413 S Main St, Manheim, PA 17545

Commercial District

Serve as a growth area for the Township, to be developed at a density considered conducive to the efficient use of land, infrastructure, and resources; Provide effective opportunities for infill development, mixed-use development and redevelopment, particularly along older commercial corridors; Accommodate commercial and mixed-use development and redevelopment in a manner that promotes walking and bicycling and is visually compatible with adjoining residential areas; Promote the infill and redevelopment of the intersection of Route 72 and Sun Hill Road as an identifiable place within the Township; Minimize the width and number of curb cuts along the corridor in order to provide safer vehicular and pedestrian circulation, and provide the opportunity for a streetscape enhanced with landscaping, decorative street lighting, and well designed buildings located adjacent to the sidewalk; Accommodate most of the Township's new nonresidential development for the foreseeable future in order to promote the best utilization of existing and planned infrastructure in the urban growth area; Include design standards which provide for traditional neighborhood development TND; Emulate sound land use for compact, walkable development; Serve as a receiving area for transfer of development rights.