[Amended 6-13-1973 by Ord. No. 3-1973; 4-10-1978 by Ord. No. 3-1978; 5-14-1985 by Ord. No. 6-1985; 10-14-1986 by Ord. No. 13-1986; 1-23-1993 by Ord. No. 1-1993; 10-25-1994 by Ord. No. 3-1994; 8-22-1995 by Ord. No.
5-1995; 5-9-2001 by Ord. No. 6-2001; 9-25-2002 by Ord. No. 11-2002; 4-9-2003 by Ord. No. 5-2003; 8-10-2005 by Ord. No. 7-2005; 6-28-2006 by Ord. No. 8-2006; 1-24-2007 by Ord. No.
4-2007; 12-10-2008 by Ord. No. 10-2008; 11-14-2012 by Ord. No. 08-2012; 6-12-2013 by Ord. No. 03-2013; 2-11-2015 by Ord. No. 1-2015; 5-13-2015 by Ord. No. 4-2015(A); 4-12-2017 by Ord. No. 1-2017; 6-18-2019 by Ord. No. 6-2019]
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises
may be used for any of the following purposes and for no other:
A.
Office building, banks.
B.
Laboratory or research facilities.
C.
Wholesale sales, storage or distribution.
D.
Church.
E.
Learning center.
F.
Nursing homes.
G.
Hospitals, medical clinics.
H.
Athletic club; private club, provided that it does not offer entertainment
that would constitute a sexually oriented business.
I.
Apartment buildings.
J.
Standard restaurant, fast-food restaurant, drive-through restaurant,
microbrewery and a brewery pub.
[Amended 8-17-2021 by Ord. No. 12-2021]
K.
Motel.
N.
Accessory uses to the aforementioned permitted uses, including outdoor dining as an accessory use to a restaurant subject to the conditions in § 84-57.11 and a home-related business as an accessory use to an existing lawful nonconforming single-family detached dwelling.
O.
Personal service.
[Amended 12-7-2021 by Ord. No. 14-2021]
P.
(Reserved)
Q.
The following uses shall be permitted as a conditional use when authorized
by the Board of Supervisors. In allowing a conditional use, the Board
may attach such reasonable conditions and safeguards, in addition
to those expressed in this Zoning Chapter, as it may deem necessary
to implement the purposes of the MPC and this Zoning Chapter.
The following area and bulk regulations shall
apply:
A.
Lot size: four acres minimum.
B.
Lot width at building line: 400 feet minimum.
C.
Lot width at street right-of-way line: 50 feet minimum.
D.
Lot coverage: 25% maximum.
E.
Setback lines.
[Amended 9-23-1986 by Ord. No. 12-1986]
(1)
Building setback line: 100 feet minimum.
(2)
Parking area/space setback line: 40 feet minimum for all uses except convalescent or nursing homes (§ 84-28F), apartments (§ 84-28I), motels (§ 84-28K) and multifamily dwellings (§ 84-28L), which uses shall require a parking area/space setback of 100 feet minimum.
[Amended 4-25-2012 by Ord. No. 03-2012]
F.
Green area (landscaped): 25% minimum.
G.
Side yards: 50 feet minimum for each.
H.
Rear yard: 100 feet minimum.
I.
Maximum building height: three stories, not to exceed
35 feet.
[Amended 7-24-1979 by Ord. No. 3-1979]
J.
Paved surface area: may not exceed 55% of total lot.
K.
Building length: residential buildings not to exceed
175 feet maximum.
L.
Distance between buildings: 50 feet minimum.
[Amended 9-12-1973 by Ord. No. 6-1973]
N.
Public water and public sewer facilities required
for apartments.
[Amended 4-25-2012 by Ord. No. 03-2012]
O.
Apartment construction permitted only in areas served
by fire hydrants. All buildings must be within 750 feet of a hydrant.
The following design standards shall apply:
The following limitations shall be applied to
any use permitted in this district:
A.
No use shall be conducted in any open area.
B.
No goods shall be displayed in any open area.
C.
No odors shall be emitted which are perceptible at
the lot line adjoining another zoning district.
D.
No glare shall be allowed which is perceptible at
the lot line adjoining another zoning district.
E.
No loading shall be permitted in the area between
the building and any street line.
F.
No noise emanating from a use in this section shall
exceed the level of ordinary conversion at the rear lot line. Short,
intermittent noise peaks may be permitted if they do not exceed normal
traffic noise peaks.
[Added 8-22-1995 by Ord. No. 5-1995]
The following conditions shall be applied to
child day-care centers permitted in this district:
A.
The use shall be located and conducted within a detached
building, except for authorized outdoor play areas.
B.
No other use shall be located or conducted in the
same building as the child day-care center unless the center is conducted
by or located in a church, school or hospital and is approved by the
Supervisors.
C.
The use, including buildings, outdoor play areas,
parking and other facilities shall be physically separated on all
sides by a minimum setback of 25 feet from any residential building
or use.
D.
All outdoor play areas accessible to children attending
the center shall be enclosed with a fence having a minimum height
of six feet, with all openings being secured with a gate having a
self-latching device.
F.
A pickup and drop-off area measuring at least 60 feet
in length and 10 feet in width, marked by signs and physically removed
from any required parking area, loading area and all points of vehicular
access for ingress to and egress from the site shall be provided and
maintained for the discharge and collection of children attending
the center.
G.
All areas of the center, whether interior or exterior,
shall be physically separated by a distance of 100 feet from any natural
or man-made hazard, including but not necessarily limited to swimming
pools, water retention or detention ponds, machinery, electric generating
and transmitting equipment and streets, unless secured to the satisfaction
of the Township Supervisors.
H.
The center shall comply with all minimum space allocation
requirements and standards required for licensure and promulgated
by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and other regulatory
agencies having jurisdiction.
I.
The Supervisors in granting a conditional use shall
have authority to impose such additional conditions as they shall
determine are reasonably required with respect to any application
for a child day-care center.
