Within the General Industrial District, no building, structure
or premises shall be used and no building or structure shall be erected
or altered until and unless the following conditions have been complied
with and there shall have been filed with the Planning Commission
a written application for approval of a contemplated use within said
District, which application shall be accompanied with the following
information.
A. A plot plan indicating the location of present and proposed buildings,
driveways, parking lots, and other desired uses.
B. Preliminary architectural plans to include the site plan and landscaping
proposals for the proposed building or buildings.
C. An estimate of the maximum number of employees contemplated for the
purpose of development and the number of shifts during which they
would work. Also, a description of the industrial operations proposed
in sufficient detail to indicate the effects of those operations in
producing excess auto traffic, congestion or problems of noise, glare,
odor, sewage, air pollution, water pollution, fire or safety hazards,
or other factors detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of
the area.
D. Engineering and architectural plans for the handling of any problems
of the type outlined in Subsection
C above, including a designation
of sewers to be used and necessary plans for controlling of smoke
or other nuisances such as those enumerated under Subsection
C above.
E. Any other information the Planning Commission or Borough Council
may need to adequately consider the effect that the proposed uses
may have upon their environment and on the cost of providing municipal
services to the area.
(1) Principal uses permitted. No new residence shall be permitted in
this district other than as quarters for a caretaker or watchman.
(a)
Wholesale business, including storage of materials in buildings
or in yards surrounded by a solid or chain-link fence or evergreen
hedge not less than six feet in height.
(b)
Mechanical or industrial operations performed entirely within
buildings which do not produce noise, vibration, dust, smoke, odor,
steam or effluents exceeding the general level of such potential nuisances
at the property line.
(c)
Laundry, dry-cleaning plant.
(2) Accessory uses permitted.
(a)
Any use customarily incidental to the above.
(b)
Any sign other than self-illuminating sign or signs employing
intermittent lighting or moving devices, providing that such signs
are not higher than 18 feet above the ground. The above height limitations
shall not apply to signs identifying the use conducted in a building
and erected flat against the wall thereof.
(3) Special permit uses.
(a)
Public utility substations or other facilities necessary to
render adequate service.
(b)
Government buildings and uses.
(4) Lot and yard requirements. The entire lot may be covered with the
exception of the mandatory open space as hereinafter provided in Subsection
E(4)(c).
(a)
Minimum lot area: 7,500 square feet.
(b)
Minimum lot width: 50 feet.
(c)
Minimum yards.
[1]
Front: 20 feet in all cases.
[2]
Rear: 50 feet adjoining residence districts; 20 feet in all
other cases.
[3]
Side: 50 feet when adjoining residence districts; 20 feet in
all other cases.
(5) Maximum building height: 75 feet, except that structures housing
processing equipment may be extended to a maximum height of 90 feet.
(6) Maximum land coverage: 50%.
(7) Screens, plantings, etc. General industrial use adjacent to a residence
district shall provide a screen or solid fence and/or evergreen planting
meeting the approval of the Planning Commission.