Borough of Chambersburg, PA Article IX Medium Manufacturing District

§ 300-50 Permitted use.

[Amended 7-22-1992 by Ord. No. 92-8; 12-14-1994 by Ord. No. 94-15; 1-24-1996 by Ord. No. 96-1; 10-22-1997 by Ord. No. 97-17; 4-22-1998 by Ord. No. 98-4]

A. Any use permitted in the Distributed Commercial Highway District; provided, however, that no building or structure, or portion thereof, shall be hereafter erected, converted or used for any dwelling, lodging house or boardinghouse 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.

[Amended 11-14-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-14; 10-19-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-18]

B. SIC Number 20: food and kindred products, except slaughterhouses and livestock auctions.

C. SIC Number 21: tobacco manufacturing.

D. SIC Number 24: lumber and wood products.

E. SIC Number 25: furniture and fixtures.

F. SIC Number 26: paper and allied products.

G. Gas company, distribution and storage.

H. Ice manufacture and cold storage.

I. Power generating plant.

J. Trucking terminal.

K. Any other use similar in character to any use listed above.

L. Accessory use or building on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses.

M. Wholesale bakeries and wholesale distribution facilities.

N. Truck stops.

O. SIC Number 22: textile mill products.

[Added 8-23-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-12]

P. SIC Number 23: apparel and other finished products made from fabrics and similar materials.

[Added 8-23-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-12]

Q. SIC Number 27: printing, publishing, and allied products.

[Added 8-23-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-12]

R. SIC Number 36: electrical and electronic machinery equipment and supplies.

[Added 8-23-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-12]

S. SIC Number 38: measuring, analysing and controlling instruments, photographic, medical and optical goods, watches and clocks.

[Added 8-23-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-12]

T. Any other use similar in character to any use listed above.

[Added 8-23-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-12]

U. Accessory use of a building on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above uses.

[Added 8-23-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-12]

V. [1]Auto body shop.

[Added 9-13-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-16]

[1] Editor's Note: Former Subsection V, regarding special exceptions, was repealed 8-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-10, which ordinance also redesignated former Subsection W as Subsection V. See also § 300-50.1.

§ 300-50.1 Uses by special exception.

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

A. SIC Number 39: miscellaneous manufacturing industries.

B. Day-care center.

C. 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.

§ 300-51 Lot area and width regulations.

[Amended 8-8-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-08]

There shall be no lot area or lot width requirements.

§ 300-52 Lot coverage regulations.

There shall be no lot coverage limitation except to reserve the required yards and that portion of the lot area required for off-street parking and loading facilities.

§ 300-53 Yard regulations.

A. Front yard. The front yard shall be at least 25 feet in depth.

B. Side yards. Side yards are not required, except that if the lot adjoins a residential district, a side yard of not less than 10 feet in width shall be required on the side of the lot which adjoins the residential district.

C. Rear yards. Every lot shall have a rear yard of not less than 25 feet in depth.

§ 300-54 Height regulations.

No building shall exceed six stories or 72 feet in height.