It is the purpose of this district to allow the growth and continued
use of industrial properties within the Borough, while minimizing
the negative environmental impacts of such uses and the potential
for decline in value of uses within districts adjacent to the I Industrial
Districts.
Uses by right are as follows:
A.
Printing, publishing, photofinishing and similar establishments.
B.
Laundry, laundry service, cleaning and dyeing plants.
C.
Commercial greenhouse, nursery, wholesale florist and similar establishments.
D.
Mail-order business.
E.
Indoor storage building, warehouse or distribution center.
F.
Building materials storage and sales.
G.
General service or contractor's shop.
H.
Cold storage plants, frozen food plants and lockers.
I.
Catering business.
J.
Automobile repair shop, including auto body work and painting.
K.
Retail sales.
L.
Day-care center.
The following uses shall be permitted as special exceptions when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board, in accordance with Articles XVIII and XIX of this chapter:
A.
Those uses not specifically permitted by right, but of the same general character as those listed in § 340-52 above.
B.
Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of products from previously prepared materials, subject to Article XIII, Performance Standards, of this chapter.
C.
Conversion of existing industrial buildings to residential units,
providing the following conditions are met:
D.
Medical marijuana dispensary and medical marijuana grower/processor,
both subject to all restrictions and requirements of the Medical Marijuana
Act,[1] including but not limited to:
[Added 7-17-2018 by Ord.
No. 860]
(1)
A dispensary may only dispense medical marijuana in an indoor, enclosed,
secured facility located within the commonwealth as determined by
the Pennsylvania Department of Health;
(2)
A dispensary may not operate on the same site as a facility use for
growing and processing marijuana;
(3)
A dispensary may not be located within 1,000 feet of the property
line of a public, private or parochial school or daycare center; and
(4)
A grower/processor may only grow, store, harvest or process medical
marijuana in an indoor, enclosed, secured facility which includes
electronic locking systems, electronic surveillance and other features
required by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
[1]
Editor's Note: 35 P.S. § 10231.101 et seq.
The following are accessory uses:
A.
Accessory uses on the same lot with and customarily incidental to
any of the permitted uses.
The following regulations shall be observed:
B.
All uses shall comply with the performance standards as contained in Article XIII of this chapter.
C.
Prior to the use, development or expansion of a building or facility in this district, in areas where such use abuts a residential district or use, a planted visual screen shall be provided on the industrial property at its boundary with the residential use or district. Such visual screen shall be at least 15 feet in depth and shall be planted as described in Article II of this chapter. The planted visual screen shall be within the area of the required side or rear yard abutting the residential district.
