[Ord. 1996-1, 1/23/1996, § 900; as amended by Ord. 2005-12, 12/13/2005, § 1, Part 15]
The HI-Heavy Industrial District is hereby established as a district in which the regulations are intended to permit and encourage appropriate sites to be used for industry and similar uses. Such district is further intended to encourage the harmonious and appropriate physical development of the Township by providing for graduate transitions between adjacent land uses and to consolidate locations of industrially-related land uses which, because of their shipping, storage and other requirements, exert special demands on the Township. Further, the district is intended to contribute to the soundness of the economic base of the Township by encouraging the construction on and continued use of land for industrial purposes. The establishment of this district is also intended to discourage and minimize air and water pollution, noise, glare, heat, vibration, fire and safety hazards and other detriments to the environment and is the only area of the Township where large tracts are easily accessible to public water and sewer. Further, this district is intended to create conditions conducive to carrying out these and the general purposes of this chapter.
[Ord. 1996-1, 1/23/1996, § 901; as amended by Ord. 2005-12, 12/13/2005, § 1, Part 15]
The following regulations shall apply to all areas designated HI-Heavy Industrial District on the Zoning Map.
[Ord. 1996-1, 1/23/1996, § 902; as amended by Ord. 2005-12, 12/13/2005, § 1, Part 15; and by Ord. 2010-02, 3/9/2010, § 1]
The chart, "Permitted Uses and Special Exceptions-HI-Heavy Industrial District," on the following page shows permitted and special uses and the lot area requirements.[1]
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Editor's Note: Said chart is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[Ord. 1996-1, 1/23/1996, § 903; as amended by Ord. 2005-12, 12/13/2005, § 1, Part 15]
1. 
Setbacks of the following minimum depths and widths shall be provided, however, in no case shall the front, side, rear yard depths be less than 60% of the legal right-of-way of the street or streets on which the lot abuts.
A. 
Front setback (yard) width: 30 feet; except when along major and minor arterial type roadways designated and set forth in the Manchester Township Comprehensive Plan, when such setback shall be 50 feet.
B. 
Side setback (yard) width: 30 feet.
C. 
Rear setback (hard) depth. 30 feet.
2. 
Buffer yard width and/or depth shall be provided as follows:
A. 
When adjacent to an A, RL, RM or RH District, a buffer yard shall be provided in addition to the above yards, the depth of which shall be not less than 100 feet. All such yards shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this chapter regulating buffer yards.
B. 
When adjacent to a pre-existing residential use existing as of the effective date of the chapter located within the I-Industrial District, a buffer yard shall be provided in addition to the above yards required in Subsection 1, the depth of which shall be no less than 100 feet. All such buffer yards shall be provided and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this chapter regulating buffer yards.
C. 
When adjacent to a public street on which a Residential District or preexisting residential use abuts on the opposite side, the dimension of the right-of-way of the public street shall not be considered to be a part of the depth of the buffer yard.
[Ord. 1996-1, 1/23/1996, § 904; as amended by Ord. 2005-12, 12/13/2005, § 1, Part 15]
No building shall be erected to a height in excess of three stories, but not exceeding 50 feet in height. The height limit for an accessory building shall be two stories but not more than 25 feet.
[Ord. 1996-1, 1/23/1996, § 905; as amended by Ord. 2005-12, 12/13/2005, § 1, Part 15]
Not more than 60% of the area of each lot shall be occupied by buildings and no more than 70% of the area shall be occupied by impervious surface.
[Ord. 1996-1, 1/23/1996, § 906; as amended by Ord. 2005-12, 12/13/2005, § 1, Part 15]
Thirty percent of the lot shall be vegetated open space. All open spaces other than off-street parking lots, loading and unloading, docks, and access drives, shall be covered with a vegetative material and maintained in accordance with the terms of this chapter and any other applicable laws or ordinances.
[Ord. 1996-1, 1/23/1996, § 907; as amended by Ord. 2005-12, 12/13/2005, § 1, Part 15]
The chart in § 27-9A03 shows permitted and special exception uses and the lot area requirements.
[Ord. 1996-1, 1/23/1996, § 908; as amended by Ord. 2005-12, 12/13/2005, § 1, Part 15]
1. 
The following uses are expressly prohibited in the HI-Heavy Industrial District:
A. 
Residences, except dwellings only for use of bona fide caretakers or watchmen and their families or dwellings located in a mobile home park.
B. 
All uses that do not meet the requirements of § 27-1101, entitled "Performance Standards for All Uses."
C. 
The manufacture of rockets, projectiles, shells or other similar missiles, gunpowder, fire works; however, the manufacture of component parts thereof which have not been assembled with all of their explosive or propellant components shall be permitted.
D. 
The tanning or storage or rawhides or skins and fat rendering.
E. 
Stockyards and piggeries.
F. 
No explosives shall be stored or used at any given time on any one property unless authorized as a special exception.
G. 
Bulk storage of oil, gasoline nor similar flammable liquids or gases above ground, unless authorized by special exceptions.