[Added 10-21-1982 by Ord. No. 442]
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Editor’s Note: This article title was amended, to include the word “overlay,” 1-28-2010 by Ord. No. 893. Said ordinance also provided that all references to said district would be construed to be the name as amended.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Whitemarsh Township Institutional District Ordinance."
In amplification of § 116-2, the specific intent of this article is as follows:
A. 
To provide suitable areas within the Township to accommodate institutional uses.
B. 
To provide appropriate design standards for institutional uses.
The Institutional District shall include those areas described on a map or maps designated as the "Whitemarsh Township Institutional Map," which is hereby made a part of this article and which shall be made available to the public at the Township Building.
[Amended 8-30-1984 by Ord. No. 494; 2-24-1994 by Ord. No. 659; 9-25-2008 by Ord. No. 862]
In the Institutional District, the following uses and activities, and no others, are permitted by special exception:
A. 
Place of worship: Access shall be to major collector or arterial streets.
B. 
School: Minimum lot size is 10 acres with access to major collector or arterial. Outdoor play areas shall be sufficiently screened and insulated so as to protect the neighborhood from inappropriate noise and other disturbances.
C. 
Commercial school.
D. 
Library.
E. 
Museum.
F. 
Park or recreational facility: subject to the following additional provisions:
(1) 
A minimum lot size of five acres is required.
(2) 
Amusement parks, wild animal parks, zoos, gun ranges and race courses shall not be included in this use.
(3) 
Day camp shall operate between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., excluding Saturdays and Sundays.
(4) 
Outdoor play areas shall be sufficiently screened and insulated so as to protect the neighborhood from inappropriate noise and other disturbances.
G. 
Private club: subject to the following additional provisions:
(1) 
The use shall not be conducted as a private gainful business.
(2) 
The use shall be for members and their authorized guests only.
H. 
Community center: subject to the following additional provisions:
(1) 
The use shall not be conducted as a private gainful business.
(2) 
No outdoor recreation area shall be located nearer to any lot line than 100 feet.
I. 
Child day-care center: Outdoor play areas shall be sufficiently screened and insulated so as to protect the neighborhood from inappropriate noise and other disturbances.
J. 
Hospital: subject to the following provisions:
(1) 
Any such establishment providing convalescent care or care for the chronically sick shall provide an additional lot area of not less than 1,000 square feet per each bed in use for long-term care. For the purposes of this article, "long-term care" shall mean care in excess of one month.
(2) 
Emergency and service entrances shall be located where they are not offensive to adjoining neighbors.
(3) 
Said use shall take access from major collector or arterial streets.
K. 
Clinic.
L. 
Nursing home.
M. 
Cemetery.
N. 
Monastery or convent: subject to the following provisions:
(1) 
When situated on the same lot as a place of worship, four acres is required for both uses.
O. 
Conference center: subject to the following provisions:
(1) 
A minimum lot size of 25 acres is required.
(2) 
Recreational facilities, service stores and other similar facilities for use by conference participants and employees shall be permitted in conjunction with this use.
P. 
(Reserved)[1]
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Editor’s Note: Former Subsection P, Community residential facility, was repealed 3-28-2013 by Ord. No. 925.
Q. 
(Reserved)
A. 
Minimum lot and area regulations. Unless more restrictive provisions are required hereinabove, the following minimum lot and area regulations shall apply:
[Amended 8-30-1984 by Ord. No. 494]
(1) 
Uses described in § 116-175A through O:
(a) 
Lot area: two acres, except in the case of conference center use, where the minimum lot area shall be 25 acres.
[Amended 9-23-1993 by Ord. No. 649]
(b) 
Front yard: 50 feet.
(c) 
Side yards: 50 feet.
(d) 
Rear yard: 50 feet.
(e) 
Lot width: 200 feet.
(2) 
Uses described in § 116-175P:
[Amended 2-24-1994 by Ord. No. 659]
(a) 
Lot area: 30,000 square feet.
(b) 
Front yard: 50 feet.
(c) 
Side yards: 25 feet.
(d) 
Rear yard: 50 feet.
(e) 
Lot width: 135 feet.
B. 
Height requirements. The maximum height of any building erected or used for any use permitted in an Institutional District shall be 40 feet.