[Amended 3-28-2013 by Ord. No. 925]
In expansion of the declaration of legislative intent contained in §
116-2, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to industrial zones to establish reasonable standards for the height and size of buildings, the area and dimensions of yards and open spaces, and the provisions of facilities and operation of industries to minimize traffic congestion, noise, glare, vibration, air pollution, water pollution and fire and safety hazard in the HVY Industrial District. It is the further intent to provide for the rehabilitation of extractive uses when completed.
[Amended 3-28-2013 by Ord. No. 925]
The Board of Supervisors may authorize as an
amendment to the Zoning Map the designation of an area as an HVY Industrial
District for the location of an industrial development. In an HVY
Industrial District, the following regulations shall apply.
No industrial district shall be less than 20
acres.
[Amended 3-28-2013 by Ord. No. 925]
Provision shall be made for safe and efficient
ingress and egress to and from streets and highways serving the site.
All means of access to any tract in an HVY Industrial District shall
be so located and designed as to minimize the effect on existing traffic
and adjacent land uses. All access and internal circulation streets
shall be constructed or treated so as to be substantially dust-free
and mud-free. A traffic circulation and control plan shall be prepared
and filed with the Township for approval. The Township may require
the owners in an HVY District to provide traffic control by various
means when vehicles are entering or crossing streets for the safe
movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic.
Signs in an industrial district shall be regulated in accordance with Article
XXVIII of the Whitemarsh Township Code, as amended.
Adequate off-street parking and loading shall be provided at all times, but requirements for same shall not be less than those specified in Article
XXVI, relating to off-street parking and loading, as contained in the Whitemarsh Township Code (Chapter
116). No parking area shall be permitted within the required minimum front yard of any lot in an industrial district, nor closer than 100 feet to a residential district.
[Amended 9-25-2008 by Ord. No. 862]
A. When deemed appropriate by the Zoning Officer, plans for any use in an industrial district shall be submitted to the Planning Commission prior to the issuance of any zoning permit or certificate of occupancy, as provided in Article
XXX, and such plans shall include, in addition to other applicable requirements, the following:
[Amended 7-28-2011 by Ord. No. 907; 3-28-2013 by Ord. No. 925]
(1)
A plot plan of the lot showing the location of all present and
proposed buildings, drives, parking lots, waste disposal facilities
and other constructional features on the lot and all buildings, streets,
alleys, highways, streams and other topographical features of the
lot and within 200 feet of any lot line.
(2)
Architectural plans for any proposed building and/or addition.
(3)
A description of the industrial operations proposed in sufficient
detail to indicate the effects of those operations in producing traffic
congestion, noise, glare, air pollution, water pollution, fire hazards
or safety hazards.
(4)
Engineering and architectural plans for the handling and disposal
of sewage and industrial waste.
(5)
Engineering and architectural plans for the handling of any
excess traffic congestion, noise, glare, air pollution, water pollution,
fire hazard or safety hazard.
(6)
Designation of the fuel proposed to be used and any necessary
architectural and engineering plans for controlling smoke.
(7)
The proposed number of shifts to be worked and the maximum number
of employees on each shift.
(8)
Landscaping plan for all front yards, side yards and rear yards,
which shall show the location, species and size of trees and shrubs
and area to be in lawn, and which plan shall be submitted to the Shade
Tree Commission for approval prior to the issuance of any permit.
(9)
Any other data that the Planning Commission may require.
B. The Planning Commission shall review all plans and the data submitted
to it and shall submit such plans and data, together with any recommended
conditions for the issuance of a permit, to the Zoning Officer.
[Amended 3-28-2013 by Ord. No. 925]
C. As a guide for recommendations by the Planning Commission, the following
provisions shall be considered:
(1)
The plan is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan for the orderly
development of the Township with the purpose of this chapter to promote
the health, safety, morals and the general welfare of the Township.
(2)
The appropriate use of the property adjacent to the area included
in the plan will be safeguarded.
(3)
The development will consist of a harmonious grouping of buildings,
service and parking area circulation and open spaces, planned as a
single unit, in such manner as to constitute a safe, efficient and
convenient industrial site.
(4)
The uses to be included will be limited to those permitted in §
116-155 of this article.
(5)
There is adequate provision made for safe and efficient pedestrian
and vehicular traffic circulation within the boundaries of the site.
(6)
Provision is made for safe and efficient ingress and egress
to and from public streets and highways serving the site without undue
congestion to or interference with normal traffic flow within the
Township.
(7)
Adequate off-street parking and loading space will be provided in accordance with Article
XXVI and §§
116-149 and
116-151 and as an integral part of the plan.
(8)
All buildings within the development shall be served by a central
sanitary sewage disposal system.
(9)
If the development is to be carried out in progressive stages,
each stage shall be so planned that the foregoing requirements and
intent of this chapter shall be fully complied with by the development
at the completion of any stage.
D. This process applies to applications that do not otherwise constitute a subdivision and/or land development as defined by Chapter
105 of the Township Code.
Where any business or industry existing in an industrial district is made nonconforming by adoption of this chapter, by reason of existing lot coverage or by reason of any one or more of the following: existing front, rear, side yard or setbacks, then the provisions of Article
XXVII regulating nonconforming uses shall not apply, and in that event, such business or industry may expand in any one or more directions to the ultimate right-of-way line of any street and to the property line of property held in single and separate ownership and zoned "industrial" at the time of enactment of this chapter, except where such street or property line is a residential district boundary line; expansion or change of a nonconforming use within the setback area shall be permitted only under the provisions of a special exception.
[Amended 3-28-2013 by Ord. No. 925]
Nothing herein shall be interpreted or construed
to restrict any industry or business existing within an HVY Industrial
District at the adoption of this chapter from continuing or expanding,
subject to the provisions of this chapter, within such district or
within such new industrial districts as may be created from time to
time.