3361 Emmitsburg Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325

Commercial Corridor District

Provide for functional, safe, and visually attractive development along the Emmitsburg Road Corridor.; Minimize traffic congestion and enhance public safety by controlling ingress and egress to new development along the Emmitsburg Road Corridor.; Provide a range of commercial and service-oriented uses designed in ways which minimize traffic congestion and which visually complement the historic and scenic values associated with the Gettysburg National Military Park and its related historic districts.; Encourage the development of a visually attractive setting for residents, visitors, and tourists entering Freedom Township specifically, and the Gettysburg Region in general, by offering alternatives to typical strip commercial development patterns.; Encourage the development of a functionally and visually compatible set of business uses at locations accessible to potential customers.; Include requirements that will concentrate higher intensity, regionally oriented, automobile intensive commercial uses near the Route 15/Emmitsburg Road Interchange while allowing a range of lower intensity, community oriented commercial uses along those portions of the Corridor that are somewhat removed from the Interchange.