West York City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VI
C Commercial District
§ 470-25 Area of applicability.
The following regulations shall apply to all areas designated C Commercial Districts on the Zoning Map.
§ 470-26 Use regulations.
A building may be erected or used and a lot of land may be used or occupied only for one of the following purposes and no other:
A.
An apartment house combined with a business use, row dwellings, garden apartments, townhouses, conversion apartments, and rooming houses and boardinghouses.
[Amended 5-7-2007 by Ord. No. 493]
B.
Office, studio, bank or similar use.
C.
Personal service shops such as barber, beauty, tailor, shoe repair or similar shops.
D.
Retail businesses, such as variety stores, videostores, apparel stores, drugstores, grocery stores, eating and drinking establishments, liquor stores, antique shops, music shops, sporting goods stores, book, stationary, magazine, candy and tobacco shops, bakery, confectionery, photographic, plumbing, electrical, drycleaning, radio repair, upholstery, and other outlets that sell merchandise on a retail basis.
E.
Theater, but not adult facility or adult theater, auditorium, assembly hall.
F.
Motor vehicle salesroom, parking lot, but not a truck terminal which is specifically prohibited in C Commercial Districts.
G.
Publicly owned buildings.
J.
One of the following uses, when authorized as a special exception, subject to the specific criteria applicable for the zone in which it is located and as found within Article X, Special Exceptions, and subject to the provisions of Article XII:
(1)
Service station, used car lot and public garage.
(2)
Drive-in establishments where patrons are served in their automobiles or out-of-doors, outdoor theaters, stadiums, swimming pools or any similar commercial use where the principal activity is carried on out-of-doors.
(3)
Dance hall, bowling alley, skating rink or similar places of amusement, whether indoors or out-of-doors.
(4)
Veterinarian or animal hospital.
(5)
Hotels and motels.
(6)
Billboards, advertising sign boards and business identification signs other than as permitted in Article IX.
(7)
Group quarters.
(8)
Group homes.
(9)
Businesses requiring the dispatching of vehicles from the premises.
(10)
Adult facilities.
(11)
Convenience store.
§ 470-27 Lot regulations.
Lot width, area and yards of not less than the following dimensions shall be provided for every building hereafter erected or used for any use permitted in this district:
A.
Lot width and area. A lot width and area of not less than the appropriate amount set forth in § 470-17 shall be provided for every building hereafter erected or used in whole or in part for residential purposes. For commercial purposes only, there are no lot width or area regulations other than a minimum district area of 40,000 square feet.
B.
Yards.
(1)
Front yards: same as R-1 Residential Districts, single-family detached and all others.
(2)
Side yards.
(a)
For buildings used for commercial purposes only, no side yards are required, except, in the case of a corner lot on the side abutting the street, there shall be a side yard of not less than 30 feet in depth from the curbline, and, in the case of a commercial lot abutting on a residential district, there shall be a side yard along the residential district of not less than 20 feet.
(3)
Rear yards. For commercial use or commercial combined with residential use, no rear yards are required, except, where the rear line of a commercial lot abuts a residential district, there shall be a rear yard of not less than 20 feet, and, where a commercial lot abuts a public alley, there shall be a rear yard or building setback line of not less than 10 feet measured from the alley line.
§ 470-28 Building regulations.
Every building hereafter erected within this district shall conform to the following regulations.
A.
Building height limit. No building shall exceed three stories or 35 feet in height unless authorized as a special exception.
B.
Building area.
(1)
For buildings used for commercial purposes only, there is no restriction as to the amount of lot which may be covered by buildings so long as adequate off-street parking facilities and loading and unloading space are provided as set for in Article IX.
(2)
For buildings used in whole or in part for residential purposes, not more than 60% of the lot area shall be occupied by buildings, provided that, in the case of a building of which the first story is used principally for commercial purposes and no portion of the first story is used for sleeping purposes, the building area shall be computed on the level of the second story.
C.
Habitable floor area. For any building used in whole or in part for dwelling purposes, the dwelling area shall provide the minimum habitable floor areas set forth in the Uniform Construction Code.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]