§ 143-259. Permitted uses.

The following are permitted uses:

A. 

Retail establishment for the sale of dry goods, variety merchandise, clothing, food, beverages, flowers, plants, drugs, hardware, books, furnishings and the sale and repair of jewelry, optical goods, cameras and home appliances, and similar uses.

B. 

Personal service shop, provided that at least 30% of the gross floor area is devoted to customer service.

C. 

Dry-cleaning dropoff establishment.

D. 

Sale of small automotive accessories.

E. 

Job printing; copy center.

F. 

Business or professional office; bank and financial institution.

G. 

Restaurant, bar or tavern.

[Amended 9-4-2014 by Ord. No. 618]

H. 

Dance, music or art studio.

I. 

Municipal or governmental use.

J. 

Banks with drive-through service windows shall meet the following performance standards:

(1) 

A minimum of an eight-car stacking area shall be provided, including the space at the pickup window.

(2) 

These spaces shall not interfere with other parking spaces or internal circulation of the site.

(3) 

The pickup window shall be located in the rear or side of the principal structure.

K. 

Auto service center, including body work, painting, and emissions testing centers, shall meet the following performance standards:

(1) 

All activities shall be performed within an enclosed building.

(2) 

All storage of vehicles, parts, or accessories shall be contained behind a minimum twelve-foot opaque fence; all storage shall be shielded from view from any adjacent property.

(3) 

The applicant shall provide documentation that any emissions or exhaust levels are acceptable for a residential area.

L. 

Day-care center, in compliance with § 143-118F of Article XVII of this chapter.

M. 

Undertaking or funeral establishment, not to include a crematory.

N. 

Educational, religious or philanthropic use.

O. 

A gasoline service station containing a car wash, not to include body repair work or painting, shall meet the following performance standards:

(1) 

A minimum lot width of at least 200 feet along each street the lot abuts.

(2) 

All activities except those performed at fuel or air pumps shall be performed within an enclosed building.

(3) 

Fuel pumps shall be set back at least 25 feet from any ultimate right-of-way.

(4) 

All auto parts and other storage shall be within an enclosed building.

(5) 

No paint spraying or body work shall be permitted on site.

P. 

A hotel or motel, which shall meet the following performance standards:

(1) 

Recreational facilities limited to guests of the use.

(2) 

A hotel or motel shall serve only temporary guests. A use that is routinely inhabited by any persons for periods longer than 30 days shall be considered a boardinghouse and regulated as such.

(3) 

Meeting rooms may be an accessory use to the hotel/motel and shall limited to only a forty-person capacity for each room. Capacities above 40 persons shall be regulated as an auditorium and must be approved by special exception only.

(4) 

Hotels/motels must have at least five parking stalls 12 feet by 24 feet available for recreational vehicle and tractor-trailer parking.

(5) 

Restaurants are allowed within a hotel/motel by special exception approval only.

(6) 

All pools must be enclosed or be constructed as an indoor pool.

(7) 

All hotels and motels must provide cross-easements to adjacent properties.

(8) 

No balconies allowed.

(9) 

All parking must be enclosed or a parking garage must be constructed for a hotel/motel over two stories.

(10) 

All check-in areas must be clearly seen from the highway by a window.

Q. 

Indoor theater. A place of performing arts or a motion-picture theater, except for adult uses as defined in the Lower Providence Township Zoning Code § 143-219, shall meet the following performance standards:

(1) 

A theater shall have no more than 1,000 seats. Nontheater entertainment uses shall not have a participant capacity in excess of 100 individuals when occurring in combination with a theater or 500 individuals when freestanding.

(2) 

Unimpeded access (both ingress and egress) shall be provided between the theater or entertainment use and Ridge Pike by means of a signalized intersection. The property upon which the theater structure is located must be contiguous and adjacent to Ridge Pike, and the direct access must be located within the frontage of the theater property along and upon Ridge Pike.

(3) 

A safety and security plan shall be submitted identifying measures to be followed in the operation of the premises, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) 

Number of security guards;

(b) 

Fire evacuation plans;

(c) 

Emergency vehicle access; and

(d) 

Measures for patron safety in case of an emergency.

(4) 

A pedestrian circulation plan, including sidewalks, bikeways, bike paths and other facilities, shall be submitted to adequately separate vehicular movements from pedestrian traffic within the site.

(5) 

A traffic impact study must be submitted which clearly identifies the proportion of the development traffic attributed to the theater or entertainment use and shall demonstrate that the use will not adversely impact traffic safety and/or traffic levels of service in the surrounding neighborhoods.

(6) 

A patron pickup and dropoff area shall be provided adjacent to the building facade containing the main theater entrance in a location which does not interfere with the vehicular or pedestrian circulation that would otherwise be required.

R. 

Indoor sports facility, such as a bowling alley, billiard room or indoor court for racquet sports.

S. 

Building materials supply center, garden supply center, nursery or lumberyard.

T. 

Sale of new automobiles, excluding motorcycles, recreational vehicles, boats, and trucks with a gross vehicle weight (GVW) in excess of one ton.

U. 

Bed-and-breakfast.

V. 

Any one use of the same general character as those listed above, when approved by the Township Board of Supervisors as a conditional use.

W. 

A self-storage development, which shall meet the following performance standards:

[Added 12-3-2009 by Ord. No. 588; amended 9-4-2014 by Ord. No. 617]

(1) 

A minimum lot area of 10 acres is required;

(2) 

Any building, whether new or existing, used for a self-storage development use shall conform to the design standards of SLDO § 123-142 or create a uniform architectural scheme with the other buildings located on the property. Whether a uniform architectural scheme exists shall be within the sole discretion of the Board of Supervisors; and

Editor's Note: See Ch. 123, Subdivision and Land Development, § 123-142.

(3) 

Outdoor storage, including the storage of recreational vehicles, including, but not limited to, RVs, campers, boats, snowmobiles , and ATVs, shall be permitted subject to the following:

(a) 

Such storage must be in conjunction with and on the same tract as an indoor self-storage development facility;

(b) 

The area dedicated to outdoor storage shall not exceed 50% of the gross floor area dedicated to indoor storage;

(c) 

Outdoor storage shall not be located in the front yard or between the principal building and any adjoining public or private street;

(d) 

Any outdoor storage shall be screened from view from all adjacent properties and/or public and private streets. Screening may include, but shall not be limited to, opaque fencing. Fencing shall be a minimum of six feet in height.