[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1601]
The purpose of the Mineral Recovery District is to identify a unique area of the Township where recovery of minerals can take place in an environmentally sound manner, without adversely affecting residential and other nonresidential areas. All applicable federal and state regulations shall apply to such activity, to include any additional safeguards deemed necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Township.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1602; as amended by Ord. 444, 6/21/2000, § I]
A building or structure may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes:
A. 
Agriculture, dairying, farming, horticulture, nurseries, orchards, greenhouses and the sales of products/produce generated from said uses. Riding academies, livery and boarding stables, dog kennels and animal hospitals.
B. 
Farmsteads, including the main dwelling, stables, barns and accessory buildings and structures.
C. 
Timbering, surface mining, processing, the sales of products generated from said uses and restoration.
D. 
Storage, stockpiling, distribution and sale of minerals.
E. 
The installation and operation of plants or apparatus for rock crushing or cement treatment of base materials and appurtenant screening, blending, washing, loading and conveyor facilities.
F. 
Concrete batching plants and mixing plants for either portland cement or asphaltic concrete.
G. 
The manufacture of concrete and clay products and prestressed structural units.
H. 
Shops, garages and warehouses for the repair, maintenance and secured storage of equipment and supplies necessary for the conduct of permitted uses.
I. 
Offices for the conduct of permitted uses.
J. 
Public recreation areas and appurtenant buildings and improvements when they are compatible with other permitted uses and the reclamation of a site.
K. 
Other uses incidental to surface mining operations.
L. 
Parcel delivery distribution facilities.
[Added by Ord. No. 572, 10/18/2017[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also redesignated former Subsection L as Subsection M.
M. 
Activities shall be conducted in compliance with applicable provisions set forth in Part 20, General Regulations, of this chapter.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1603]
The Board may authorize as a special exception the following use: wind energy conversion systems.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1604]
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.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1605]
1. 
The minimum lot area permitted shall be not less than five acres.
2. 
The minimum lot width permitted shall be not less than 200 feet measured at the building setback line.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1606]
Each lot shall have front, side and rear yards of not less than the depth and width indicated below:
A. 
Front yard depth: 50 feet.
B. 
Side yard width: 50 feet each.
C. 
Rear yard depth: 50 feet.
D. 
The minimum front, side or rear yard setback for a lot abutting a residential use or a district permitting residential uses shall be 100 feet.
E. 
No quarry wall, excavation or surface mining operation shall be nearer than 150 feet to a property line or public street line.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1607; as amended by Ord. No. 572, 10/18/2017]
Total coverage shall not exceed 60% of the lot area. Not less than 20% shall be landscaped with a vegetative material, maintained as open space.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1608]
Parking shall be provided for in accordance with Part 24, Off-Street Parking, of this chapter.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1609]
Signs shall be permitted in accordance with Part 23, Signs, of this chapter.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1610]
Motor vehicle access shall be provided in accordance with Part 25, Motor Vehicle Access, of this chapter.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1611]
1. 
Prior to the issuance of a zoning and/or building permit, a subdivision or land development plat, whichever is applicable, shall be submitted for processing in compliance with Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development.
2. 
Development activities associated with surface mining and processing of natural resources shall, prior to Township approval, include submission of the following:
A. 
Plan of surface mining activities/facility areas described in the operational statement.
B. 
Operational statement.
C. 
Restoration or reclamation plan.
D. 
Copies of all applications, plans, maps and related documents and findings of acceptability filed with and received from any regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction and all permits required to be issued with respect thereto.
3. 
Operation Statement. An operation statement shall consist of a statement describing methods for handling operations with respect to the emission of noise, dust, smoke, refuse matter, odor, gas, fumes or similar substances or conditions endangering the health, safety or general welfare of citizens and property, stormwater drainage and management, air pollution, soil erosion and sedimentation control or other environmental problems created during the operation including production, transportation, processing, stockpiling, storage and disposal of products, by-products and wastes. Consideration must also be given to traffic generated, safety at driveway intersections and carrying capacity of existing and proposed streets. Such statement shall also include a description of the location, removal and/or proposed relocations of land, trees, buildings, structures, public roads, streams, drainage facilities and utility lines on the tract or adjacent tracts as may require protection, repairs, clearance, demolition, restoration either during or following completion of the operations proposed.
4. 
Restoration/Reclamation Plan. A restoration or reclamation plan shall consist of a plan for reuse of the land after completion of the operations which shall permit the carrying out of the restoration, reclamation, reforestation or other correction work so as to leave the land in a condition that will enable it to be used for ecologically and economically productive purposes consistent with the Comprehensive Plan of the Township and this chapter upon completion of the surface mining operation consistent therewith. At a minimum, said plan shall provide for temporary and permanent cover, water control measures and management of the vegetation to the satisfaction of the Township. Such plan shall be prepared by a registered engineer or landscape architect and shall bear the authorized signatures of the owner of the tract. A detailed timetable for restoration shall be provided to be completed within three years or such earlier time as shall be required by any regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction after completion of the surface mining operation together with an estimate of cost of each major step in the plan and the total cost of the program. The applicant shall post security as permitted in the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act,[1] as amended from time to time, in the amount of $1,000 per acre. If such security has been posted with another regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction, naming the Township as additional obligee, an additional bond shall not be required.
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Editor's Note: See 52 P.S. § 3301 et seq.
5. 
Control of Dust, Dirt, Fumes, Vapors and Gases. The emission of dust, dirt, fly ash, fumes, vapors or gases which can cause any damage to human health, to animals or vegetation or to other forms of property, or which can cause any soiling or staining of persons or property at any point beyond the lot line of the use creating the emission, is herewith prohibited.
6. 
Glare and Heat Control. No operation shall carry on an operation that would produce heat or glare beyond the property line of the lot or tract on which the operation is situated.
7. 
Vibration Control. Machines or operations which cause vibrations shall be permitted but in no case shall any vibrations be predictable along the boundary line of the MR Mineral Recovery District.
8. 
Radioactivity, Electrical or Radio Disturbance. There shall be no activities which emit dangerous radioactivity at any point. There shall be no electrical or radio disturbance, except from domestic household appliances, adversely affecting the operation at any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbances.
9. 
Storage and Waste Disposal.
A. 
All outdoor storage facilities for fuel, raw materials and products, any such individual items stored outdoors, and any open excavation area shall be enclosed and protected by a fence or wall that completely separates the property from adjacent property. Said fence or wall shall be not less than six feet in height and may have openings not larger than two inches. All operations shall be screened from view from public streets and adjacent developed properties.
B. 
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 forces, nor shall any substance which can contaminate a stream or watercourse or otherwise render such stream or watercourse undesirable as a source of water supply or recreation, or which destroys aquatic life, be allowed to enter any stream or watercourse. No surface mining operation shall be permitted to continue or to be initiated if such activity does or would endanger the quality of the water table or adversely affect wells and/or springs used as a source of private or public water supply.
C. 
All materials or wastes which might cause fumes or dust or which constitute a fire hazard or which may be edible or otherwise attractive to rodents or insects shall be stored outdoors only if enclosed in containers which are adequate to eliminate such hazards.
D. 
Explosives shall be stored in a completely enclosed and secure building for the purposes of public safety and possible vandalism.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1612]
All activities permitted in this district shall require a statement describing methods for handling such activities in compliance with the provisions set forth in § 27-2012 of this chapter.
[Ord. 384, 7/17/1993, § 1613]
Where required, buffer yards shall be provided in compliance with the standards set forth in § 27-2008F of this chapter.