[Added 1-5-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-1]
The purpose of the Health Care Service District
is to further the public health, safety and welfare by providing a
location for health-care related uses, a hospital, and all other health-care
facilities with appropriate access to public streets, utilities and
municipal services, adequate parking areas, and circulation of traffic.
The district is created to serve residents of the Borough as well
as surrounding areas by allowing the existing hospital and health-care
facilities and corresponding supporting uses and structures to expand,
in order to meet the growing demand and needs of the community for
health-care services. This district has been created to establish
reasonable standards for such health care facilities and services.
A.
The area encompassing the Health Care Service District
shall be as depicted on the Official Zoning Map of the Borough of
Chambersburg which is hereby incorporated herein by reference thereto.
All other previous districts and/or designations affecting the aforesaid
area of the Health Care Service District shall hereby be superceded
and/or repealed for such area.
B.
The metes and bounds description for such area is
as follows: Beginning at a point at the center-line intersection of
Lincoln Way East and North Seventh Street; thence along the center
line of North Seventh Street, North 22 degrees, 45 minutes, 06 seconds
East 874.69 feet to a point; thence continuing along the same, North
27 degrees, 50 minutes, 07 seconds East 604.78 feet to a point at
the center-line intersection of North Seventh Street and Montgomery
Avenue; thence continuing on an extension of the center line of North
Seventh Street, North 27 degrees, 50 minutes, 07 seconds East 166.56
feet to a point in the center line of the Falling Spring; thence along
the center line of the Falling Spring the following eleven courses
and distances, South 63 degrees, 24 minutes, 01 seconds East 170.39
feet to a point, South 37 degrees, 10 minutes, 54 seconds East 57.13
feet to a point, South 23 degrees, 30 minutes, 10 seconds East 65.25
feet to a point, South 49 degrees, 10 minutes, 25 seconds East 330.09
feet to a point, South 17 degrees, 32 minutes, 26 seconds East 86.72
feet to a point, South 56 degrees, 11 minutes, 47 seconds East 107.01
feet to a point, South 84 degrees, 41 minutes, 36 seconds East 39.05
feet to a point, North 84 degrees, 00 minutes, 54 seconds East 57.46
feet to a point, South 70 degrees, 51 minutes, 40 seconds East 51.53
feet to a point, South 36 degrees, 50 minutes, 26 seconds East 95.99
feet to a point, South 24 degrees, 11 minutes, 33 seconds East 165.80
feet to a point at the intersection of the eastern right-of-way line
of North Coldbrook Avenue and the center line of the Falling Spring;
thence along the eastern right-of-way line of North Coldbrook Avenue,
South 27 degrees, 30 minutes, 00 seconds West 1144.22 feet to a point
at the center line of a sixteen-foot alley known as Martin Court;
thence crossing North Coldbrook Avenue and along the center line of
the abovementioned Martin Court, North 62 degrees, 30 minutes, 00
seconds West 193.00 feet to a point at the center-line intersection
of Martin Court and a sixteen-foot alley known as Goshen Court; thence
by the center line of Goshen Court, North 27 degrees, 30 minutes,
00 seconds East 158.00 feet to a point in the center-line intersection
of Goshen Court and Duncan Avenue; thence along the center line of
Duncan Avenue, North 62 degrees, 30 minutes, 00 seconds West 89.75
feet to a point, thence, South 25 degrees, 45 minutes, 00 seconds
West 346.16 feet to a point in the center line of Lincoln Way East;
thence along the center line of Lincoln Way East, North 63 degrees,
07 minutes, 39 seconds West 773.69 feet to a point in the center-line
intersection of Lincoln Way East and North Seventh Street, the place
of beginning.
A.
Hospital and all other health-care facilities, including
any and all support services related thereto.
B.
Outpatient health-care clinics.
C.
Professional and medical offices involving the diagnosis,
treatment and care of humans, including any and all support services
related thereto.
D.
Any residential housing owned, maintained and operated
by a health-care organization for the primary benefit of its patients,
patient families, and/or health-care employers and their employees.
E.
Medical laboratories utilized for the diagnosis, treatment,
and care of humans.
F.
Pharmacy.
G.
Heliport.
H.
Private education institutions and training centers
related to health care.
I.
Nursing facilities and/or convalescent homes.
J.
Child or adult day-care facility (including both day-care
home and day-care center) to accommodate patients, patient families,
health-care employers and their employees, and the public.
K.
Publicly and privately owned utilities, including
supporting structures and uses, including but not limited to water,
sewer, electric, communications, fiber optics, natural gas, data and
computer processing, and similar uses and structures which reflect
and incorporate technological advancements.
