[Added 5-20-1998 by Ord. No. 16324]

In expansion of the legislative intent and community development objectives contained in Article I, §§ 150-2 and 150-3, of thus chapter and in support of the goals and recommendations of the Worcester Township Comprehensive Plan, it is the intent of this article to

A. Allow retail commercial uses that will meet the local neighborhood shopping needs of the township's residents

B. Limit the potential adverse effect of commercial development on abutting properties, the township's character and the township's roads by controlling the location and nature of commercial development

C. Encourage well-designed, planned shopping areas for the township

A.building or combination of buildings may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes, or combination of purposes, and no other

A. Retail store selling or leasing for local neighborhood use one or more of the following items at retail food, groceries, meats, vegetables, fruit, drugs, cosmetics, hardware, clothing, jewelry, watches, optical goods, nursery stock, musical, professional or scientific instruments

B. Office, bank, financial institution or studio

C. Personal service shop of a dressmaker, shoe repairer, tailor, hairdresser, laundry or dry-cleaning agency

D. Medical offices of a private practitioner, other than a clinic

E. Undertaker, not including crematorium

F. Baker, confectioner or custom shop for the production of articles to be sold only on the premises

G. Restaurant, catering operation, retail baker, confectioner, ice cream shop or other food service operation

H. Theater, assembly hall, community building, library or child day-care center

I. Any similar use to those specified in this section above, when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board

J. Special exceptions The following uses are permitted when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board

(1) General servicing or repair

(2) -Upholstering

(3) Carpentry or woodwork

(4) Electrical, radio or television repair (5) Millinery repair or processing

(6) Watch or clock repair

(7) Frozen food lockers

(8) Any similar use involving repair, processing or storage activity

K. Municipal use, as defined in Article III [Added 9-15-1993 by Ord. No. 133]

A. Minimum lot area Five acres shall be the minimum lot area that shall be provided for every building or use

B. Minimum lot width A lot width of not less than 500 feet shall be provided for every building or use

A. Front yard One hundred feet shall be the minimum size of the front yard on each lot

B. Side yards There shall be two side yards on each lot, neither of which shall be less than 50 feet

C. Rear yards Fifty feet shall be the minimum size of the rear yard on each lot

D. District yard In the case of any side or rear yard adjacent to any single-family residential district, such yard shall not be less than 100 feet

A. Building coverage The total building coverage shall not exceed 20%

B. Impervious coverage The total -impervious coverage shall not exceed 40%

A. Building height The maximum height for buildings erected or enlarged in this district shall be 30 feet, not exceeding two stories in height

B. Sign height The maximum height for any sign or other such structure erected in this district shall be 20 feet

A. Parking and loading All-weather parking and loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with Article XXII

B. Setbacks No parking, loading or driveway area shall be located closer than 50 feet to any front, side or rear property line

A. Signs Signs shall be permitted in accordance with Article XXI

B. Gross building floor area

(1) No building, whether containing a single or several uses, shall contain a gross building area greater than 19,000 square feet, excluding unoccupied basements

(2) No request for a variance from this provision of the requirements of this section shall be granted without a proportionate or equivalent increase in the yard areas as determined by the Zoning Hearing Board

C. Landscaping

(1) All development in the SC Shopping Center District shall be designed and maintained so as to provide a complete and effective, year-round landscape buffer between itself and any development of any other adjacent district

(2) In addition to the above, there shall be a suitable and effective landscape barrier at the edge of the property adjacent to any public street, such buffer strip shall be at least 10 feet wide and shall channel motor vehicle ingress and egress from the property providing a maximum of one access road per 100 feet of frontage and in no case more than two access roads per property

D. Utilities All development in the SC Shopping Center District shall be served by public sewer and public water All utilities serving a permitted use in this district shall be underground

E. Outdoor land use There shall be no outdoor storage or display of goods or materials, other than nursery stock plants, for marketing, storage or any other purpose The outdoor storage of trash shall be designed and maintained to be completely screened from view by a landscape buffer

F. Hazardous use No building may be erected, altered or maintained or lot used for any purpose, trade or business that is noxious, offensive or potentially injurious to health by reason of odor, noise, dust, smoke, heat, gas, radiation, vibration or hazardous substance

G. Building spacing The distance at the closest point between any buildings shall be not less than 30 feet

H. Site lighting Exterior lighting provided in conjunction with any building or use shall be placed not higher than 12 feet above grade and shall be screened so as not to permit the source of illumination to be seen from off the premises Only color corrected types of illumination shall be used Such lights and of any illuminated signs shall be extinguished between 10:00 p.m and 6:00 a.m , prevailing time

I. Application procedure The procedure for making application under SC Shopping Center District shall be in accordance with § 150-202 of Article XXIV, General Regulations, and § 150-214 of Article XXV, Administration

J. Detention basins in yard areas Detention basins shall be allowed in yard areas only in accordance with the applicable regulations under Article XXIV, General Regulations