Township of Plymouth, PA Industrial Park Districts

In the Industrial Park Districts the following regulations shall apply:

[Ord. No. 379, § 7, 11-13-1961; Ord. No. 464, § 4, 10-11-1965]

A building may be erected, altered or used, and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes, and no other:

Office for administrative, executive, professional, sales and other similar uses, the normal attributes of which do not involve retailing activities on the premises.

Laboratory for scientific, agricultural or industrial research and development.

Restaurant, bank; municipal use.

Wholesaling, warehousing and distributing, provided that no outdoor storage of materials shall be permitted, and excluding storage and sale of lumber, ice, coal and petroleum.

Manufacturing of beverages, confections, dairy products, all food products (exclusive of meat and fish packing), ceramics, clothing, plastics, electrical goods, furniture, hardware, tools, dies, patterns, scientific instruments, jewelry, time pieces, optical goods, musical instruments, toys, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs; and of products from the following previously prepared materials; wood, glass, textiles, cork, leather, bone, horn, shell, fur, feathers, hair, rubber, paper, metal; excluding, however, any process or activity which is noxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, fumes, smoke, gas, vibration, radiation, or noise, or which constitutes a public hazard by fire, explosion or otherwise.

Any use of the same general character as any of the uses hereinbefore specifically permitted, when authorized as a special exception.

Signs, subject to the provisions of article XVI, section 1602.

Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses.

Section 1301 Height regulations.

[Ord. No. 971, § 4, 6-8-1987]

The maximum height of buildings and other structures erected or enlarged in this district shall be 50 feet, except that such height may be increased to a maximum of 65 feet; provided, that for every foot of height in excess of 50 feet there shall be added to each yard requirement two corresponding feet of width or depth; and, provided further, however, that where the lot on which the building to be erected or enlarged abuts a residential district, then such height may be increased to a maximum of 65 feet; provided, that for every foot of height in excess of 50 feet there shall be added to each yard requirement five corresponding feet of width or depth.

Section 1302 Area, width, yard, building coverage, impervious surface and green space area regulations.

[Ord. No. 840, § 1, 9-8-1980; Ord. No. 852, § 1, 5-11-1981; Ord. No. 1293, § 7, 6-15-1999; Ord. No. 1320, § 7, 4-10-2000; Ord. No. 1476, § 22, 6-11-2007]

Minimum district area: Not less than six (6) acres.

Minimum lot area and width: A lot area shall be not less than two acres and have a lot width of not less than 200 feet at the building line.

Front yard: There shall be a front yard on each lot which shall be not less than 50 feet in depth.

Side yards:

On each interior lot there shall be two side yards having an aggregate width of not less than 75 feet, neither side yard having a width of less than 30 feet.

On each corner lot there shall be two side yards, the side yard abutting the street having a width of not less than 50 feet and the side yard not abutting the street having a width of not less than 30 feet.

Rear yard: There shall be a rear yard on each lot the depth of which shall be not less than 50 feet.

Building coverage: Not more than 33 1/3% of the area of any lot shall be occupied by buildings.

Lots near residential districts: Unless authorized as a special exception, in no case shall any building or structure be erected closer than 100 feet to any residential district.

Maximum impervious surface coverage: The maximum impervious surface coverage shall be 75% of the total tract area.

Green space area requirement: The minimum required green space area on any lot shall not be less than 25%.

Section 1303 Off-street parking.

No parking area shall be permitted closer than fifty (50) feet to the front lot line of any lot in this district, nor closer than 50 feet to any residential district.

Section 1304 Screening.

All areas delimited by the front lot line and a depth of 50 feet therefrom for the entire length thereof, and all areas delimited by any lot line abutting a residential district and a depth of 50 feet for the entire length thereof shall be maintained as green areas and planted in grass, shrubs and/or trees, except for necessary ways of access therethrough.

Section 1305 Performance standards.