In HI Heavy Industrial Districts, the following
regulations shall apply.
A building may be erected, altered or used and
a lot may be used or occupied for any lawful purpose not elsewhere
in this article prohibited, except that:
A. Except as provided for below in §
165-153E, no use permitted in NC, LC and GC Commercial Districts and no hotel, motor lodge, rooming house or tourist home shall be permitted, and no dwelling shall be permitted except pursuant to §
165-205 of Article
XXXI herein; provided, however, that dwelling quarters in connection with any manufacturing or industrial establishment, for watchmen and caretakers employed upon the premises, are permitted.
[Amended 10-1-1962 by Ord. No. 119; 10-22-1984 by Ord. No.
84-469; 3-26-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-837; 2-18-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-870]
B. No incinerator shall be permitted unless authorized
as a special exception.
[Amended 4-20-1954 by Ord. No. 18]
C. Special exceptions.
[Amended 7-9-1984 by Ord. No. 84-464]
(1)
Any of the following uses shall be permitted
only when authorized as a special exception:
(a)
Abattoirs; breweries; meat-packing; tanning,
curing or storage of leather, rawhides or skins; manufacture or processing
of fertilizer, wood pulp, disinfectants or soap.
(b)
Lime kilns, flour mills, manufacture of cement.
(c)
Foundries, steel mills, manufacture or processing
of rubber products.
(d)
Any other use which is or may be, in comparable
degree to any of the foregoing, noxious or offensive by reason of
odor, dust, fumes, smoke, gas, vibration, illumination or noise, or
which is or may be dangerous to the public health, welfare or safety
or which constitutes or may constitute a public hazard, whether by
fire, explosion or otherwise.
(e)
Helistop in accordance with the provisions of §
165-219 herein.
[Added 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
(2)
Any applicant for special exception for any
of the above uses shall have the burden of showing to the satisfaction
of the Zoning Hearing Board that provision is made to adequately reduce
or minimize the noxious, offensive, dangerous or hazardous feature
or features thereof, as the case may be.
[Amended 2-10-1969 by Ord. No. 69-230]
D. Signs shall be permitted only subject to the provisions of Article
XXVII herein.
E. Heavy Industry Redevelopment ("HIR") Overlay District. The intent
of the Heavy Industry Redevelopment Overlay Zoning District is to
facilitate the redevelopment of property located in the HI Zoning
District.
[Added 2-18-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-870]
(1)
Conditional use standards.
(a)
Parcels that meet the following standards shall be eligible
to be developed under the HIR Overlay District pursuant to conditional
use:
[1]
The parcel must be located south of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
[2]
The parcel must be in the HI Zoning District.
[3]
The parcel must be a minimum of 30 acres.
(b)
An application for conditional use under this section shall meet all of the criteria identified in §
165-219.1.
(2)
Conditional uses. Uses permitted in the HIR Overlay Zoning District
pursuant to conditional use shall include:
(a)
Any use permitted in the LI Zoning District which is not otherwise
permitted in the HI Zoning District.
(b)
Any use identified in Table CD.1 as a permitted use within the
following categories in General Commercial Zoning District:
[2]
Professional, scientific and technical service.
[5]
Health care and social service.
[7]
Arts, entertainment and recreation.
[8]
Accommodation and food service.
F. Research and development. Notwithstanding any provision contained
herein to the contrary, research and development in the physical,
engineering, life sciences, social sciences and humanities shall be
permitted in the HI Zoning District as a by-right use.
[Added 2-18-2021 by Ord.
No. 2021-870]
G. Hospital.
Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, hospitals
shall be permitted in the HI Zoning District as a by-right use.
[Added 12-8-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-885]
[Added 11-8-1965 by Ord. No. 65-164]
The maximum height of buildings or other structures
erected or enlarged in this district shall be 80 feet.
[Added 11-8-1965 by Ord. No. 65-164]
The area, width and yard regulations prescribed in Article
XXV, §
165-146, herein shall apply in this district.
[Added 10-12-1970 by Ord. No. 70-265]
The regulations set forth in Article
XXIV, §
165-138, herein shall apply.
[Added 10-12-1970 by Ord. No. 70-265; amended 6-14-1971 by Ord. No. 71-274; 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
Off-street parking and loading shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article
XXVIII. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article
XXVIII, no parking shall be permitted in the required front yard of any lot in this district nor closer than 50 feet to any agricultural or residential district.
[Added 10-12-1970 by Ord. No. 70-265; amended 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
Buffers shall be provided in accordance with the regulations set forth in §
165-140 herein.
[Added 10-12-1970 by Ord. No. 70-265; amended 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
The regulations set forth in §
165-142 herein shall apply.