The purpose of this district is to provide for
selected, modern nonnuisance business, laboratory, and light industrial
uses, with a view toward encouraging attractive, large site, moderate
lot coverage development. The intent is also to allow only those types
of light industrial uses that would not constitute a hazard or nuisance
to nearby residents and not provide for higher impact industrial uses.
Land, buildings, or premises shall be used by
right for only one or more of the following uses:
A. Office and office building.
B. Financial establishment such as bank, financial company.
C. Electronic data processing, telecommunications, or
similar facility.
D. Medical or dental clinic (outpatient only).
E. Amusement venue such as movie theater, bowling alley,
video game arcade, or miniature golf course.
G. Motion picture or television filming, production,
or broadcasting.
H. Business school, trade school such as beauty school, computer training, auto repair, other vocational training, college or similar post secondary institution, provided that no schools shall be permitted that require or employ outdoor instruction or operation (e.g., truck driving school) or those that exceed any limits for noise, smoke, or similar impacts as controlled by Article
XX, Performance Standards.
The following uses shall be permitted as conditional uses only, subject to the applicable provisions of Article
XVIII, Procedure and Standards for Conditional Uses:
A. Parking area or parking garage, provided that no long-term
parking exceeding 24 continuous hours shall be permitted.
B. Laboratory, research, development, or testing, subject to §
196-140.
C. Light industry, as defined in Article
II.
D. College, public elementary school, or secondary school.
E. Child day-care center, subject to §
196-137.
F. Uses of the same general character as those permitted by right or as conditional uses, provided that no resource recovery, waste treatment, landfill, or other use having a negative impact on the environment shall be permitted. To determine if a proposed use is of the same general character as any of the listed permitted uses, Borough Council and the Planning Commission shall evaluate its impacts against the compatibility standards in Article
XVII.
Unless stated otherwise, the following shall
be minimum requirements:
B. Perimeter yards (front, side, and rear yards): 30
feet on all sides, increased to 50 feet when abutting a residential
district.
C. Interior yards: 15 feet between a building and an
interior street.
D. Distance from parking area: 10 feet between a parking
area and the principal building.
E. Distance between buildings: 40 feet.
F. Impervious surface: 65%, maximum.
G. Height: 40 feet, maximum.