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Borough of Carlisle, PA
Cumberland County
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In addition to the goals and objectives listed in Article I, this district is intended to:
A. 
Promote appropriate reuse of older industrial buildings.
B. 
Attract employers and businesses with a balanced mix of uses.
C. 
Provide for land uses that will be compatible with any nearby residences or residentially zoned districts.
D. 
Serve visitors to the area traveling to downtown Carlisle.
The following uses shall be permitted by right in the C-5 District, subject to the other requirements of this chapter:
A. 
Bus or train terminal, park-and-ride lot and related vehicle parking.
B. 
Parks, conservation areas and recreation areas held open to the public for use without charge.
C. 
Custom printing, photocopying, faxing, mailing or courier service.
D. 
Exercise club.
E. 
Financial institution, including banks, which may include "drive-through" facilities.
F. 
Garden apartments with a maximum number of 16 dwelling units per building.
G. 
Hotel or motel.
H. 
Trade/hobby school.
I. 
Offices, which may include but is not limited to a business, medical, dental or veterinarian office and/or outpatient medical center.
J. 
Packaging.
K. 
Printing or bookbinding.
L. 
Research and development, engineering or testing facility or laboratory.
M. 
Wholesale sales (other than motor vehicles).
N. 
College or university - educational and support buildings.
O. 
Day-care center, adult or child.
P. 
Fire, emergency services and ambulance stations.
[Amended 8-28-2008 by Ord. No. 2107, approved 9-1-2008]
Q. 
Public utility facility (other than trash-to-energy plant).
R. 
Restaurant, with drive-through service being prohibited.
S. 
Retail store, not including an adult use.
T. 
Personal service use.
U. 
Trade school.
V. 
Plant nursery/greenhouse.
W. 
Building supply sales.
X. 
Membership club subject to compliance with § 255-199A(23).
Y. 
Massage therapist business.
Z. 
Tavern.
AA. 
Building contractor's office and accessory storage, provided plant screening is used to buffer all outdoor storage from view of public streets and existing dwellings.
BB. 
Group home within an existing lawful dwelling, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(18).
CC. 
Place of worship.
DD. 
Community gardens, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(53).
[Added 7-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2182, approved 7-11-2013]
EE. 
Non-tower wireless communications facilities, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(50).
[Added 4-9-2015 by Ord. No. 2220, approved 4-9-2015]
Only the following accessory uses shall be permitted:
A. 
Customary accessory and incidental uses related to a permitted use.
B. 
Restaurant, day-care or cafeteria facilities provided solely for employees and their immediate families.
C. 
Commercial communications antenna mounted on an existing permitted structure, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(50).
D. 
Warehousing, storage and distribution as clearly accessory activities to an on-site permitted use, special exception use or conditional use. In addition to all other relevant factors, the determination of whether this activity is accessory shall include consideration of the ratio of monetary investment in the principal use to that invested in the accessory activity, the ratio of impervious surface devoted to the principal use to that devoted to the accessory activity and the ratio of employees devoted to the principal use to those devoted to the accessory activity.
E. 
On-site retail sales of products and/or goods produced on the premises, and limited to a maximum of 5% of the floor area of the building.
F. 
Community gardens, subject to compliance with § 255-199A(53).
[Added 7-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2182, approved 7-11-2013]
Only the following uses shall be allowed as special exception uses:
A. 
Manufacture of the following:
(1) 
Paper and paper products (including recycling, but not including manufacture of raw paper pulp).
(2) 
Scientific, electronic and other precision instruments.
(3) 
Apparel, textiles, shoes and apparel accessories.
(4) 
Ceramic products.
(5) 
Computers and electronic and microelectronic products.
(6) 
Electrical equipment, appliances and components.
(7) 
Food (human) and beverage products.
(8) 
Glass and glass products, jewelry and silverware.
(9) 
Medical equipment and supplies.
(10) 
Products from previously manufactured materials, such as glass, leather, plastics, cellophane, textiles, rubber or synthetic rubber.
(11) 
Sporting goods, toys, games, musical instruments or signs.
(12) 
Wood products and furniture (not including raw paper pulp).
B. 
Conversion of a principal building that existed prior to the adoption of this zoning district into apartments. This conversion shall only be allowed for a building that included more than 10,000 square feet of building floor area at the time of adoption of this zoning district, and which is on a lot that is contiguous to or within 200 feet from a residential district.
C. 
Auto service station.
D. 
Auto repair garage.
Each lot shall meet the following requirements, unless a stricter requirement is established by another section of this chapter:
A. 
Minimum lot area: 30,000 square feet, unless a larger size is required by another section of this chapter.
B. 
Minimum front building setback: 20 feet.
C. 
Minimum paved area setback and buffers: (see §§ 255-211 and 255-212). The paved area setback shall have a minimum width of 20 feet along North Street/Claremont Drive, and 10 feet along all other public streets. The paved area setback shall be 10 feet from any contiguous lot line of a primarily residential use. The paved area setback shall be increased to 40 feet between any new or expanded area for manufacturing or tractor-trailer loading docks and any contiguous lot line of a primarily residential use. No fencing shall be placed within paved area setbacks, except if necessary around a stormwater facility for safety reasons. Any fencing shall be placed on the interior side of buffer yard plantings. The paved area setback along any railroad shall be zero feet.
D. 
Minimum lot width: 80 feet.
E. 
Building coverage: 50% maximum.
F. 
Impervious coverage: 80% maximum.
G. 
Minimum rear yard: 15 feet, except 30 feet along a contiguous lot line of a primarily residential use, and except as provided by Subsection L below.
H. 
Minimum side yard: 15 feet, except 25 feet along a contiguous lot line of a primarily residential use, and except as provided by Subsection L below, and zero feet along any railroad.
I. 
Building height: 40 feet maximum.
J. 
New or expanded loading areas that accommodate two or more tractor-trailer trucks shall be located and landscaped, or screened by decorative masonry walls, in a manner that will minimize their visibility from any public street, residential district or primarily residential use. To the maximum extent feasible, new loading docks for tractor-trailer trucks shall not be located along the front facade of buildings along a public street.
K. 
Pedestrian access. Each principal building shall have an impervious pedestrian walkway between the building and a public street.
L. 
Minimum setback for new or expanded areas used for manufacturing or new tractor-trailer loading docks: 75 feet.
M. 
Additional requirements for apartments:
(1) 
Minimum floor area per dwelling unit: 500 square feet.
(2) 
Minimum lot area per dwelling unit: 2,000 square feet, except 1,000 square feet if all of the dwelling units on a lot are restricted by deed and by lease to occupancy by persons age 55 and older and their spouses of any age.
The following are examples of the additional requirements that apply:
A. 
Loading and parking: (see Article XXV).
B. 
Performance standards: (see Article XXIII).
C. 
Additional requirements for specific uses: (see Article XXIV).