In expansion of the declaration of legislative intent contained in Article
I, §
113-3, of this chapter and the statement of community development objectives contained in Article
I, §
113-5, of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of the LI Limited Industrial District to provide for a variety of nonpolluting and smaller-scale industrial, research and development and office facilities within the Borough.
The specific uses permitted in this district shall be the erection,
construction, alteration or use of buildings or premises for the following
uses and no other, to be conducted wholly within a completely enclosed
building or in a court enclosed on all sides by buildings, except
for on-site parking and loading facilities incidental thereto and,
when approved by the Zoning Hearing Board as a special exception,
public utility facilities not normally enclosed within a building.
A. The manufacture, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment
of products such as candy, drugs, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and food
products; provided, however, that the following uses shall not be
permitted:
(1) Manufacture of sauerkraut, vinegar or yeast.
(2) Refining or rendering of fats, bones or oils.
(3) Roasting of coffee, spices or soybeans.
(5) Drying, smoking, pickling, preserving or curing of meats or fish.
(6) Manufacture of beer or ale.
B. The manufacture, compounding, assembly or treatment of articles of
merchandise from the following previously prepared materials: cellophane,
canvas, cloth, cork, rope, cord and twine, plastics and natural and
synthetic rubber, feathers, felt, fiber, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather,
paper, plaster, metals, precious or semiprecious stones, shell, tobacco,
textiles, wood (excluding planning mills) and yarns.
C. The manufacture of ceramic products, using only previously pulverized
clay.
D. Printing, publishing, lithographing, binding and kindred arts.
E. Incidental offices and office record storage.
F. Manufacture of musical instruments, toys, novelties and metal stampings.
G. Storage buildings and warehouses.
H. Manufacture and assembly of electrical or electronic devices, home,
commercial and industrial appliances and instruments, including the
manufacture of accessory parts or assemblies.
I. Laboratories: experimental, manufacturing and research.
J. Manufacture of textiles or textile products, including spinning and
weaving, but not including wool pulling or scouring, or jute or burlap
processing or reconditioning or hosiery and knitting mills.
K. Manufacture of paper or cardboard, boxes, containers and novelties
from previously prepared paper or cardboard.
L. The above uses are permitted only when meeting the following conditions:
(1) No kiln is fired except by oil, gas or electricity, and no individual
kiln capacity exceeds 200 cubic feet.
(2) No blast or reverberatory furnaces or foundries are used.
(3) No punch or stamping presses are used until the type, size and use
is first approved, authorized and permitted as a special exception
by the Zoning Hearing Board.
(4) No drop hammers are used.
M. Adult entertainment uses are permitted in the Light Industrial District by conditional use pursuant to the provisions of §
113-33.2.
[Added 9-6-2000 by Ord. No. 00-8, approved 9-7-2000]
The following performance standards shall apply to each and
every use in the LI Limited Industrial District:
A. Smoke control.
(1) No smoke shall be emitted from any chimney or other source of a visible
grey greater than No. 1 on the Ringelmann Smoke Chart as published
by the United States Bureau of Mines.
(2) Smoke of a shade not darker than No. 2 on the Ringelmann Smoke Chart
may be emitted for not more than four minutes in any thirty-minute
time period.
(3) These provisions, applicable to visible grey smoke, shall also apply
to visible smoke of a different color, but with an equivalent apparent
opacity.
B. Control of dust and dirt, fly ash, and fumes, vapors and gases.
(1) No emission shall be made which can cause any damage to health, animals
or vegetation or other forms of property, or which can cause any excessive
soiling at any point.
(2) No emission of liquid or solid particles from any chimney or otherwise
shall exceed 0.3 per cubic foot of the covering gas at any point.
(3) For measurement of the amount of particles in gases resulting from
combustion, the standard correction shall be applied to a stack temperature
of 500° F. and 50% excess air.
C. Control of noise. At no point on the boundary of a residential or
commercial district shall the sound pressure level of any operation
exceed the described levels in the designated octave bands shown below
for the districts indicated.
