West Manchester Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XVI
Regional Commercial Zones RC
§ 150-134 Purpose.
The purpose of this district is to provide suitable locations for businesses that rely on a regional market area for customers. The uses permitted include a wide range of retail goods. The large minimum lot size encourages large uses or an integration of smaller ones. The areas designated for this zone have premium vehicular access and exposure around major interchanges of Route 30. Design standards are imposed to create an attractive, well-landscaped setting with abundant, convenient parking.
§ 150-135 Permitted uses.
Permitted uses shall be as follows:
A.
Offices (business and professional).
B.
Banks and similar financial institutions.
C.
Restaurants and taverns, but not including drive-through or fast-food restaurants or nightclubs.
D.
Retail sales of goods and services, including auto parts without installation.
E.
Theaters and auditoriums.
F.
Fast-food restaurants if within an enclosed shopping center or mall and no direct outside access to the restaurant is provided.
G.
Shopping centers and malls if located on one common lot.
H.
Automobile parts stores and automobile service and repair facilities if accessory to a department or variety store if those criteria contained within § 150-312 have been satisfied.
I.
Medical and dental clinics.
[Added 6-14-1990 by Ord. No. 90-06]
J.
Personal service business.
[Added 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
K.
Alternative therapy office.
[Added 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
L.
Commercial school.
[Added 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
N.
Shopping centers and malls located on two or more contiguous lots. (See § 150-351.)
[Added 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
S.
Forestry.
[Added 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
T.
Accessory uses customarily incidental to the above permitted uses.
[Added 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
§ 150-136 (Reserved) [1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 150-136, Conditional uses, as amended, was repealed 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03.
§ 150-137 Special exception uses.
[Amended 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
Subject to the general criteria listed in § 150-302D, special exception uses shall be as follows:
§ 150-138 Minimum lot area.
[Amended 1-28-2016 by Ord. No. 16-01]
A.
Unless otherwise specified, each use within this zone shall have a minimum lot size of five acres. For the purposes of this subsection, a use can include several businesses that are developed in a coordinated fashion (e.g., joint parking lots, access drives, loading areas, landscaping, signage, etc.) that function as one development site and satisfy all of those requirements imposed upon this zone.
B.
Notwithstanding the limitation of Subsection A, uses that are designed to be an integral part of a shopping center may be located on separate lots that shall have a minimum lot area of 10,000 square feet, provided that the aggregate area of all of the lots included as part of the shopping center have a minimum area of five acres.
§ 150-139 Minimum lot width.
[Amended 1-28-2016 by Ord. No. 16-01; 6-22-2017 by Ord. No. 17-06]
A.
The minimum lot width shall be 300 feet.
B.
Notwithstanding the limitation of Subsection A, uses that are designed to be an integral part of a shopping center may be located on separate lots that shall have a minimum lot width of 75 feet, as measured at the street right-of-way line or along a property line of the lot abutting the shopping center common access drive; provided that the aggregate of all of the lots included as part of the shopping center shall have a minimum lot width of 300 feet measured at a street right-of-way line.
§ 150-140 Minimum setback requirements.
Minimum setback requirements shall be as follows:
A.
Front yard setback. All buildings, structures (except permitted signs) and off-street loading areas shall be set back at least 50 feet from the street right-of-way lines. Off-street parking lots shall be set back at least 25 feet from street right-of-way lines.
B.
Side yard setbacks. All buildings and structures shall be set back at least 50 feet from the side lot lines. Off-street parking lots and loading areas shall be at least 25 feet from side lot lines, unless joint parking facilities are shared by adjoining uses. In such instances, one of the required side yard setbacks can be waived for parking lots only.
C.
Rear yard setback. All buildings and structures shall be set back at least 50 feet from the rear lot line. Off-street parking lots and loading areas shall be set back at least 25 feet.
D.
Residential buffer strip. Any lot adjoining land within a residential zone shall maintain a seventy-five-foot setback for buildings and structures and a fifty-foot setback for off-street parking lots and loading areas from the residentially zoned parcels. Such areas shall contain a fifty-foot wide landscape strip.
§ 150-141 Maximum permitted height.
Maximum permitted height shall be 45 feet.
§ 150-142 Maximum lot coverage.
[Amended 6-22-2017 by Ord. No. 17-06]
A.
The maximum lot coverage shall be 70%.
B.
Notwithstanding the limitation of Subsection A, uses that are located on lots that are designed to be an integral part of a shopping center may have a lot coverage of up to 100%; provided that the aggregate lot coverage of all of the lots included as part of the shopping center shall not exceed 70%. At the time of any proposed land development or subdivision of a shopping center containing multiple lots, each of the lots forming part of the shopping center shall be made subject to reciprocal easements and covenants related to impervious coverage so as to prevent the overall impervious coverage from exceeding 70% of the aggregate area of all of the lots.
§ 150-142.1 Multiple permitted uses.
[Added 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
Multiple permitted uses may be located in one building located on one lot of land.
§ 150-143 Outdoor storage.
No outdoor storage shall be permitted.
§ 150-144 Off-street loading.
Off-street loading shall be provided as specified in Article XXV of this chapter. In addition, no off-street loading area shall be permitted on any side of a building facing adjoining lands within a residential zone nor any side of a building facing an adjoining street.
§ 150-145 Off-street parking.
Off-street parking shall be provided as specified in Article XXIV of this chapter.
§ 150-146 Signs.
Signs shall be permitted as specified in Article XXVII of this chapter.
§ 150-147 (Reserved) [1]
§ 150-148 Screening.
A vegetative screen must be provided along any adjoining lands within a residential zone, regardless of whether or not the residentially zoned parcel is developed. (See Article XXVI.)
§ 150-149 Landscaping.
Any portion of the site not used for buildings, structures, parking lots, loading areas and sidewalks shall be maintained with a vegetative ground cover and other ornamental plantings. A twenty-five-foot landscape strip shall be provided along all property lines. Such landscape strip can be waived for that portion of the site occupied by a joint parking lot shared by adjoining uses. (See Article XXVI.)
§ 150-150 Dumpsters.
Dumpsters used for domestic garbage may be permitted within the side or rear yard, provided that such dumpsters are screened from adjoining roads and properties. All dumpsters shall be set back at least 25 feet from all lot lines and 50 feet from any adjoining residentially zoned property.