[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1101]
The Industrial Park-Limited District is intended to provide
for light industrial development opportunities of a less intensive
nature, along with commercial/office activities, in an aesthetic parklike
environment. It is designed to function as a transition zone between
adjacent residential areas and the more intensive industrial uses
permitted in the Industrial and Industrial Park Districts. It is intended
that development occurring in this district be planned, designed,
constructed and managed in an integrated and coordinated manner, based
on an overall site development master plan.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1102]
1.
Light industrial activities which engage in the manufacture, predominantly
from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts
including business, administrative and corporate offices; processing,
fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, storage, sales and distribution
of such products, but excluding basic industrial processing activities
defined as heavy industry.
A.
Light industrial uses include, but are not limited to, manufacturing
of the following products:
(1)
Clocks or watches.
(2)
Toys or novelties.
(3)
Electrical appliances.
(4)
Electronic components.
(5)
Office equipment.
(6)
Sheet metal products.
(7)
Machine tools.
(8)
Food products.
(9)
Cosmetics.
(10)
Jewelry.
(11)
Hand tools.
(12)
Ceramics.
(13)
Furniture.
(14)
Textiles/apparel products.
(15)
Wood products.
(16)
Paper products.
2.
Business, administrative, and corporate offices.
3.
Municipal facilities.
4.
Public utility facilities.
5.
Farms and agricultural activities.
6.
Business identification signs.
7.
Research and development.
8.
Warehousing and distribution.
9.
Principal uses permitted in the Office-Park District in compliance
with the standards set forth in Part 13.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1103]
When associated with a principal use, the following uses shall
be permitted:
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1104]
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1105; as amended by Ord.
437, 5/19/1999, § 3]
1.
Site Area Requirements. A site area for purposes of this provision
shall be the total land area to be developed as a unit prior to the
creation of any new lots within the property area. A site area may
be:
A.
A single tax parcel or two or more adjacent tax parcels under the
same ownership.
B.
Two or more adjacent tax parcels under separate ownership; provided,
that all individual property owners are members of an entity created
for the purpose of developing the properties as a single integrated
planned development. Documents related to the establishment of such
entity shall be recorded in the Dauphin County Courthouse as a prerequisite
to subdivision or land development plat application processing.
2.
Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to:
A.
Enhance the appearance of the development from public streets and
adjacent properties.
B.
Encourage the retention of large sites and their development in a
coordinated, aesthetic and efficient manner.
C.
Ensure that the minimum functional requirements associated with the
development are provided on-site.
D.
Establish maximum limits of development intensity.
3.
Site Area Standards. The following standards shall apply to any development
proposed in the Industrial Park District:
4.
Setback Requirements.
A.
Perimeter Street Setbacks. No structure shall be located closer than
75 feet to an existing public street right-of-way. No structure shall
be located closer than 50 feet from an internal access drive (public
or private street) serving the development site.
B.
Side and Rear Yard Property Line Setbacks.
(1)
A minimum side and rear yard setback of 100 feet, consisting
of a fifty-foot buffer yard and fifty-foot side or rear yard, shall
be required from any such property line that is common with/adjacent
to a residential district or residential use.
(2)
A minimum side and rear yard setback of 50 feet shall be required
from any such property line that is common with/adjacent to a nonresidential
district.
5.
Minimum Public Street Frontage. A site area shall have a minimum
of 100 feet of continuous, uninterrupted frontage measured along a
public street right-of-way.
6.
Internal Building Setbacks.
A.
Within a development site area, front-to-front and rear-to-rear facing
structures shall have a minimum of 80 feet between faces.
B.
Within a development site area, end wall faces of structures shall
have a minimum of 40 feet between end walls.
C.
Within a development site area, the minimum separation distance between
end wall faces of structures and front or rear faces of structures
shall be 50 feet.
7.
Maximum Building Height. No building shall exceed 35 feet in height,
except the height of any building may exceed 35 feet in height by
one foot for each additional foot by which the width of each yard
exceeds the minimum yard requirements, not to exceed 40 feet.
8.
