The Light Industrial District is designed primarily to provide
for modern, low impact research and industrial establishments with
a view to encouraging attractive, low lot coverage development in
areas which are particularly well suited for such uses, in concert
with the Pennsbury Township Comprehensive Plan of 2006, as amended.
In promoting the general purposes of this chapter, the intent of the
LI District is to encourage only those types of industrial uses which
would not constitute a hazard or a nuisance to the population of the
adjacent areas. Use of toxic materials, such as those used in metal
plating, is strictly prohibited.
A building may be erected or used, and a lot or premises may
be used, for only one of the following principal uses and no other:
A.
Uses by right.
(1)
Laboratory and or research facilities.
(2)
Office building.
(3)
Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, or treatment
of such products as bakery goods, confections, candy, toiletries,
perfumes, cosmetics, and dairy products.
(4)
Manufacture of novelties from previously prepared materials,
jewelry, watches, clocks, optical goods, professional and scientific
goods.
(5)
Manufacture and assembly of small electrical appliances and
parts, such as lighting fixtures and fans and electronic measuring
and controlling devices; assembly of electrical equipment such as
radio and television receivers and home movie equipment.
(6)
Printing, publishing, lithographing, binding, and similar processes.
(7)
Manufacture of boxes, containers, bags, novelties, and other
packaging products from previously prepared materials.
(8)
Fire or emergency service facility.
(13)
Lumberyard or woodworking mill.
(15)
Trucking establishment.
(16)
Warehouse.
(18)
Municipal uses, including park and related accessory uses.
(22)
Other similar industrial uses or commercial uses.
C.
D.
Accessory uses. In addition to one principal use, accessory uses listed below shall be permitted by right unless otherwise indicated as a special exception or conditional use in this chapter and shall be in conformance with § 162-2002 unless otherwise noted:
(1)
Commercial and industrial accessory uses.
(2)
Such accessory uses may include storage within a completely
enclosed building in conjunction with a permitted use, and living
accommodations for a watch man or similar employee.
(3)
Recycling collection center as an accessory use to recycling processing center, in conformance with § 162-2035.
(4)
Agricultural/farming accessory uses.
All uses permitted in the L1 District shall also demonstrate
compliance with the following special development regulations:
A.
An accessory building may be separate from a principal building but
it shall not encroach upon or extend into any of the required yard
areas.
B.
Structures erected within said district shall comply with the requirements
and specifications set forth in the Township Building Code, as most
recently amended, and as recommended by the National Board of Fire
Underwriters. Compliance therewith shall be determined by the Township
Engineer and/or Building Official.
C.
Utilities shall be underground.
D.
Physical performance standards required by § 162-1911 shall be specifically addressed and compliance therewith demonstrated. Recipients of building permits must certify that they fully understand those performance standards and the intended uses will not violate them.
E.
New structures requiring sewage disposal must provide capped sewer
lines, to the appropriate place on the lot as specified by the Township
Engineer. This requirement shall not apply where the applicant can
provide proof that compliance is impractical.
F.
Existing and proposed perimeter and internal roads must meet specifications determined by the Township Engineer as adequate for the LI District in general and the proposed use in particular, and such road specifications may exceed those set forth in Chapter 138, Subdivision and Land Development.
G.
A certification from the chief of the appropriate fire company as
to the adequacy of provisions for emergency vehicle access and water
availability shall be required.
Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, uses permitted in
this district shall meet the following:
A.
Minimum lot area: five acres.
B.
Minimum lot width at the building line: 100 feet.
C.
Maximum floor area ratio: 50%.
E.
Minimum side yard: 50 feet.
F.
Minimum rear yard: 50 feet, unless the lot is a reverse-frontage lot, in which event, the requirements of § 162-1902 shall apply.
G.
Maximum height: three stories or 35 feet whichever is less, except those buildings or structures exempted in § 162-1902.
H.
Maximum building coverage: 40%.
I.
Maximum lot coverage: 60%.
