The purpose of these district regulations are to provide for a broad range of industrial uses to supplement existing activities and to provide new employment opportunities, while preserving the integrity of the adjacent land uses.
[Amended by Ord. No. 38-A; 6-20-2000 by Ord. No. 42]
Permitted uses are as follows:
A. 
Agriculture and forestry.
[Amended 3-6-2012 by Ord. No. 60]
B. 
Agricultural operations, nurseries, greenhouses, kennels, boarding stables, animal hospitals.
C. 
A single-family dwelling only when accessory and incidental to one or more of the permitted uses.
D. 
Municipal buildings and uses.
E. 
Farm animals in accordance with Article XII, § 138-94I.
[Amended 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 44]
F. 
Recycling facility.
G. 
Salvage yards, auto-body shops, tire retreading or recapping, welding shops and similar activities.
[Amended 3-6-2012 by Ord. No. 60]
H. 
Bottling works.
I. 
Bookbinding.
J. 
Machine shops.
K. 
Metal fabrication and forging.
L. 
Manufacture of metal dies and taps.
M. 
Distribution centers.
[Amended 3-6-2012 by Ord. No. 60]
N. 
Wholesale trades, public warehousing and private warehousing.
[Amended 3-6-2012 by Ord. No. 60]
O. 
Carpenter, cabinet making, furniture repair and upholstery, electrician, tinsmith, plumbing, and metal working shops.
P. 
The manufacturing, compounding, processing, or treatment of such products as bakery goods, candy, cosmetics, dairy products, drugs, pharmaceutical, and food products, except vinegar, yeast, and the rendering of refining of fat and oils.
Q. 
The manufacturing of pottery and figurines or other similar ceramic products, using only clay and kilns fired only by electricity or gas.
R. 
Printing and newspaper publishing.
S. 
Freight and trucking terminals.
T. 
Laboratories.
U. 
Public utility facilities and communications buildings and structures as provided for in § 138-94.
[Amended 3-6-2012 by Ord. No. 60]
V. 
Storage facilities.
[Amended 3-6-2012 by Ord. No. 60]
W. 
Customary accessory uses and buildings incidental to any permitted use in accordance with Article XII.
[Added 6-20-2000 by Ord. No. 42]
The following uses may be permitted by the Zoning Hearing Board by special exception in accordance with Article XVII:
A. 
Electric power generation facilities in accordance with § 138-94U.
B. 
Commercial mobile radio service.
[Added 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 44]
The height of a principal building shall not be greater than 30 feet and no accessory building shall exceed one story or 24 feet in height.
A. 
The lot area for all nonresidential uses shall be not less than two acres.
[Amended 10-16-2001 by Ord. No. 44]
B. 
The minimum lot area for an accessory single-family dwelling using on-lot septic and/or well shall be not less than 1.5 acres.
C. 
The minimum lot area for an accessory single-family dwelling with public sewer shall be not less than 15,000 square feet.
A. 
The minimum lot width for all nonresidential uses at the front building line shall be 125 feet on an interior lot and the same on each side facing a street on a corner lot.
B. 
The minimum lot width for an accessory single-family dwelling use having on-lot septic and/or well shall be not less than 125 feet.
C. 
The minimum lot width for an accessory single-family dwelling use having public sewer shall be not less than 75 feet.
Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards of not less than the depth and width indicated below:
A. 
Front yard depth: 50 feet.
B. 
Side yard width: 20 feet each side of a principal building, provided that when adjoining property owners shall mutually agree in writing, no side yard shall be required where two or more uses abut side to side. However, in no case shall party walls be permitted between properties or lots of separate ownership. In the case of a series of abutting structures paralleling and abutting a public right-of-way, an open and unobstructed passage for vehicles and pedestrians, of at least 20 feet in width shall be provided at grade level at intervals of not more than 400 feet.
C. 
Rear yard depth: 50 feet.
A buffer yard shall be provided between residential and nonresidential uses in accordance with Article XII of this chapter.
A. 
Building coverage shall be no more than 50%.
B. 
At least 15% of the total lot area shall be maintained with vegetative material.
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV of this chapter.
Signs shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article XI of the chapter.
[Amended 6-20-2000 by Ord. No. 42]
A. 
An environmental assessment (EA) shall be required for all subdivision and land development plans for uses permitted under § 138-74A through E and customary accessory uses and buildings incidental to said uses.
B. 
An environmental impact statement (EIS) shall be required for all subdivision and land development plans for uses permitted under §§ 138-74F through V and 138-75A, and customary accessory uses and buildings incidental to said uses.
C. 
The appropriate environmental study shall be submitted to the Township Engineer and Planning Commission for review and recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. The intent of the environmental study is to monitor the impact of development on the existing natural and socioeconomic environment of Carroll Township and shall be in accordance with Article XII, § 138-109.