Borough of Chambersburg, PA Article X Heavy Manufacturing District

§ 300-55 Permitted uses.

[Amended 10-12-1994 by Ord. No. 94-12]

A. 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:

(1) Any use permitted in M-2 Medium Manufacturing Districts; provided, however, that no building, structure or portion thereof shall be hereafter erected, converted or used for any dwelling use, except for living quarters for such persons as watchmen or caretakers and their families, as an accessory use to a business or manufacturing use.

(2) Amusement enterprises employing motorized recreational vehicles which utilize an internal combustion engine and any other recreational activities which involve the use of any motorized activities.

(3) SIC Number 30: rubber and miscellaneous plastic products.

(4) SIC Number 32: stone, clay, glass and concrete products.

(5) SIC Number 33: primary metal industries.

(6) SIC Number 34: fabricated metal products except machinery and transportation equipment.

(7) SIC Number 35: machinery, except electrical.

(8) SIC Number 37: transportation equipment.

B. The foregoing notwithstanding, the uses described in § 300-57 shall be permitted only as special exception uses.

§ 300-56 Lot area, width, coverage, yard and height regulations.

The lot area, width, lot coverage, yards, and height regulations prescribed for M-2 Medium Manufacturing Districts shall apply in the M-3 Heavy Manufacturing District.

§ 300-57 Uses by special exception.

[Amended 2-8-1984 by Ord. No. 84-3; 7-22-1992 by Ord. No. 92-8; 3-26-1997 by Ord. No. 97-6]

A. Ammonia, chlorine or bleaching powder manufacture.

B. Animal black, bone black or lamp black manufacture.

C. Arsenal.

D. Chemicals and allied products.

E. Creosote treatment or manufacture.

F. Distillation of coal, petroleum, refuse, grain, wood or bones (except for the manufacture of heating or illuminating gas).

G. Explosives manufacture or storage (except storage of small arms ammunition).

H. Fertilizer manufacture.

I. Glue, size or gelatin manufacture where the processing includes the refining or recovery of products from fish, animal refuse or offal.

J. Grain drying or feed manufacture from refuse mash or refuse grain.

K. Incineration, reduction, storage, or dumping of slaughterhouse refuse, rancid fats, garbage, dead animals or offal.

L. Leather and leather products.

M. Natural production uses, such as quarrying, mining or excavation.

N. Petroleum refining and related industries.

O. Starch, glucose, and dextrine manufacture.

P. Sulphurous, sulphuric, nitric, picric, carbolic or hydrochloric acid manufacture.

Q. Tanning, cleaning, curing or storage of raw skins or hides.

R. Batching plants, including portland cement batching plants and asphalt (bituminous) batching plants.

S. Junkyards.

T. Adult bookstore.

U. Adult mini-motion-picture theater.

V. Adult motion-picture theater.

W. Adult open air motion-picture theater.

X. Adult cabaret.

Y. Bathhouse.

Z. Massage parlor.

AA. Modeling studio.

BB. Slaughterhouse.

CC. Livestock auctions.

DD. [1]Day-care center.

[Added 8-13-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-09]

[1] Editor's Note: Former Subsection DD, Telecommunication towers, was repealed 8-13-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-09.

EE. Tower-based wireless communications facilities outside the rights-of-way on any land owned by the Borough, county, school district, state or federal government or any other owner.

[Added 8-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-10]