[Amended 11-9-1982 by Ord. No. 38-82]

A. Permitted uses. [Amended 11-6-1989 by Ord. No. 15-89]

(1) This zone is limited to any use permitted and regulated in the B-2 Business District, as well as coal and lumber yards, commercial warehouses and amusement arcades, public garages, public utilities and industrial uses are also permitted.

(2) In addition to the foregoing permitted uses, any building within the B-1 Highway Business District may be used for any of the following purposes: automobile, truck and tractor service, repair and storage, warehousing, shops for knitting, sewing, hemming and other textile and fabric jobbing and light manufacture, exclusive of washing and dyeing; light machine work, toolmaking, bench work, light electronic, metal, wood or plastic fabrication and/or assembly thereof; and light industrial activities similar in kind and extent to any of the foregoing.

B. Required conditions.

(1) Height. No building shall exceed two (2) stories or twenty-eight (28) feet in height, whichever is the lesser.

(2) Front yard. There shall be a minimum front yard setback of twenty-five (25) feet.

(3) Side yard. All business buildings may be built without side yards, except where a side yard in the Business Zone abuts a side yard in a residence zone, there shall be a minimum side yard of ten (10) feet.

(4) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of at least ten (10) feet unobstructed by buildings or other permanent structures.

A. Permitted uses.

(1) This district is limited to business uses of a retail sales and service type, such as stores, shops, business and professional offices, restaurants, hotels, banks, theaters, newspaper offices, printing establishments, parking lots, signs as regulated in Article VI and accessory uses customarily incident to the above uses. Public utilities and institutional uses are also permitted. Any building containing a retail store, service or professional establishment upon the first floor may have any number of separate dwellings or office units contained on the upper floors, notwithstanding § 94- 73.3 hereof. [Amended 528-1985 by Ord. No. 7-85; 11-6-1989 by Ord. No. 1589]

(2) (Reserved)

B. Required conditions.

(1) Height. No building shall exceed a height of three (3) stories or forty-five (45) feet, whichever is the lesser.

(2) Front yard. No building shall be constructed on a lot abutting Washington Avenue that is closer than forty-five (45) feet from the center line of Washington Avenue. No building shall be constructed on a lot abutting any street other than Washington Avenue that is closer than five (5) feet from said street right of-way.

(3) Side yards. All business buildings may be built without side yards, except where a side yard in the business zone abuts a side yard in a residence zone, there shall be a minimum side yard of ten (10) feet.

(4) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of at least ten (10) feet unobstructed by buildings or other permanent structures.

(5) Off-street parking. On-site parking is not required for any use permitted in this district when such use is located in an existing building, provided that there is no increase in gross floor area.

A. Permitted uses. This zone district permits dwellings as permitted and regulated in the R-3 District, as well as offices for executive or administrative purposes, groups of doctors, dentists, architects, engineers, attorneys, accountants, clinics with private dispensaries, insurance, institutional and real estate offices and a building used for both a separate dwelling and an office, without any requirement that the occupant of such dwelling be involved in the operation of the office. [Amended 11-6-1989 by Ord. No. 15-89]

B. Required conditions.

(1) Height. No building shall exceed two and one-half (21/2) stories or thirty-five (35) feet in height, whichever is the lesser.

(2) Front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than twenty-five (25) feet, except that where the existing buildings on the same side of the street and within two hundred (200) feet form an established setback, new buildings shall conform to such established line, provided that no new building may project closer than twenty (20) feet to the front property line nor need set back more than thirty-five (35) feet from said property line. Off-street parking as required for nonresidential uses is permitted in the front yard, provided that no part of the parking area lies within the required front yard setback.

(3) Side yards. There shall be two (2) side yards, and no side yard shall be less than six (6) feet. Off-street parking as required for nonresidential uses is permitted in the side yard, provided that no part of the parking area lies within the required side yard set back.

(4) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of at least twenty-five (25) feet. Off-street parking as required is permitted in the rear yard.

(5) Minimum lot area. Residential construction or conversion shall meet the minimum lot area requirements of the R-3 Residence District.

A. Permitted uses. This district permits offices of business and professional uses, research laboratories and selected industrial and manufacturing uses, as well as any business use as regulated in the B-1 District. The intensity of operations shall not exceed the limitations imposed by the performance standards set forth in this chapter.

B. Required conditions.

(1) Height. No structure shall exceed three (3) stories or forty-five (45) feet in height, whichever is the lesser.

(2) Front yard. There shall be a front yard of not less than fifty (50) feet. Parking areas as required shall be permitted in the front yard, provided that said area is at no point closer than five (5) feet to any adjoining street right-of-way line. No parking area shall be nearer than five (5) feet to any property line nor ten (10) feet to any building.

(3) Side yards. There shall be two (2) side yards, and no side yard shall be less than twenty (20) feet, provided that if the lot has an average width of less than two hundred (200) feet, each side yard shall not be less than ten percent (10%) of such average width, and further provided that no side yard shall be less than ten (10) feet. Parking as required may be permitted in the side yard, provided that no parking area is closer than five (5) feet to any zone boundary line nor ten (10) feet to any building.

(4) Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard of at least twenty-five (25) feet. The rear yard may be used for off-street parking, provided that no parking area shall be nearer than ten (10) feet to any building nor five (5) feet to any zone boundary line.

[Added 2-7-1989 by Ord. No. 1-89; 11-6-1989 by Ord. No. 15-89]

A. A church, not combined with any dwelling on the lot except a rectory or parsonage in a building separate from the church and not combined with any commercial activity on the lot except occasional fundraising activities, is permitted as a conditional use in all zone districts, provided that the following standards are met:

(1) The church is located on a collector street.

(2) The church is located on a lot whose lot area exceeds one (1) acre.

B. A school, whether public or private, including an educational institution from grades 1 through 12, college and postgraduate, but excluding a day-care facility or nursery school, is permitted as a conditional use in all zone districts, provided that the following standards are met:

(1) The school is located on a collector street.

(2) The school is located on a lot whose area exceeds one (1) acre.

C. Other than for lot area, the foregoing conditional uses shall comply with the height, yard and other applicable requirements of the zone district in which they are located. All such conditional uses are subject to site plan approval.

[Added 6-1-1993 by Ord. No. 17-93]

This zone district consists entirely of land which is in public ownership. Permitted uses and structures are all uses and structures maintained and utilized by public entities for public purposes. There are no specific zoning restrictions imposed on development so maintained and utilized by public entities.

The following is an enumeration and brief description of amendments to the Zoning Map of the Borough of Washington. The complete text of each amendment is available for examination in the office of the Borough Clerk.