[Added 8-26-2014 by Ord. No. 2014-16]
In the General Business West Zone, no premises shall be used and no structure shall be erected, altered, or occupied for any purpose except the following and shall be further limited to those uses which are clearly of a scale and nature designed primarily to serve adjacent residential areas within a three-mile radius and which only incidentally serve other areas.
A. Permitted principal uses.
(1) Retail business establishments, including but not limited to the following:
(a) Permitted on the first floor only:
[1] Stores selling groceries, meats and poultry, baked goods, and other such items.
[2] Drug and pharmaceutical stores.
[3] Hardware, dry goods, and household supply stores.
[4] Liquor stores.
[5] Luncheonettes, delicatessens and confectionery stores.
(b) Permitted on the first and second floor only:
[1] Stationery, tobacco and newspaper stores.
[2] Haberdashery, apparel and shoe stores.
[3] Restaurants, diners and other eating and drinking establishments.
(2) Personal service establishments, which shall include, but are not limited to, the following are permitted on the first and second floors only:
(a) Barber- and beauty shops.
(b) Shoe repair shops.
(c) Tailor shops, dry-cleaning shops and self-service laundries.
(3) Business and professional offices, banks and fiduciary institutions, and post offices are permitted on the first and second floors only.
(4) Office buildings are permitted on the first and second floors only.
(5) Public parks and playgrounds are permitted on the ground floor only.
(6) Municipal buildings and other public facilities providing services essential to the operation of the Borough, subject to the general review and recommendation by the Planning Board, are permitted on the first and second floors only.
(7) Hotels and motels, subject to the requirements and limitations of Chapter 258, Hotels, are permitted on all floors.
(8) Child-care centers are permitted on the first and second floors only.
(9) Residential on the third and fourth floors in combination with permitted retail business or personal service establishments on the first floor.
B. Permitted accessory uses.
(1) Storage buildings and garages subject to requirements in the Schedule of Height, Area and Yard Requirements.
(2) Signs and awnings, subject to the requirements and limitations of Article X, Signs and Awnings.
(3) Parking lots and parking garages, limited to grade or first floor only.
(4) Trash storage and recycling enclosures.
C. Conditional uses.
(1) Churches, lodges and similar quasi-public uses subject to the requirements and limitations in § 450-35.
(2) Telecommunications towers and antennas, subject to the requirements and limitations of § 450-37 and Article XI, Telecommunications Towers and Antennas.
(3) Townhouses subject to the requirements and limitations of § 450-27D(2).
D. Area, yard and building requirements. The following standards are established hereafter and are further set forth in the Schedule of Height, Area and Yard Requirements of this chapter:
(1) Area, yard and building limitations:
(a) Minimum lot area: 5,000 square feet.
(b) Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
(c) Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.
(d) Minimum front yard: none.
(e) Minimum side yards: none.
(f) Minimum rear yard: 10 feet.
(g) Maximum building height: 48 feet (four stories).
(i) Maximum impervious coverage: 100%.
(j) Minimum off-street parking: per § 450-39.
(k) Minimum side yard (accessory structure): five feet.
(l) Minimum rear yard (accessory structure): five feet.
(m) Maximum building area (accessory structure): 120 square feet.
(n) Maximum building height (accessory structure): 16 feet (one story).
E. Supplementary regulations.
(1) Nothing shall be stored out-of-doors for any purpose except that garbage and trash or any other refuse awaiting disposal may be stored in a rear yard in a completely enclosed container.
(2) Persons establishing uses in this zone are encouraged to give particular attention to aesthetic considerations, especially in connection with structural design and the use of landscaping to soften building lines.
A. Permitted principal uses.
(1) Professional and business offices, including offices for doctors, dentists, lawyers, architects, engineers, accountants, real estate and similar businesses or office activities employing a predominantly white-collar clerical staff, not engaged in retail or wholesale sales on the premises of any articles or products of a tangible nature and where no heavy or noisy machinery, equipment or instruments are utilized in the operation of the business.
(2) Apartments on the second and third floors in combination with permitted professional or business offices on the first floor. [Amended 4-24-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-6]
(3) Single-family residential dwellings, subject to the limitations and requirements or the R-1 Single-Family Residential Zone.
(4) Public parks and playgrounds.
(5) Municipal buildings and other public facilities providing services essential to the operation of the Borough, subject to the general review and recommendation by the Planning Board.
(6) Child care centers.
B. Permitted accessory uses. [Amended 4-24-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-6]
(1) Storage buildings and garages subject to the requirements in the Schedule of Height, Area and Yard Requirements.
(2) Signs and awnings, subject to the requirements and limitations of Article X, Signs and Awnings.
(3) Parking lots and parking garages.
(4) Trash storage and recycling enclosures.
C. Conditional uses.
(1) None.
D. Area, yard and building requirements. The following standards are established hereafter and are further set forth in the Schedule of Height, Area and Yard Requirements of this chapter:
(1) For single-family dwellings:
(a) Area, yard and building limitations: same as § 450-26D and as further set forth in the Schedule of Height, Area and Yard Requirements.
(2) For all other uses:
(a) Minimum lot area: 5,000 square feet.
(b) Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
(c) Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.
(d) Minimum front yard: none.
(e) Minimum side yards: none.
(f) Minimum rear yard: 10 feet.
(g) Maximum building height: 40 feet.
(i) Maximum impervious coverage: 100%.
(j) Minimum off-street parking: per § 450-39.
(k) Minimum side yard (accessory structure): five feet.
(l) Minimum rear yard (accessory structure): five feet.
(m) Maximum building area (accessory structure): 20 square feet.
(n) Maximum building height (accessory structure): 12 feet (one story).
E. Supplementary regulations: [Amended 12-29-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-22]
(1) For single-family dwellings: same as § 450-26E.
A. Permitted uses.
(1) All uses permitted in the GB General Business Zone and as further specified in § 450-29A.
(2) The manufacturing of products, provided that the process includes only the assembly of previously prepared or refined materials. No process shall include chemical reaction; the use of heat other than soldering or welding; any machinery, the operation of which will generate noise or vibration audible or otherwise perceptible at or beyond the property line on which the machinery is located.
(3) Research laboratories.
(4) Public parks and playgrounds.
(5) Municipal buildings and other public facilities providing services essential to the operation of the Borough, subject to general review and recommendation by the Planning Board.
B. Permitted accessory uses.
(1) None.
C. Conditional uses.
(1) None.
D. Area, yard and building requirements. The following standards are established hereafter and are further set forth in the Schedule of Height, Area and Yard Requirements of this chapter:
(1) Commercial uses permitted as per § 450-31A(1). As specified in § 450-29D of this chapter for GB General Business Zone.
(2) All other uses permitted in the zone.
(a) Minimum lot area: 20,000 square feet.
(b) Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
(c) Minimum lot depth: 100 feet.
(d) Minimum front yard: 10 feet.
(e) Minimum side yards: 10 feet.
(f) Minimum rear yard: 10 feet and 14 feet.
(g) Maximum building height: 40 feet.
(i) Maximum impervious coverage: 80%.
(j) Minimum off-street parking: per § 450-39.
(k) Minimum side yard (accessory structure): five feet.
(l) Minimum rear yard (accessory structure): five feet.
(m) Maximum building area (accessory structure): 120 square feet.
(n) Maximum building height (accessory structure): 12 feet (one story).
E. Supplementary regulations.
(1) There shall be no out-of-doors storage or display except that garbage and trash waiting collection may be stored in rear yard areas in a completely enclosed container.
(2) Where the office-research zone abuts a residential area, a minimum thirty-foot buffer must be established.
