Yeadon City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
NC Neighborhood Commercial District
§ 300-51 Intent.
The purposes of the NC Neighborhood Commercial District are to provide retail and service facilities which serve primarily the daily needs of the immediate surrounding neighborhood and to encourage attractive, compact retail commercial development in locations close to the residences serviced.
§ 300-52 Use regulations.
[Amended 4-19-2001 by Ord. No. 1279; 5-9-2005 by Ord. No. 1316]
A building may be erected and used, and a lot or premises may be used, for any of the following purposes and no other:
A.
Permitted principal uses. In the NC Neighborhood Commercial District, land, buildings or premises shall be used by right only for one or more of the following:
(1)
Retail stores designed primarily to provide retail goods to residents of the immediately surrounding area, and with a gross floor area not in excess of 2,500 square feet, excluding dollar stores, thrift stores, and produce stores;
(2)
Residences, not located on the first floor of the structure, with the minimum floor space per unit as stated in § 300-33C(2)(e);
(3)
General restaurants;
(4)
Professional or business offices, agencies or studios; and
(5)
Confectionery, bakery, pastry, candy or ice cream shops making goods only for retail on the premises, specifically excluding automobiles, trucks and other similar vehicles and road stands and booths from which food or food products are sold.
B.
Accessory uses. The following may be permitted as accessory uses incidental to permitted principal uses:
C.
Uses by special exception. The following uses shall be permitted as special exceptions when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board:
D.
Conditional uses. The following uses shall be permitted as conditional uses when authorized by the Borough Council on the basis of the standards set forth in Article XVIIand provided that the condition set forth at Subsection E is met. If the condition set forth in Article XVIIis not met, then the use shall not be permitted.
(1)
Personal service shops, including tailors, barbers, beauty salons, fortune-telling services, dressmaking, shoe repair or similar uses;
(2)
Fast-food restaurants;
(3)
Takeout restaurants;
(4)
Banks or other financial institutions;
(5)
Dollar stores, thrift stores, and produce stores;
(6)
Laundry or dry-cleaning establishments;
(7)
Off-street parking, subject to its primary use to serve one or more permitted uses;
(8)
Convenience stores; and
(9)
Parks.
E.
To prevent the over-concentration of certain uses and to promote a complementary mix of uses that will generate pedestrian foot traffic and promote the economic health of the NC District, the uses authorized pursuant to section Subsection D above shall be permitted by conditional use only if no identical or similar use is located within a five-hundred-foot radius from the proposed use.
§ 300-53 Area and bulk regulations.
§ 300-54 Off-street parking.
All off-street parking shall be restricted to the rear of structures or to lots within walking distance of such structures and subject to Article XIV.
§ 300-55 Prohibited uses.
No building may be erected, altered or used, and no lot or premises may be used, for any trade, industry or business that is noxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas or noise, or that is dangerous to public health or safety. No internal combustion engine shall be used unless objectionable noise and vibration are eliminated and it is equipped and supplied with an effective muffler or silencer.
§ 300-56 Buffers.
There shall be a buffering requirement of five feet along every side and rear property line which abuts a residence district.
§ 300-57 Signs.
Signs shall be permitted in accordance with Article XIII.