Tilden Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
C-2 General Commercial Districts
§ 500-28 Purpose.
The C-2 General Commercial District is established to provide for a wide range of commercial activities, which may require highway locations and cater to transient as well as to local customers. Among the purposes of this district are:
§ 500-29 Use regulations.
A detached building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes. Such uses shall be in conformity with the special regulations set forth in § 500-31 of this article, with the environmental performance standards set forth in § 500-72, and with the applicable provisions of Article XVIII, Performance Standards.
A.
The following uses are permitted by right:
(1)
Retail store.
(2)
Personal service shop, but not including laundry, dry cleaning, or clothes pressing establishment.
(3)
Retail service shop.
(4)
Office.
(5)
Studio.
(6)
Financial institution.
(7)
Forestry.
(8)
Cultural facility.
(9)
Governmental use.
(10)
General service or contractor's shop.
(11)
Dwelling quarters for watchman or caretaker employed on the premises.
(12)
Convenience store.
B.
The following uses are permitted provided that public sewer and water system is available:
(1)
Eating and drinking places, including drive-in service.
(2)
Laundry, dry cleaning or clothes pressing establishment.
(3)
Automatic self-service laundry.
(4)
Motor vehicle wash establishment.
(5)
Care facility, extended.
(6)
Care facility, intermediate.
(7)
Care facility, long-term.
(8)
Shopping center.
(9)
Nursery.
(10)
Motel or hotel.
(11)
Wholesale business establishment including wholesale bakery.
(12)
Vocational school.
(13)
Community recreation building.
(14)
Place of worship.
(15)
Funeral home.
(16)
Club, lodge or social building.
(17)
Veterinarian office.
(18)
Clinic.
(19)
Medical/dental office.
D.
The following uses are permitted when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board:
(1)
Building materials sales yard.
(2)
Telephone central office.
(3)
Utility substation.
(4)
Outdoor place of amusement, recreation or assembly.
(5)
Self-storage facility.
(6)
Passenger terminal.
(7)
Motor vehicle service station.
(8)
Motor vehicle sales establishment.
(9)
Motor vehicle repair facility.
(10)
Commercial greenhouse.
(11)
Warehousing.
(12)
Kennel.
§ 500-30 Area and bulk regulations.
A.
Lot area. Every lot shall have a lot area of not less than 65,000 square feet.
B.
Lot width. Every lot shall not be less than 150 feet in width at the building line.
C.
Building area. Not more than 50% of the area of each lot may be occupied by buildings.
D.
Impervious coverage. Not more than 75% of the area of each lot may be covered by impervious surface.
E.
Front yard. There shall be a setback on each street on which a lot abuts which shall not be less than 50 feet in depth.
F.
Side yards. There shall be two side yards, neither of which shall be less than 25 feet in width.
G.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot which shall be not less than 50 feet in depth.
H.
Height regulations. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height. This restriction shall not apply to nonhabitable architectural enhancements related to a building or structure, such as decorative building facade or screening of refrigeration units. Nonhabitable architectural enhancements, together with buildings or structures to which they are affixed, shall not exceed 45 feet in total height.
§ 500-31 Special regulations.
In order to encourage sound and attractive development, the following special requirements shall apply to all uses permitted in the C-2 District:
A.
A buffer yard is required along each side or rear property line that directly abuts a residential district, in accordance with Article XVII.
B.
No goods, articles, or equipment shall be stored, displayed or offered for sale beyond the front lines of a building, except for the display of motor vehicles not less than 10 feet from the street line. This restriction shall not apply to nursery, greenhouse, building materials sales yard, or motor vehicle repair facility uses.