Building Area. No building shall have a gross first floor area exceeding
50,000 square feet. (Second floor areas, mezzanines and the like are
not included in calculating the floor area.) The 50,000 gross square
feet may be increased to a maximum of 75,000 square feet by providing
five feet of additional setback in each setback yard for each 5,000
square feet or fraction thereof in excess of 50,000 square feet.
9.
Sight Distance. No sight-obscuring structures or plantings exceeding
30 inches in height shall be located within a twenty-foot radius of
the lot corner nearest the intersection involving a public street
or private access drive. Trees located within a twenty-foot radius
of such an intersection shall be maintained to allow 10 feet of visual
clearance below the lowest-hanging branches.
10.
Landscaping Requirements. A minimum of 35% of the total site area
shall be landscaped open space in compliance with the following standards:
A.
A landscape buffer area, immediately adjacent to the property line,
shall be maintained within all setbacks, as follows:
(1)
Perimeter Street (Front Yard) Setbacks. Minimum landscaped buffer
area of 30 feet, consisting of grass, street trees, shrubbery, earth
berms, or combination thereof, approved by the Board of Commissioners.
(2)
Side and Rear Yard Setbacks. Minimum landscaped buffer area
of 30 feet, consisting of grass, masonry walls, wood fence, trees,
shrubs, berms, or combination thereof, approved by the Board of Commissioners.
(3)
No storage area or parking, loading/unloading area of internal
access drive generally parallel to the property line shall be permitted
in the landscaped buffer area; however, access drives may intersect
and cross the landscaped buffer area at an angle of not less than
75%.
(4)
All parking, loading and refuse facility areas shall be screened
from the street grade of adjacent public streets and the established
grade if abutting residential district areas.
(5)
In the event a masonry wall or wood fence is used for screening
purposes, vegetative landscaping shall be placed and maintained between
the wall or fence and the property line adjacent to a residential
district to form an ornamental screen.
B.
Internal circulation drives shall be landscaped with street trees
and street side planters. A minimum of 10 feet width shall be landscaped.
C.
Existing significant trees, tree stands and natural vegetation shall
be integrated into the site area landscape plan to the maximum extent
possible.
D.
Outdoor eating and recreation areas for employees may be included
in the required landscaped areas, but shall be screened, as set forth
above, from adjacent residential district areas.
E.
Undeveloped portions of the site shall be seeded, mowed and well
maintained.
11.
Access and Site Circulation. In addition to other provisions set
forth in this chapter, the location, design and development of access
and circulation shall:
A.
Provide continuous pedestrian access corridors along public streets
and private access drives to service the various activities taking
place within the site development area.
B.
Provide on-site directional signing identifying the location of all uses within the site area in compliance with Part 23, Signs, of this chapter.
C.
Site areas shall not be developed so as to establish direct or indirect
access corridors passing through a residential development.
12.
Structural Siting and Design. In applying the provisions of this
section, particular emphasis shall be given to the siting and design
of all structures, or portions thereof, on the periphery of a site
area which may be viewed from any public street.
A.
All exterior building walls and structures shall be constructed with
attractive, durable materials such as textured concrete, masonry,
stone, brick, finished wood, metal, stucco and glass, preferably a
combination thereof. The facade facing a public street shall have
at least 2/3 of its surface area covered by two or more materials
named above other than metal.
B.
The design and siting of buildings shall complement the natural terrain
and vegetation of the site.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1106; as amended by Ord.
437, 5/19/1999, § 3]
Parking, loading and unloading areas and facilities shall be provided in accordance with Part 24, Off-Street Parking, of this chapter and as follows:
A.
Parking area shall be permitted within the front, side and rear yard
setback area; however, shall not be permitted within the 30 feet landscaped
buffer areas.
B.
Special Exception. Parking area or internal access drive may encroach
within the side yard thirty-foot landscaped buffer area providing
provisions are made for additional landscaping in order to achieve
80% opacity.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1107]
Motor vehicle access shall be provided in accordance with Part 25, Motor Vehicle Access, of this chapter.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1108]
Signs shall be provided in accordance with Part 23, Signs, of this chapter.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1109]
The total coverage within any site area shall not exceed 65%.
