[Amended 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
The purpose of this zone is to reserve appropriate areas of
the Township for quarrying and processing of quarry raw materials;
to provide reasonable standards for quarry operations in order to
prevent conditions which would interfere with the enjoyment or use
of other properties; and to allow uses of a temporary nature in locations
premature for quarrying. None of the regulations stated in this article
supersede the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act of May
31, 1945, the Noncoal Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation
Act of December 19, 1984, the Oil and Gas Act of December 19, 1984,
or the Bituminous Mine Subsidence and Land Conservation Act of April
27, 1966.
The following principal uses are permitted by right in the zone:
B. Public buildings, including firehouses.
E. Nursery and garden centers.
F. Parking lots or parking garages.
G. Manufacturing or processing establishments utilizing quarry materials.
H. A communications antenna mounted on an existing public utility transmission tower, building or other structure, and a communications equipments building. (See §
150-322.1.)
[Added 4-9-1998 by Ord. No. 98-06; amended 6-28-2001 by Ord. No.
01-03]
I. Forestry.
[Added 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
J. Solar energy farm. (See §
150-357.4.)
[Added 3-28-2019 by Ord.
No. 19-01]
[Added 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
Subject to the general criteria listed in § 150-383,
special exceptions shall be as follows:
A. A communications tower and communications equipment building. (See §
150-322.2.)
Lot area and lot width not less than the following dimensions
shall be provided for each principal use hereafter established in
this zone:
A. Minimum lot area: 15,000 square feet.
B. Minimum lot width: 100 feet.
The building height limit shall be 100 feet.
Not more than 60% of the lot area may be covered by buildings,
including accessory buildings.
[Amended 6-28-2001 by Ord. No. 01-03]
Not more than 80% of the lot area may be covered by impervious
surfaces, such as buildings, driveways, parking areas and sidewalks.
Each lot shall provide front, side and rear setbacks not less
than the following:
A. Front setback: 35 feet from street line of Township-owned roads and
50 feet from street line of other roads.
B. Each side setback: 20 feet.
All applications for new or expanded quarry operations shall
include, and in order to keep the Zoning Officer abreast of impending
termination of quarrying operations and plans for rehabilitation as
well as operational activities which he has a duty to check, each
quarry owner or operator must submit to the Zoning Officer, annually
in the month of October, the information following:
A. The ownership and acreage of the land which is the site of quarrying
operations, including all land held under contract or lease.
B. The type of earth resources quarried.
C. The present depth of excavations.
D. The probable effect of blasting and other excavation methods upon
existing and permitted uses in the area surrounding the quarry site.
E. A map, at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet, or such other scale
acceptable to the Township, showing:
(1)
All land owned or under option, contract or lease.
(3)
As practical, contours at twenty-foot intervals extending beyond
the site to the nearest public street or highway.
(4)
Private access roads and abutting streets and highways.
(5)
The location of all structures.
(6)
The location of stockpiles and waste piles.
(7)
The title, scale, North point and date.
(8)
Fencing and screen planting.
F. The proposed reuse of the land to be quarried.
G. Plantings or other planned special features of rehabilitation.
H. The proposed methods by which rehabilitation is to be accomplished.
I. A listing of those roads contained within the Township that are to
be used by hauling trucks from the quarry operation.