6431 York Rd, New Oxford, PA 17350

Highway Commercial District

The intent of the Highway Commercial HC is to: Provide areas within the Township, which are suitable locations for the development of commercial and business activities to provide a broad range of regional and local commercial activities and to diversify and expand the tax base.; Provide areas for these activities with direct access to the arterial roadways and sufficient existing or future carrying capacities to meet traffic demands.; Separate these higher intensity uses from the less intense residential uses and rural areas of the Township.; Establish these areas within the existing and future public sewer and water service area to the greatest extent possible.; Locate these areas away from sensitive natural resources e.g., wetlands, floodplains, steep slopes, woodlands, and scenic views and vistas.; Coordinate adequate points of access, parking and stormwater management for contiguous commercial activities to avoid strip development and to consolidate properties.; Develop a common set of design standards to address parking, access, signage, lighting and landscaping.; Separate the development from the roadway right-of-way.; Implement the Land Use Plan of the Berwick Township Comprehensive Plan.