Washington Township
City Zoning Code

Administrative offices.

Bakery.

Bank.

Barber and beauty shops.

Bookstore and stationery store.

Clothing.

Drugstore.

Dry cleaning and laundry pickup shops.

Dry goods and notions stores.

Finance and loan agencies.

Food market.

Gift shop and florist shop.

Hardware and sporting goods stores.

Jewelry store.

Library and museums.

Medical and dental offices.

Newspaper and magazine sales.

Post office.

Radio, television and music stores, sales and service.

Real estate and similar professional office.

Restaurant, provided that no restaurant or similar use shall be conducted as a drive-in service establishment or refreshment stand, sometimes called snack bar, dairy bar, hamburger stand or hot dog stand, where customers and patrons are served food and/or drinks for immediate consumption outside the building in which the business is conducted.

Self-service laundry.

Shoe store and repair.

Tailor and dressmaker shops.

One apartment unit, provided that such use is in conjunction with the main business use, such as living quarters for a watchman. Such apartment shall be located above the main floors or in the rear of the business structure. An additional two parking spaces shall be provided for such apartment unit.

Neighborhood center, consisting of compatible uses permitted within the zone, with the exception of Subsections C, K, O, R, and Y listed above and day-care use. The principal building shall be at least 10,000 square feet, and each individual use or tenant must include at least 1,200 square feet.

Minimum lot size: 13,500 square feet.

Minimum lot width: 100 feet.

Minimum lot depth: 135 feet.

Maximum lot coverage: 35%.

Minimum front yard: 50 feet from all streets.

Side yards: 20 feet aggregate total with a minimum of eight feet, provided that when a written agreement is provided by adjoining property owners, no side yard shall be required between properties of separate ownership where two or more commercial uses abut side to side. In case of a series of abutting structures paralleling a public right-of-way, an open and unobstructed passage of at least 30 feet in width shall be provided at grade level at intervals of not more than 200 feet.

Minimum rear yard: 35 feet.

Maximum building height: 25 feet.

Maximum floor area: 20,000 square feet.

There must exist approved public water and public sewer systems, which shall be available to each unit prior to the issuance of the building permits.

All other applicable regulations of this chapter shall be followed as required.

For developments to be constructed over a period of years, a phasing plan shall be submitted as part of the preliminary plan for the entire concept.

The buildings, sizes, shapes, site positions and architectural design shall be considered along with the landscape and natural features.