[Added 4-10-1996 by Ord. No. 420V]
It is the purpose of this district to provide
for light industrial uses as well as certain businesses that require
high visibility, while prohibiting intensive combinations, and to
control the number of access points.
In the LIRC Light Industrial Restricted Commercial
District, the following regulations shall apply.
A building may be erected or used and a lot
may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and no other:
A.
Any use permitted in the LI Light Industrial District and as regulated by Article XX of this chapter.
B.
Standalone retail store, including retail outlet or
showroom for appliances, electronics, furniture, clothing and automobile
sales agency specializing in the sale of new cars, late model used
cars and providing automotive service facilities.
C.
Motel or hotel.
D.
Professional, administrative and medical offices.
E.
Flex space consisting of mix of office and warehousing
uses for single or multi-tenants.
F.
Financial institution including a credit union, bank
or savings and loan association with drive-through facilities, provided
a separate lane shall be provided for at least eight automobiles which
shall not interfere with any required parking spaces or driveways.
G.
Eating place for the sale and consumption of food
and beverages without drive-through service.
H.
Sales of automotive accessories, such as parts, tires,
batteries, radios and other automotive supplies. Installation of parts
shall be performed in an enclosed structure.
I.
Conference center for training, meetings and conventions.
J.
Trade or professional school.
K.
Emergency services such as ambulance, rescue and hospital
emergency services.
L.
Indoor recreational establishment for tennis, squash
or other similar athletic endeavors, indoor health and fitness club.
M.
Recreation facilities including miniature golf, golf
course, driving range, golf training center, skating rink, bowling
alley.
N.
The following uses are permitted only when authorized
as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board, subject to the
specific conditions stated herein:
[Amended 5-28-2008 by Ord. No. 569]
(1)
Theater, not including outdoor motion-picture
establishment.
(2)
Assisted living and/or nursing home.
(3)
Day-care center giving day care to children
or the elderly.
(4)
Service business, including barber, beautician,
laundry and dry cleaning, shoe repair, tailor, photographer, travel
agency, only when such use is accessory to a permitted use.
(5)
A center having no more than five uses or buildings
attached so as to create one cohesive unit and subject to the following
additional criteria:
(a)
For individual lots smaller than three acres
in size there shall be at least one use having a minimum of 10,000
square feet of gross floor area. In no event shall more than three
uses be provided in the center.
(b)
For individual lots three or more acres in size
there shall be a minimum of two uses, each having a minimum of 20,000
square feet of gross floor area. In no event shall more than five
uses be provided in the center.
O.
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any permitted use.
C.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot
which shall not be less than 50 feet in depth.
D.
Exceptions for side and rear yards. In no case shall
any building or structure be erected closer than 200 feet to any residential
district nor any parking area closer than 100 feet to any residential
district. The first 100 feet from the property line shall be devoted
to buffer areas to be maintained as green areas covered by well-maintained
lawns, trees, shrubbery and other plantings and as required by the
landscaping provisions of the Hatfield Township Subdivision and Land
Development Ordinance, as amended.[1]
The maximum height for any building or structure
erected or enlarged in this district shall be 40 feet.
A.
Parking and loading. All-weather parking and loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of Article XXIV, Off-Street Parking and Loading.
B.
Except as otherwise regulated by § 282-156D, no parking, loading or driveway shall be located closer than 20 feet to any side or rear property line nor closer than 20 feet to the ultimate right-of-way of an arterial highway, except that portion of the driveway required for normal ingress and egress. The adequacy of off-street parking facilities shall be subject to the continuing jurisdiction of the Board of Commissioners which shall have authority to require such additional parking, loading, ingress and egress facilities as it deems necessary.
A.
Signs. Signs shall be permitted in accordance with Article XXIII, Signs. Signs allowed in the LI Light Industrial District shall be permitted in the LIRC Light Industrial Restricted Commercial District.
B.
Landscaping. All development in the LIRC Light Industrial
Restricted Commercial District shall have landscaping designed and
maintained in accordance with the applicable sections of the Subdivision
and Land Development Ordinance of Hatfield Township, as amended.[1]
C.
Utilities. All development shall be served by public
sewer and water. All utilities serving a permitted use in this district
shall be underground.
D.
Outdoor and land use. The outdoor display of goods
shall be designed as an integral part of the site and, with the exception
of an automobile sales agency, such display shall conform to all building
setback requirements. The outdoor storage of materials or trash shall
be designed and maintained to be completely screened from view by
a landscape buffer and shall also conform to all building setback
requirements.
F.
Building spacing. The distance at the closest point
between any buildings shall not be less than 30 feet.
G.
Site lighting. Exterior lighting provided in conjunction
with any building or use shall be placed not higher than 25 feet above
grade and shall be screened so as not to permit the source of illumination
to be seen from off the premises. Only color corrected types of illumination
shall be used. The hours of illumination of such lights (except security
lighting) shall be limited to hours of business operation and shall
otherwise be extinguished between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., prevailing
time.
H.
Access control. Individual lots within the LIRC District
shall take vehicular control access from an interior access road or
reverse frontage road. Direct access to existing or proposed expressway
or arterial streets shall be prohibited; provided, however, that right
turn exit only egress may be permitted when separated at least 500
feet from a street intersection along the same side of the street.
I.
Driveway access to an interior collector street shall
be separated from the right-of-way of an existing expressway or arterial
roadway by a distance of not less than 200 feet.
J.
Each development shall consist of a harmonious selection
of uses, buildings, service and parking areas, circulation and open
spaces, planned and designed as an integrated unit.