature to the uses permitted by right in § 27-1302.1, herein when located in an accessory building.

(Ord. 379, 7/6/2009, § 1302; as amended by Ord. 396, 5/6/2013, § 2; and by Ord. 407, 1/4/2016, § 2)

   1.   Minimum lot size: 5,000 square feet.

   2.   Minimum lot width: 100 feet.

   3.   Front yard setback: 30 feet.

   4.   Side yard setback: 15 feet minimum.

   5.   Rear yard setback: 30 feet.

   6.   Maximum building coverage: 50 percent.

   7.   Maximum impervious coverage: 75 percent.

   8.   Maximum building height:

      A.   Principal buildings: 40 feet or three stories.

      B.   Accessory buildings and structures: 14 feet.

(Ord. 379, 7/6/2009, § 1303)

   1.   Public Utilities. All uses shall be served by public water and sewer facilities. New construction shall provide all utilities underground.

   2.   Pedestrian circulation. All uses shall be provided with a safe and convenient pedestrian circulation system, which shall connect buildings with sidewalks along streets, parking areas, common areas and other buildings.

   3.   Parking. In addition to the parking requirements § 27-415 and standards in § 27-503 parking shall be regulated by the following:

      A.   Parking lots shall be located to the rear of the principal building or to the side (however, parking shall not be located between a building and a street).

      B.   Vehicular access to parking lots shall be from an alley or side street where possible.

      C.   Interconnected Parking Areas.

         (1)   Parking areas on abutting nonresidential lots shall be interconnected by access driveways.

         (2)   Each nonresidential lot shall provide cross-access easements for its parking areas and access driveways guaranteeing access to adjacent lots. Interconnections shall be logically placed and easily identifiable to ensure convenient traffic flow.

         (3)   All parking lot access management to be determined by the Borough Engineer and the Zoning Officer with input from the Borough Council.

   4.   Exterior Lighting. All exterior lighting shall be designed to be sufficient for security and identification without allowing light to trespass onto adjacent sites and shall conform to the exterior lighting standards of § 27-501.

   5.   Refuse Areas. The storage of refuse shall be provided inside the building(s) or within an outdoor area that shall be screened from the view of adjacent streets or residential districts by a landscape screen buffer and/or an opaque fence or wall 6 feet high.

   6.   Bonus Provisions for the Adaptive Re-use of Buildings. When a building or structure is converted from a residential use to a C2, C18, C19, C20 or C21as a principal use and is preserved and enhanced and/or the facade is maintained and enhanced, one or more of the following bonus provisions shall be permitted:

      A.   Maximum impervious coverage may be increased to 90 percent of the lot area.

      B.   Fifty percent of the required parking shall be on-site and the other 50 percent may be provided off-site within 500 feet of the lot.

      C.   Minimum lot size may reflect the lot size of the building at the time of conversion.

(Ord. 379, 7/6/2009, § 1304)