136 Allentown Rd, Souderton, PA 18964

Village Commercial District

In expansion of the community development objectives contained in 145-3 of this Code and in support of the goals and implementation techniques of Chapter IX of the 1987 Comprehensive Plan update, it is hereby declared to be the intent of the VC Village Commercial District to establish reasonable standards to permit and regulate limited commercial, office and residential uses within the Village Commercial District. Furthermore, it is the intent of this article: To encourage retention of the village atmosphere of Elroy by preserving the existing buildings to the greatest extent possible.; To encourage retention of existing buildings by permitting a variety of commercial, office and residential uses which are compatible with the existing structural types, lot sizes and other physical characteristics of the Village Commercial District.; To permit uses which allow conversion of existing buildings in a manner which maintains the visual character and architectural scale of existing development within the district.; To encourage those types of commercial and office uses which do not attract large volumes of traffic and continuous customer turnover.; To discourage development of strip-type, highway-oriented commercial uses with incongruous architectural styles, excessive paved areas and numerous curb cuts.; To encourage consolidation of driveways, parking and curb cuts to provide more efficient and economical access and parking.; To encourage a coordinated pedestrian path system to provide efficient, pleasant and convenient pedestrian access from parking areas to and among the various permitted uses.; To minimize visual and functional conflicts between residential and nonresidential uses within and abutting the district.; To discourage overdevelopment of lots by limiting the maximum permitted development and the maximum impervious coverage.