[Added 6-14-1971 by Ord. No. 71-275]
In AR-1 Administrative and Research Districts,
the following regulations shall apply.
A building may be erected, altered or used and
a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and
no other:
A.
Offices for administrative, executive, professional,
sales and other similar uses the normal attributes of which do not
involve the actual storage, exchange or delivery of merchandise on
the premises.
C.
Laboratory for scientific, agricultural or industrial
research and development.
D.
Hotel or motor lodge with an associated restaurant
and assembly hall.
E.
Municipal uses.
[Added 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
F.
Helistop when authorized as a special exception in accordance with the provisions of § 165-219.
[Added 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
G.
Any use of the same general character as any of the
uses hereinbefore specifically permitted, when authorized as a special
exception.
H.
The following commercial uses are permitted on the same lot with
the office use or the hotel or motor lodge use, provided that as to
the office use, the gross floor area of all such commercial uses shall
not exceed 5% of the gross floor area devoted to office use and as
to hotel or motor lodge uses, the gross floor area of all such commercial
uses shall not exceed 7% of the gross floor area devoted to hotel
or motor lodge use, exclusive of restaurant or assembly hall use.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, drive-through restaurants shall not
be permitted in the AR-1 Administrative and Research District.
[Amended 3-26-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-837]
(1)
Retail establishment for the sale of dry goods, variety merchandise,
clothing, foods, beverages, drugs, furnishings or other household
supplies; sale and repair of jewelry, clocks, optical goods, musical
instruments or scientific or professional instruments; florist shop;
and beverage shop.
(2)
Business or professional office, studio, bank, savings-and-loan or
other financial institutions, municipal building, library, museum,
passenger station for public transportation.
(3)
Medical office and medical office building.
I.
The commercial uses permitted in § 165-106A, B and C of Article XIX herein are permitted on the same lot with the office use or the hotel or motor lodge use; provided that as to the office use, the gross floor area of all such commercial uses shall not exceed 5% of the gross floor area devoted to office use and as to hotel or motor lodge uses, the gross floor area of all such commercial uses shall not exceed 7% of the gross floor area devoted to hotel or motor lodge use, exclusive of restaurant or assembly hall use. Notwithstanding the foregoing, drive-thru restaurants shall not be permitted in the AR-1 Administrative and Research District.
[Amended 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516; 6-6-1988 by Ord. No.
88-534; 8-21-1989 by Ord. No. 89-561]
J.
Such signs as are permitted by the Upper Merion Township Sign Ordinance, being Article XXVII herein, as amended.
K.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no exterior storage
of materials or equipment shall be permitted and no use shall be permitted
which may be noxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, fumes,
smoke, gas, vibration or noise or which may constitute a public hazard,
whether by fire, explosion or otherwise.
[Amended 8-12-1974 by Ord. No. 74-329]
The maximum height of any building or other
structure erected or used for any purpose herein shall not be more
than 85 feet, provided that for every one foot of height in excess
of 65 feet, there shall be added one foot of depth to each building
yard requirement.
A.
For the purpose of AR-1 Districts, the "height of
the building" shall be defined as the building's vertical measurement
from the mean level of the ground surrounding the building to the
highest roof level, provided that chimneys, cooling towers, elevator
housings, tanks and similar projections which are a functional part
of the building shall not be included in calculating the height.
B.
Accessory structures. The maximum height of any structure
which connects one building with another shall be one story not exceeding
30 feet.
A.
Minimum lot area and width. A lot area of not less
than 10 acres and a lot width of not less than 300 feet at the front
lot line shall be provided for every building or other structure erected
or used for any use permitted in this district.
B.
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each lot
which shall be not less than 175 feet in depth.
C.
Side yards. There shall be two side yards on each
lot the depth of which shall each be not less than 150 feet.
D.
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot
the depth of which shall not be less than 150 feet.
E.
Building size. Measured in plan view, no single building
shall project outside of a circle having a diameter of 400 feet. This
regulation shall apply to the principal buildings on the lot and shall
not be applicable to connecting structures.
F.
Building arrangement. In the case of two or more buildings
for any permitted use on one lot, such buildings shall be arranged
in a harmonious grouping. The distance between any two buildings,
regardless of orientation, shall be not less than the height of the
taller, if applicable, of the two buildings, or the height of one
building if both are of the same height; provided, however, that in
no case shall the distance between buildings or wings of a building
court be less than 75 feet.
[Amended 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
Off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with Article XXVIII herein. Notwithstanding the requirements of Article XXVIII, the following regulations shall apply:
A.
No parking area shall be permitted in the required
front yard within 100 feet of the lot line of any lot in this district.
Parking areas may be located within the side or rear yards of any
lot in this district but not closer than twenty (20) feet to the rear
or side lot line, except in no case shall any parking areas be permitted
closer than 50 feet to any agricultural or residential district.
All utilities shall be placed underground within
the lot lines.
A.
All front yards to the depth of 100 feet for the entire
frontage shall be maintained as green areas and/or open space and
planted with grass, shrubs and/or trees except for necessary ways
of access.
B.
In side yards, the perimeters to the extent of no less than 10% of the legal lot width must be in green areas and/or open space, which may be distributed up to a sixty-to-forty proportion between each side yard, provided that in any case the minimum green area width on either perimeter shall be 20 feet. The legal lot width for the purposes of this Subsection B shall be the mean of the front line, the rear lot line and the width at the widest part of the lot or 300 feet, whichever is greater.
C.
In the rear yard, the minimum green area and/or open
space shall not be less than the minimum side yard requirement.
D.
Ten percent of all paved parking areas on each lot
shall be devoted to green areas, which must be interspersed within
the paved parking areas. Perimeter green area shall not be included
in the computation of the said 10%.
[Amended 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
Requirements of the Township Fire Prevention
Code and the Upper Merion Township Fire Board shall be incorporated
into the buildings and site.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 87, Fire Prevention.
[Amended 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
In order to accomplish the spirit and purpose of this chapter, a developer of any tract of land within this district shall submit development plans in accordance with Article XXXIII herein.