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|
Sound Levels
|
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|
Octave Band
(cycles per second)
|
Along Residential District Boundaries Maximum Permitted
Sound Level
(decibels)
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At Any Other Point on the Lot Boundary Maximum Permitted
Sound Level
(decibels)
|
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|
0 to 75
|
72
|
79
|
|
75 to 150
|
67
|
74
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150 to 300
|
59
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66
|
|
300 to 600
|
52
|
59
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|
600 to 1,200
|
46
|
53
|
|
1,200 to 2,400
|
40
|
47
|
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2,400 to 4,800
|
34
|
41
|
|
Above 4,800
|
32
|
39
|
D. Control of odors. There shall be no emission of odorous gases or
other odorous matter in such quantities as to be offensive along a
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. There is hereby established as a guide in determining such quantities
of offensive odors, Table III (Odor Thresholds) in Chapter 5 of the
Air Pollution Abatement Manual, copyright 1951, by the Manufacturing
Chemists' Association, Inc., Washington D.C., or the latest revised
edition of same.
E. Control of glare or heat. 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
beyond the lot lines.
F. Control of vibration. No vibration which is discernible to the human
sense of feeling shall be perceptible without instruments at any point
beyond the lot line.
G. Control of radioactivity or electrical disturbances. There shall
be no activities which emit dangerous or harmful radioactivity. There
shall be no electrical disturbance except from domestic household
appliances) adversely affecting the operation of any equipment located
beyond the property of the creator of such disturbances.
H. Outdoor storage and waste disposal.
(1) No flammable or explosive liquids, solids or gases shall be stored
in bulk above ground; provided, however, that tanks or drums of fuel
directly connecting with energy devices, heating devices or appliances
located on the same lot as the tanks or drums of fuel are excluded
from this provision.
(2) All outdoor storage facilities for fuel, raw materials and products,
all fuel and all raw materials and products stored outdoors shall
be enclosed by a fence or planting screen adequate to conceal the
facilities from abutting properties.
(3) No materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a lot in such form
or manner that they may be transferred off the lot by natural causes
or forces.
(4) All materials or wastes which might cause fumes or dust, or which
constitute a fire hazard, or which may be edible or otherwise be attractive
to rodents or insects, shall be stored outdoors only in closed containers.
Every use requiring power shall be so operated that the service
lines, substation, etc., shall conform to the most acceptable safety
requirements recognized by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Labor and Industry
and shall be so constructed, installed, etc., to be an integral part
of the architectural features of the plant or, if visible from abutting
residential properties, shall be concealed by coniferous planting.
[Amended 12-17-1996 by Ord. No. 96-015, approved 12-17-1996]
No use shall be conducted in such a way as to discharge any
treated or untreated sewage or industrial waste treatment and disposal,
except as shall be approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection at the expense of the owner of the premises.
Any proposed development in the LI Light Industrial District
shall be served by public water facilities deemed acceptable by the
Borough Engineer.
No more than 50% of the total lot area may be occupied by buildings.
[Amended 11-14-1995 by Ord. No. 95-436, approved 11-14-1995]
A. Setbacks from residential districts. No building or structure shall
be erected closer than 100 feet to any residential district in the
Borough or in an adjoining municipality unless authorized by the Zoning
Hearing Board as a special exception. In no case shall any building
or structure or any parking area be closer than 50 feet to any residential
district.
B. Landscaping. Landscaping, including buffers, screens, parking lot landscaping, street trees and preservation of existing vegetation, shall be provided according to the requirements of Chapter
102, Subdivision and Land Development.
The maximum height of any building or structure erected or enlarged
in this district shall be 35 feet, except when approved by the Zoning
Hearing Board for such structures as water towers, chimneys and stacks,
provided that for every foot of height in excess of 35 feet there
shall be added to each yard requirement one corresponding foot of
width or depth.
Each use shall be subject to the off-street parking and loading requirements of Article
XV of this chapter. Signs are permitted subject to the provisions of the West Conshohocken Sign Ordinance.