[Added 1-5-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-1]
The Health Institution District is intended to achieve the following:
A. 
To encourage a harmonious pattern of institution development which can mutually benefit the Borough and the institutions themselves.
B. 
To encourage the development of health institution uses in accordance with approved standards and to promote the planning for the location of future health institution uses serving a regional population.
A. 
The area encompassing the Health Institution District shall be as depicted on the Official Zoning Map of the Borough of Chambersburg which is hereby incorporated herein by reference thereto. All other previous districts and/or designations affecting the aforesaid area of the Health Institution District shall hereby be superceded and/or repealed for such area.
B. 
The metes and bounds description for such area is as follows: Beginning at a point at the center-line intersection of North Sixth Street and Montgomery Avenue; thence along the center line of Montgomery Avenue, South 71 degrees, 02 minutes, 37 seconds East 316.05 feet to a point at the center-line intersection of Montgomery Avenue and North Seventh Street; thence along the center line of North Seventh Street, South 27 degrees, 50 minutes, 07 seconds West 604.78 feet to a point; thence along the same, South 22 degrees, 45 minutes, 06 seconds West 633.93 feet to a point at the center-line intersection of North Seventh Street and Montgomery Alley; thence along the center line of Montgomery Alley, North 63 degrees, 08 minutes, 08 seconds West 353.08 feet to a point at the center-line intersection of Montgomery Alley and North Sixth Street; thence along the center line of North Sixth Street, North 27 degrees, 05 minutes, 45 seconds East 1193.51 feet to a point at the center-line intersection of North Sixth Street and Montgomery Avenue, the place of beginning.
A. 
Outpatient health-care clinics.
B. 
Professional offices, medical offices, and medical laboratories involving the diagnosis, treatment and care of humans, including any and all support services related thereto.
C. 
Any residential housing owned, maintained and operated by a health-care organization for the primary benefit of its patients, patient families, and/or health-care employers and their employees as well as overnight accommodations for patient families and individuals that are receiving treatment from a hospital or other health-care facility (such as the Hennessy House).
D. 
Private education institutions, training centers related to health care (but not including other trade schools).
E. 
Nursing facilities and/or convalescent homes.
F. 
Child or adult day-care facility (including both day-care home and day-care center) to accommodate patients, patient families, health-care employers and their employees, and the public.
G. 
Data and computer processing, and similar uses and structures which reflect and incorporate technological advancements.
H. 
Parking areas, including parking facilities.
I. 
Rehabilitation facilities and fitness centers related to health-care fitness and wellness.
J. 
Any and all residential uses which are permitted in the Low-Density Residential, and Professional Office Zoning Districts.
K. 
Any and all uses and/or structures which are of the same general character as those listed above.
L. 
Any and all uses which are customarily accessory and incidental to any of the above permitted uses.
[Added 8-10-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-10]
A. 
Tower-based wireless communications facilities outside the rights-of-way on any land owned by the Borough, county, school district, state or federal government.
A. 
Outside storage or warehousing of materials, except storage which is incidental and/or customary to the permitted uses, excluding temporary activities such as new construction activities. Incinerators shall not be a permitted use. Autoclaves, sterilization equipment and similar devices are not classified as incinerators for purposes of this prohibition.
B. 
Research activities involving animals shall not be permitted.
A. 
The height of all buildings utilized or intended to be utilized for residential purposes shall not be greater than 40 feet measured from ground level in conformity with the provisions concerning yard regulations set forth below.
B. 
The height of all buildings utilized for nonresidential purposes shall not be greater than 40 feet measured from ground level at the building's main entrance excluding rooftop ancillary services (such as heating and air conditioning equipment, staircases or walkways, elevator shafts, and similar appurtenances).
In the Health Institution District, a lot shall have front, side and rear yards of not less than the depth or width indicated below for any land development which involves the construction of a permanent structure:
A. 
Front yard and side yard depth. Any building constructed in the Health Institution District shall be in conformity with a 60° lineal plane measured at the bottom of such plane at the applicable front and/or side property line. No portion of the building shall be permitted to break such lineal plane excepting such portions of the building which constitute gables, gabled dormers, rooftop ancillary services (such as heating and air conditioning equipment, staircases, fire escapes or walkways, elevator shafts, and similar appurtenances), signage, and/or facades. The requirement for side yard setbacks shall be decreased to the interior of the lots when lots have been combined into common ownership for a project which includes two or more lots.
B. 
Rear yard width: 25 feet.
The lot coverage, excluding areas paved and parking facilities, shall be no more than 60% of the area of the lot.
Parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of the Code of the Borough of Chambersburg, Chapter 300, Zoning, Article XIII, entitled "Off-Street Parking."
A. 
In those instances involving a single building with a single business use occupying a single lot, the total allowable sign area shall be 18 square feet, exclusive of the necessary architectural supports or columns. The reference to sign area is reference to size of structure without reference to size of actual advertising area.
B. 
In those instances involving a single building but with multiple business uses, there may be erected a single advertising sign on which there shall be listed all of the occupants of the building, in which case the total allowable sign area, determined as provided in Subsection A next above, may be up to but not in excess of 36 square feet. The only other allowable signage for the lot shall be name identification signs for each individual business, which shall not exceed two square feet for each and shall be limited solely to the name of the business being identified and shall be attached to the building.
C. 
In those instances involving a single lot comprised of a building with multiple occupants as well as a detached building with a single occupant or detached building with multiple occupants, the allowable signage for the lot shall be as provided in Subsection B next above.
D. 
Illumination. Any lighting used to illuminate advertising signs shall be arranged so that the direct rays from the lights will not fall on any adjoining property. Signs in the Health Care Service District or lighting for signs shall not be placed in such a position that is will cause danger to traffic or create a traffic hazard by obscuring the view or in any way interfering with driver vision.
A. 
The following standards shall apply for properties which front Sixth Street in the Health Institution District:
(1) 
All access to any property along Sixth Street shall utilize existing accesspoints (i.e., existing alleys and/or existing driveways) along Sixth Street. Access to new buildings along Sixth Street shall be provided to the rear of the property from the existing alley and/or existing driveways. All parking shall be to the rear of any new building fronting on Sixth Street.
(2) 
Along Sixth Street, any portion of a building fronting along Sixth Street shall have no more than 35 feet of continuous frontage without an offset for the ground-floor elevation only.