L.
Cafeteria facility, snack and gift shop, banking facilities,
restaurants and retail or personal service shops primarily for the
use of health-care employees, patients and visitors.
M.
Health-care uses and health-care facilities which
reflect and incorporate technological advancements in the health-care
industry.
N.
Ambulance and emergency rescue services.
O.
Maintenance and laundry facilities.
P.
Library.
Q.
Places of worship.
R.
Parking areas, including parking facilities.
S.
Publicly owned and/or health-related recreation facilities.
T.
Rehabilitation facilities.
U.
Government offices.
V.
Auditorium.
W.
Modular office units.
X.
Overnight accommodations for patient families and
individuals that are receiving treatment at the hospital facility.
Y.
Any and all uses which are permitted in the Professional
Office Zoning District.
Z.
Any and all uses and/or structures which are of the
same general character as those listed above.
AA.
Any and all uses which are customarily accessory and
incidental to any of the above permitted uses.
[Added 8-10-2015 by Ord.
No. 2015-10]
A.
Tower-based wireless communications facilities outside the rights-of-way
on any land owned by the Borough, county, school district, state or
federal government.
A.
Outside storage or warehousing of materials except
storage which is incidental and/or customary to the permitted uses,
excluding temporary activities such as new construction activities.
Incinerators shall not be a permitted use. Autoclaves, sterilizing
equipment and similar devices are not classified as incinerators for
purposes of this prohibition.
B.
Research activities involving animals shall not be
permitted.
A.
The height of any structure attached to or in some
manner connected with the hospital structure existing as of the date
of enactment of this article shall not be greater than 80 feet excluding
smokestacks and/or other rooftop ancillary services (such as heating
and air conditioning equipment, staircases, fire escapes or walkways,
elevator shafts, and similar appurtenances). The height requirement
shall be measured from a point at ground level at the emergency room
entrance of the main hospital structure as it existed on October 31,
2003, (such point being measured at approximately 650 feet above mean
sea level). It is the expressed intent of this provision that the
height of any new structure attached to or in some manner connected
with the hospital structure shall not be greater in height than the
highest point of the main hospital structure which existed as of October
31, 2003, which is approximately 730 feet above mean sea level.
B.
The height of any new structure not attached to or
in any way connected to the existing hospital structure existing as
of the date of enactment of this article shall not be greater than
45 feet measured from ground level.
In the Health Care Service District, a lot shall
have front, side and rear yards of not less than the depth or width
indicated below for any land development which involves the construction
of a permanent structure:
A.
Front yard depth: 25 feet.
B.
Side yard width: 10 feet. On a corner lot, the side
yard abutting the street shall be a minimum of 10 feet but may be
increased in order to ensure clear visibility at the intersection
of the two streets. There shall be one side yard for each single-family
semidetached dwelling, which shall be not less than 10 feet in width.
The requirement for side yard setbacks may be decreased upon the request
of the property owner to the interior of the lots when lots have been
combined into common ownership for a project which includes two or
more lots.
C.
Rear yard width: 25 feet.
The lot coverage, excluding areas paved and
parking facilities, shall be no more than 70% of the area of the lot.
A.
Identification signs. The total permitted sign surface
area excluding its enclosure and/or manner of support of all business
identification signs located on or affixed to the facade of a building
within the lower two stories or 26 feet, whichever is lower, shall
not exceed an area equal to 5% of said lower two-story area of the
building facade or 85 square feet, whichever is lower, per sign for
each side of the building. For any freestanding sign not located on
or affixed to a building, the total permitted sign surface area excluding
its enclosure and/or manner of support shall not be greater than 85
square feet per sign for each side of the building. For business identification
signs which are placed on a building above 26 feet, the sign shall
not exceed an area of 5% of the area of the building facade measured
from the ground to the top of the applicable proposed sign.
B.
On-site informational signs. Any building less than
5,000 square feet shall be allowed two on-site informational signs
not to exceed 32 square feet per side for each sign for each building.
Any building greater than 5,000 square feet shall be allowed four
on-site informational signs not to exceed 32 square feet per side
for each building. In no case shall an on-site informational sign
be constructed so as to obstruct the view at an intersection of a
public street.
C.
Illumination. Any lighting used to illuminate advertising
signs shall be arranged so that the direct rays from the lights will
not fall on any adjoining property. Signs in the Health Care Service
District or lighting for signs shall not be placed in such a position
that is will cause danger to traffic or create a traffic hazard by
obscuring the view or in any way interfering with driver vision.
