This zone provides for a wide range of industrial activities
that contribute to the economic well-being of the Township. The types
of uses permitted are heavier and more intensive than those permitted
in the other industrial zones. Design standards are used to moderate
the objectionable impacts associated with these heavier uses, and
substantial setbacks are used to protect adjoining residences.
Permitted uses shall be as follows:
A.
Industrial activities involving processing, packaging, production,
repair or testing of materials, goods and products, including those
industries performing conversion, assembly or nontoxic chemical operations.
B.
Warehousing and wholesale trade establishments.
C.
Laboratories for scientific or industrial research and development.
D.
Heavy equipment sales, service and repair, such as excavation machinery,
commercial trucks, buses, farm equipment and other similar machinery.
E.
Retail sales of products produced or assembled on the property as
an accessory use.
F.
Public buildings and public utilities.
G.
A communications antenna mounted on an existing public utility transmission
tower, building or other structure, and a communications equipment
building.
[Added 4-9-1998 by Ord. No. 98-06]
I.
Forestry.
[Added 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
[Amended 8-24-1989 by Ord. No. 89-09; 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
Subject to the general criteria listed in § 150-302D, special exceptions shall be as follows:
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 150-190, Conditional uses,
as amended 4-9-1998 by Ord. No. 98-06, was repealed 6-28-2001 by Ord.
No. 01-03.
Unless otherwise specified, each use within this zone shall
have a minimum lot size of two acres.
Minimum lot width shall be 200 feet.
Minimum setback requirements for principal and accessory uses
shall be as follows:
A.
Front yard setback. All buildings, structures (except permitted signs)
and outdoor storage areas shall be set back at least 50 feet from
the street right-of-way lines. Off-street parking lots and loading
areas shall be set back a minimum of 35 feet.
B.
Side yard setbacks. All buildings and structures shall be set back
at least 50 feet from the side lot lines. Off-street parking lots,
loading areas and outdoor storage areas shall be at least 25 feet
from side lot lines, unless joint parking facilities are shared by
adjoining uses. In such instances, one of the required side yard setbacks
can be waived for the automobile parking lot.
C.
Rear yard setback. All buildings and structures shall be set back
at least 50 feet from the rear lot line. Off-street parking lots,
loading areas and outdoor storage areas shall be set back at least
25 feet.
D.
Residential buffer strip. Any lot adjoining land within a residential
zone shall maintain a one-hundred-foot setback for buildings and structures
and a fifty-foot setback for off-street parking lots, outdoor storage
areas and loading areas from the residentially zoned parcels.
[Amended 12-12-1991 by Ord. No. 91-14]
The maximum permitted height for principal and accessory uses
shall be as follows:
A.
Principal use. The maximum permitted height for any principal structure
shall be 60 feet; however, an additional foot shall be permitted,
up to a maximum of 100 feet permitted building height, for each additional
foot of each front, side and rear yard setback provided beyond the
minimum setbacks provided above.
B.
Accessory or appurtenant structures. The maximum permitted height
for any accessory or appurtenant structure shall be 75 feet.
Maximum lot coverage shall be 75%.
[Added 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
Multiple permitted uses may be located in one building located on one lot of land. In addition, in the I-3 Zone, an additional principal use of one billboard may be erected on a lot of land with a building pursuant to the criteria listed in § 150-315.
All outdoor storage areas shall be completely enclosed by a
fence and screened from adjoining roads and parcels.
Off-street loading shall be provided as specified in Article XXV of this chapter. In addition, no off-street loading area shall be permitted on any side of a building facing adjoining lands within a residential zone nor any side of a building facing an adjoining street or private interior road.
Off-street parking shall be provided as specified in Article XXIV of this chapter.
Signs shall be permitted as specified in Article XXVII of this chapter.
A vegetative screen must be provided along any adjoining lands within a residential zone, regardless of whether or not the residentially zoned parcel is developed. (See Article XXVI.)
Any portion of the site not used for buildings, structures, parking lots, loading areas and sidewalks shall be maintained with a vegetative ground cover and other ornamental plantings. A minimum twenty-five-foot landscape strip shall be provided along all property lines. (See Article XXVI.)
All industrial operations shall be in compliance with any Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and/or federal government regulations, as required
by the most recent regulations made available from these governmental
bodies.
Storage of industrial waste materials shall not be permitted,
except in an enclosed building. Dumpsters used for domestic garbage
may be permitted within the side or rear yard, provided that such
dumpsters are screened from any adjoining roads or properties. Such
dumpsters shall not be used for industrial wastes. All dumpsters shall
be set back at least 25 feet from adjoining properties and 75 feet
from adjoining residentially zoned properties.
