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ITEM:  PROPOSED ORDINANCE - MUST

Consider for recommendation to the Board of Commissioners authorizing the Township Secretary to advertise notice of intent to adopt an ordinance and hold a public hearing on July 19, 2017 to amend the Code of the Township of Lower Merion, Chapter 155, entitled Zoning, To amend Article II, Definitions, § 155-4.B Terms Defined, by adding a new definition for personal service shop; and to amend Article XVIIB, Mixed-Use Special Transportation District (MUST), §155-87.20.C. by clarifying the applicability of standards to new, existing, or expanded buildings, and to amend Article XVIIB, MUST, §155-87.21.B., Use Regulations by removing dance, music, personal fitness training and art studios from the list of uses requiring a 300 feet separation; and to amend Article XVIIB, MUST, §155-87.21.C. Use Regulations, by removing personal service shop as a use permitted anywhere by-right in the MUST District; and to add a new subsection D to permit dance, music, personal fitness training and art studios and personal service shop uses in the MUST District provided a 100 feet separation is provided between similar ground floor uses fronting on Lancaster Avenue; and to amend  §155-87.23 Parking & Loading Requirements by amending §155-87.23.E. Off-site Parking to clarify off-site parking requirements, and to limit the designation of off-site public parking spaces to 10 spaces for mixed-use buildings only and to amend Section §155-87.23.F. On-Street Parking, to no longer allow new buildings to count on-street parking spaces toward their required parking; and to amend Article XVIIA, Ardmore Special Development District, §155-87.10 Parking, by amending Section §155-87.10.B. to no longer allow new buildings to count off-site public parking spaces toward their required parking, and to limit the designation of off-site public parking spaces to 10 spaces for mixed-use buildings only.

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