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Township of Franklin, PA
Chester County
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[Ord. 95-07, 12/14/1995, § 1100]
The Special Use (SU) District is designed to accommodate a variety of uses which because of their nature may be incompatible with most other uses provided in other districts. Special uses due to their intensity, or community impact, are best centralized in areas where incompatibilities are limited and as infrastructure can be created which provides a reasonable opportunity for these uses in the context of the community character.
[Ord. 95-07, 12/14/1995, § 1101; as amended by Ord. 2001-07, 12/27/2001, § VII; by Ord. 2002-01, 2/21/2002, § VII; by Ord. 2008-04, 11/19/2008, § 1; by Ord. 2009-02, 4/15/2009, § 1; and by Ord. 2009-03, 6/17/2009, § 1]
1. 
Uses Permitted by Right.
A. 
Manufacturing and processing operations.
B. 
Commercial uses in excess of 40,000 square feet of building floor area.
C. 
Public utility structure/facility, subject to the provisions of § 27-1714.
D. 
Crematoriums or cemetery.
E. 
Freight terminal, utility equipment and material storage areas and freight transfer stations.
F. 
Agriculture and agricultural processing.
G. 
Contractor establishments.
H. 
Municipal uses.
2. 
Permitted Accessory Use. Customary accessory industrial uses and buildings.
3. 
Conditional Uses.
A. 
Airports and heliports.
B. 
Truck parking and/or maintenance areas and facilities.
C. 
Multiple permitted uses on the same lot.
D. 
Retail sales when accessory to wholesale or manufacturing uses on the same lot.
E. 
Any use not specified or specifically found in any other district.
F. 
Single-family detached units in accordance with the provisions of Part 4.
G. 
Commercial compost, fertilizer or mulch operation.
[Amended by Ord. 2016-02, 4/20/2016]
4. 
Uses by Special Exception.
A. 
Junkyards.
[Ord. 95-07, 12/14/1995, § 1102]
The maximum height of all buildings erected and/or enlarged shall be 50 feet.
[Ord. 95-07, 12/14/1995, § 1103; as amended by Ord. 2002-17, 12/19/2002, § I]
Provision
Requirement
Minimum lot area
43,560 square feet
Maximum coverage:
Building
40%
Lot
70%
Minimum landscaped area
30%
Minimum lot width:
Building line
150 feet
Street line
100 feet
Minimum front yard:1
State roads
125 feet
All other roads
100 feet
Floor area ratio
0.5
Note: If the requested use is not permitted by right in this district, the following side yard, rear yard and accessory structure setbacks shall be increased to a minimum of 100 feet in each direction.
Minimum side yard:
Individual
25 feet
Aggregate
75 feet
Minimum rear yard:
25 feet
Abutting all residential uses
50 feet
Minimum accessory structure setbacks:
Side yard
25 feet
Rear yard
25 feet
Front yard
Denied
Parking area setbacks from all roads
20 feet
NOTES:
1
Except that the Board of Supervisors may, by conditional use, to promote and maintain rural characteristics of a parcel, reduce the minimum front yard provided for herein to not less than 50 feet.
[Ord. 95-07, 12/14/1995, § 1104; as amended by Ord. 2008-04, 11/19/2008, § 1]
1. 
Screening and Landscaping. Screening and landscaping shall be provided for all uses excluding a public utility office or operating facility as established in § 22-610 of Chapter 22, Subdivision and Land Development. Landscaping shall be provided for a public utility office or operating facility when it is visible from a public road.
2. 
Refer to additional design standards established in Part 16.