The purpose of this district is to provide for modern, nonnuisance
commercial and industrial uses with the further intent of encouraging
large site commercial/industrial development. Standards are included
to assure appropriate buffers and landscaped areas and to thereby
protect adjacent residential areas. It is also intended that the uses
in this district be limited to those that create no significant impacts
on nearby establishments and nearby residential uses.
[Amended 6-12-2014 by Ord. No. 689]
Land, buildings or premises shall be used by right for only
one or more of the following uses:
A.
Retail store.
B.
Personal service shop.
C.
Scientific research laboratory or other experimental, testing or
research facility.
D.
Office building or use.
E.
Eating and drinking establishments, including brewpubs, fast-food
restaurants with or without drive-through service, fast-casual restaurants,
full-service restaurants, and taverns.
[Amended 5-6-2021 by Ord. No. 746]
F.
Motel or hotel.
G.
Places of public amusement, entertainment, or assembly.
H.
Educational, recreational or nonprofit use.
I.
Medical clinic.
K.
Printing, publishing, lithographing, binding or similar use.
L.
Manufacture, assembly, compounding, packaging or treatment of products.
M.
Warehouse, trucking or distribution facility.
O.
The display and sale of consumer fireworks.
Conditional uses shall be subject to Article XXII and the provisions cited below:
A.
Environmental impacts. No use shall emit any obnoxious, toxic or corrosive fumes, gases or other impacts in excess of the standards in Article XXIII.
B.
Buffer area. Along each property line which abuts a residential district,
there shall be a buffer area in which no building or parking shall
be permitted. Such buffer area shall be not less than 40 feet wide.
C.
Planted buffer. Within the buffer area required above, there shall be a planted buffer, as defined in Article II. This planted buffer shall be not less than six feet high at the time of planting.
E.
Appearance. Each building shall be designed so as to minimize its
nonresidential appearance, and, insofar as practicable, afford minimal
external evidence of the operation conducted therein.
F.
Lighting. The maximum mounting height for outdoor recreational lighting
shall be 70 feet. All outdoor lighting shall be hooded, shielded and/or
aimed downward. All outdoor lighting to illuminate recreational fields
shall be turned off within one hour of the last event of the night.
G.
Parking areas' surface. All parking areas and driveways shall be
graded and surfaced with asphalt or other suitable materials to prevent
dust and erosion. The main access drive(s), the ADA-compliant parking
spaces, the ADA pathway from the parking area and a portion of the
overall parking field shall be paved. For outdoor recreational uses,
the remaining required parking area may be surfaced with crushed stone.
The location and extent of crushed stone surfaced parking area within
the overall parking field is subject to approval by the Upper Chichester
Township Board of Commissioners.
[Added 3-8-2018 by Ord.
No. 721]
B.
Such uses are declared to be temporary uses that may be approved,
upon application, by the Zoning Officer of Upper Chichester Township
subject to his judgment as regards to the following:
(1)
The proposed business trailer would not have a detrimental effect
upon the use of neighboring properties;
(2)
The business trailer would not be contrary to the general welfare
of Upper Chichester Township;
(3)
The duration of the proposed business trailer permit shall be
established by the Zoning Officer of Upper Chichester Township consistent
with its intended use, but in no event may a permit be approved for
more than a twelve-month period.
(4)
A temporary use application must be completed by the applicant
before any permit shall be issued.