The purpose of the General Manufacturing District is to provide a location in the Township where heavy manufacturing and warehousing operations are permitted. It is intended that the use of buffers, conservation techniques, aesthetic considerations and other visual and ecological considerations be an integral part of this district, whether explicit or implied.
Permitted principal uses in the GM District shall be as follows:
A. 
Offices.
B. 
Manufacturing plants of a type which manufacture, assemble or treat products from raw or previously prepared materials, including but not limited to factories and steel- and wire-making processes.
C. 
Wholesale distribution centers and warehouses.
D. 
Fire stations and emergency squad buildings in accordance with the provisions of Article XLIII of this chapter.
[Added 5-19-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-7]
Permitted accessory uses shall be as follows:
A. 
Off-street parking.
B. 
Fences, walls, wharves and dockage.
C. 
Garages and storage buildings.
D. 
Fuel storage for on-site use and consumption.
E. 
Outside storage of inert raw materials and by-products generated by the on-site manufacturing processes.
F. 
Electrical substations.
G. 
Temporary construction trailers and one sign, not exceeding 50 square feet, advertising the prime contractor, subcontractor(s), architect, financing institution and similar data for the period of construction, beginning with the issuance of a building permit and concluding with the issuance of an occupancy permit or one year, whichever is less, provided that said trailer(s) and sign are on the site where the construction is taking place.
No building shall exceed 75 feet in height or three stories.
A. 
Principal buildings. Minimum requirements shall be as follows:
(1) 
Lot area: 60,000 square feet.
(2) 
Lot frontage: 200 feet.
(3) 
Lot width: 200 feet.
(4) 
Lot depth: 200 feet.
(5) 
Side yard, each: 50 feet.
(6) 
Front yard: 75 feet.
(7) 
Rear yard: 50 feet.
B. 
Accessory buildings. Minimum distance shall be as follows:
(1) 
To side line: 50 feet
(2) 
To rear line: 50 feet.
(3) 
To other building: 50 feet.
C. 
Maximum building coverage shall be as follows:
(1) 
Principal building: 40%.
(2) 
Accessory building(s): 5%.
Each principal building shall have a minimum gross floor area of 2,500 square feet.
A. 
Any principal building may contain more than one use and/or organization. Any lot may contain more than one principal structure, provided that each principal structure is located in a manner which will allow the possibility of subdividing the lot in a manner that each structure and resulting lot would conform to the zoning and subdivision regulations, including frontage on a public street.
B. 
At least the first 75 feet adjacent to any street line and 20 feet adjacent to any lot line shall not be used for parking and shall be planted and maintained in lawn area or ground cover or landscaped with evergreen shrubbery and separated from the parking area by poured concrete or Belgian block curbing.
C. 
Except as otherwise provided, no merchandise, products, waste or similar material or objects shall be displayed or stored outside unless adequately screened by natural or man-made barriers.
D. 
All buildings shall be compatibly designed, whether constructed all at one time or in stages over a period of time. All building walls facing any street or residential district line shall be suitably finished for aesthetic purposes, which shall not include unpainted or painted cinder block walls.
E. 
All portions of the property not utilized by buildings or paved surfaces shall be landscaped, utilizing combinations such as landscaped fencing, shrubbery, lawn area, ground cover, rock formations, contours, existing foliage and the planting of conifers and/or deciduous trees native to the area in order to either maintain or reestablish the tone of the vegetation in the area and lessen the visual impact of the structures and paved areas. The established grades on any site shall be planned for both aesthetic and drainage purposes. The grading plan, drainage facilities and landscaping shall be coordinated to prevent erosion and silting, as well as assuring that the capacity of any natural or man-made drainage system is sufficient to handle the water generated and anticipated both from the site and contributing upstream areas.
F. 
A minimum buffer area of 50 feet in width shall be provided along any common property line with a residential district or residential use.
Minimum off-street parking shall be provided as follows:
A. 
One space for every 1,000 square feet or fraction thereof of floor area used for storage and warehousing, plus one space for every 700 square feet or fraction thereof of floor area used for manufacturing, plus one space for every 200 square feet or fraction thereof of floor area used for offices, subject to adjustment according to the projected number of on-site employees.
B. 
In addition, one space for every vehicle owned and/or operated by the use operating from that site shall be provided.
C. 
In any event, each use shall provide a sufficient number of spaces in appropriate locations so that no driveway, aisle, fire lane or street right-of-way is used at any time for parking.
Minimum off-street loading shall be provided as follows:
A. 
Each activity shall provide for off-street loading and unloading, with adequate ingress and egress from streets, and shall provide such area at the side or rear of the building. Each space shall be at least 15 feet by 40 feet, and one space shall be provided for every 8,000 square feet of gross floor area or fraction thereof in each building. There shall be no loading or unloading from the street.
B. 
There shall be at least one trash and garbage pickup location provided by each building, which shall be separated from the parking spaces by either a location within the building or in a pickup location outside of the building, which shall be a steel-like, totally enclosed container located in a manner to be obscured from view from parking areas, streets and adjacent residential uses or zoning districts by a fence, wall, planting or combination of the three. If located within the building, the doorway may serve both the loading and trash/garbage functions. If a container is used for trash/garbage functions and is located outside of the building, it may be located adjacent to or within the general loading area(s), provided that the container in no way interferes with or restricts loading and unloading functions.
C. 
All off-street loading areas shall be lighted.
One lighted sign per use, not larger than the equivalent of 5% of the area of the front wall of the building or 100 square feet, whichever is smaller, shall be permitted. If attached to the building, the sign shall not be higher than the roofline, and, if freestanding, the sign shall not exceed six feet in height and shall be set back from the right-of-way line at least one foot.