No building may be erected, altered or used and no lot or premises may be used for any trade, industry or business that is noxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, smoke, gas, vibration or noise, and no public garage shall be permitted unless authorized and permitted as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board, as set forth in §§
350-241 through
350-247 of this chapter.
The following area and height regulations shall apply:
A. There shall be a minimum lot area of not less than two acres.
B. Front yards. The required minimum depth of a front yard shall be 25 feet; subject to exception in Subsection
F hereinafter set forth.
C. Side yards. There shall be two side yards, one on each side of the building erected, each of which shall be not less than 20 feet in width, subject to exception in Subsection
F hereinafter set forth.
D. Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be
at least 35 feet.
E. Not more than 35% of the area of any lot may be occupied by buildings,
and a total of not more than 70% of the area of any lot may be occupied
by buildings, parking areas, unloading areas and access roads.
F. Exception for front, side and rear yards. In no case shall any building
or structure be erected closer than 200 feet to any residential district
nor any parking area to be closer than 100 feet to any residential
tract; which two-hundred-foot or one-hundred-foot area shall be maintained
as a green area entirely covered by grass, shrubs or trees by the
owner.
G. Height regulations. No building shall exceed two stories or be more
than 40 feet in height.
H. The following appurtenances of buildings may be erected above the
permitted 40 feet in height, when authorized as a special exception
by the Zoning Hearing Board:
(2)
Penthouses (not more than one story and not for habitation)
(4)
Flagpoles, aerials and beacons.
At no point on the boundary of a residential or business district
shall the sound pressure level of any operation exceed the maximum
of that permitted as established by resolution of the Board of Commissioners
of the Township, which resolution shall be considered a part of this
chapter for all intents and purposes, the same as if it was from time
to time included as a provision of this chapter.
There shall be no emission of odorous gases or other odorous
matter in such quantities as to be offensive at lot boundary line.
Any process which may involve the creation or emission of any odors
shall be provided with a secondary safeguard system, so that control
will be maintained if the primary safeguard system should fail. The
guide for determining the quantity of offensive odors shall be established
by resolution of the Board of Commissioners.
Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be performed
within an enclosed building or behind a solid fence in such manner
as to be completely imperceptible from any point along the lot lines.
[Added 9-13-2010 by Ord. No. 1592]
Regulations pertaining to adult or sexually oriented business uses, as defined and regulated in Chapter
57, are subject to the following requirements:
A. Location of sexually oriented businesses.
(1)
No sexually oriented businesses shall be located within 1,000 feet of the property line of a lot used for the following uses unless separated from the adult use by the Pennsylvania Turnpike or railroad. A person commits a violation of this chapter and Chapter
57 if the person operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business within 1,000 feet of:
(a)
A church, synagogue, mosque, temple or building which is used
primarily for religious worship and/or related religious activities;
(b)
A public or private educational facility, including but not
limited to child day-care facilities, nursery schools, preschools,
kindergartens, elementary schools, private schools, intermediate schools,
junior high schools, middle schools, high schools, vocational schools,
secondary schools, continuation schools, special education schools,
junior colleges and universities. A school includes the school grounds,
but does not include facilities used primarily for another purpose
and only incidentally as a school;
(c) A public or privately owned park or recreational area which has been
designated for park or recreational activities, including but not
limited to passive or active park or parkland, playground, nature
trails, swimming pools, reservoir, athletic field, basketball or tennis
courts, pedestrian/bicycle paths, wilderness areas, or other similar
public land; and
(d) A licensed premises, licensed pursuant to the alcoholic beverage
control regulations of the commonwealth.
(2)
No sexually oriented business shall be located within 500 feet of the following uses. A person commits a violation of this chapter and Chapter
57 if the person operates or causes to be operated a sexually oriented business within 500 feet of:
(a)
The property line of a single-family residential lot;
(b)
The property line of a multifamily residential lot; or
(c)
Within 500 feet of another adult use or sexually oriented business.
(3)
An adult use or sexually oriented business may not have frontage
on Pioneer Road or Easton Road, or be located within 300 feet of the
legal right-of-way of Welsh Road, York Road, Fitzwatertown Road, Terwood
Road, Davisville Road, Byberry Road, County Line Road, Pioneer Road
or Easton Road.
B. Signage. Any adult establishment or sexually oriented businesses are subject to the following signage requirements in lieu of signage otherwise permitted in the zoning district under Article
XXIV.
(1)
Wall signs are limited to a total of 40 square feet and any
such wall sign must face the street frontage on which access to the
building is located;
(2)
No roof signs are permitted;
(3)
One freestanding sign, not to exceed 40 square feet per face
in area or 20 feet in height is permitted;
(4)
No internally illuminated, LED or digital signs are permitted;
and
(5)
No flashing elements, rotating, pulsing, marching, video, lasers,
beacons, strobe lights, streaming video, moving pictures or animated
graphics are permitted.
C. Parking requirements. Any adult establishment or sexually oriented businesses are subject to the following parking requirements in lieu of those otherwise required in the zoning district under Article
XXIV.
(1)
One space for each 100 square feet of floor space; and
(2)
All parking areas shall be illuminated during hours of operation
to ensure the safety of patrons and employees and to discourage vandalism
or criminal conduct.