24 Miller Rd, New Oxford, PA 17350

Commercial/Industrial District

In addition to the goals listed in the preamble and purpose, the districts and regulations pertinent thereto established herein are in accordance with the community goals and land use policies as described in the Reading Township Comprehensive Plan and are intended to achieve the following: Provide for reasonable mixture of automobile-oriented commercial and light industrial uses that will contribute to attractive and reasonable development within the CI District.; Enhance public safety by limiting the number of curb cuts permitted for each parcel, by encouraging common access driveways and parking areas serving adjoining commercial uses, and by requiring logical circulation patterns within a development.; Promote appropriate building location and design standards which will help create attractive developments and accommodate future roadway improvements or projects.; Allow reasonable number, size, scale, and design of signs which will minimize the negative impacts of excessive signs while, at the same time, perform their purpose of notifying the public as to the location of a business or group of businesses.; Permit uses which can reasonably be handled by the existing road network. Discourage uses which would have the potential of requiring extensive and premature roadway capacity improvements.; Enhance the visual appearance and appeal of automobile-oriented commercial and light industrial development by requiring the installation of landscaping within and surrounding large parking lots and within required vegetated areas within the property.; Ensure that appropriate on-site improvements are included within commercial and light industrial development projects within the CI District.