[Ord. 94, 6/8/1988, § 1100]
The LI, Light Industrial District is established to provide
opportunities for a wide range of industrial uses in proximity to
Route 202 in the eastern end of the Township. The LI District is also
designed to provide for an employment center featuring development
which is compatible with surrounding land uses.
[Ord. 94, 6/8/1988, § 1101; as amended by Ord.
108, 7/18/1989, § 2; by Ord. 171, 7/7/1998, § I.2,
.3; by Ord. 2006-3, 2/21/2006, Art. IV; and by Ord. 2014-5, 5/22/2014,
Arts. XXVII, XXVIII]
1.
All activities involving the manufacturing, fabricating, assembly, disassembly, repairing, storing, cleaning, servicing, and testing of materials, goods, or products, shall be operated in such a manner as to comply with the environmental controls of Part 25 and no use already established on the effective date of this chapter shall be so altered or modified as to conflict with such applicable performance standards.
2.
No lot, parcel, or tract of land shall be used and no building or
structure shall be erected, altered, or remodeled for any of the following
uses: the manufacture of chemicals including, but not limited to,
acids, or other corrosives, ammonia, caustic soda, and sulfuric acid;
the manufacture of basic or semi-finished chemicals, such as cellulose
products, resins, dye stuffs, glue, vegetable, animal or mineral fats
or oils, explosives, combustible gases, soaps and detergents, fertilizers,
asphalt, and tar products; the manufacture or production of metals
and alloys in ingot form; the manufacture or production of cement,
plaster, cork and their constituents, matches, paints, oils, varnishes,
lacquer, basic raw polymer, manufacture of rubber; the manufacture
of toxic materials; and, except as may be otherwise permitted in this
chapter, the storage of fuels or explosive materials in bulk.
3.
No activities involving the storage, utilization, or manufacture
of materials or products which decompose by detonation shall be permitted.
Such materials shall include, but shall not be limited to, all primary
explosives such as lead azide, lead styphnate, fulminates, and tetracene;
all high explosives including, but not limited to, nitrocellulose,
black powder, boron hydrides, hydrazine and its derivatives; pyrotechnics
and firewords including, but not limited to, magnesium powder, potassium
chlorate and potassium nitrate; blasting explosives including, but
not limited to, dynamite and nitroglycerine; unstable organic compounds
including, but not limited to, acetylides, hydrogen peroxide in concentrations
greater than 35%; and nuclear fuels, fissionable materials and products,
and reactor elements including, but not limited to, Uranium 235 and
Plutonium 239.
4.
A building may be erected, altered or used, and land may be used
or occupied, subject to the provisions of Parts 25, 26, 27 and 31
for any of the following uses and no other:
A.
C.
Conditional Uses. (Refer to Part 26 for special provisions and Part
29 for standards and criteria).
(1)
Solid waste management facility.
(2)
Radio and TV tower.
(3)
Fuel storage and distribution.
(4)
Adult commercial.
(5)
Shooting range.
(6)
Communications towers subject to the standards for communications towers as conditional uses set forth in § 27-2611, and communications equipment buildings accessory thereto. All new facilities and structures shall be designed and constructed in conformance with the character and materials of the buildings of the immediate community. Emphasis shall be placed on the historic character and materials utilized in the Township over other considerations. Structures that are required to be over 35 feet in height shall be designed and constructed as "stealth" towers-disguising their purpose by being designed to appear as a farm silo; a windmill; a church steeple; a bell tower; or other type of structure approved by the Township.
(7)
Communications antenna mounted on an existing public utility transmission tower, building or other structure, including existing communications towers, and communications equipment building accessory thereto. An applicant for a conditional use to situate a communications antenna must demonstrate to the Township that it has met the requirements of § 27-2611 of this chapter.
(8)
Wireless telecommunications facilities (possibly permitted by right or as a conditional use pursuant to the conditions and requirements contained in § 27-2611).
(10)
Any use not specifically listed but of the same general character
as the uses listed above.
[Added by Ord. 2017-7, 8/15/2017]
(11)
Detention facility.
[Added by Ord. 2018-004, 3/6/2018]
(12)
Dog daycare.
[Added by Ord. 2018-004, 3/6/2018; amended by Ord. No. 2018-010,
12/11/2018]
[Ord. 94, 6/8/1988, § 1102]
The maximum height of buildings and other structures erected,
enlarged, altered or used shall be 40 feet, except as provided in
Part 25.
[Ord. 94, 6/8/1988, § 1103; as amended by Ord.
189, 10/16/2001, § I.2, .3]
1.
Except as specified in Part 26 relative to setbacks from the Delaware Canal, and related to the special principal use regulations of § 27-2602, the following shall apply:
A.
Recycling and Refuse Facility; Solid Waste Landfill; Shooting Range.
(1)
Minimum lot area: 10 acres.
(2)
Minimum lot width at building line: 500 feet.
(3)
Minimum lot width at street line: 350 feet.
(4)
Maximum impervious surface coverage: 60%.
(5)
Maximum building coverage: 20%.
(6)
Minimum depth of front and rear yards: 150 feet.
(7)
Minimum width of side yards: 125 feet.
B.
All other uses set forth in § 27-1704, Subsection 4A, and C(3):
(1)
Minimum lot area: three acres.
(2)
Minimum lot width at building line: 250 feet.
(3)
Minimum lot width at street line: 100 feet.
(4)
Maximum impervious surface coverage: 60%.
(5)
Maximum building coverage: 20%.
(6)
Minimum depth of front and rear yards: 125 feet.
(7)
Minimum width of side yards: 75 feet.
C.
Office Park.
(1)
Minimum lot area: 10 acres.
(2)
Minimum lot width at building line: 400 feet.
(3)
Minimum lot width at street line: 250 feet.
(4)
Maximum impervious surface coverage: 50%.
(5)
Maximum building coverage: 20%.
(6)
Minimum depth of front and rear yards: 75 feet (100 feet when
directly adjacent to residential uses).
(7)
Minimum width of side yards: 75 feet (100 feet when directly
adjacent to residential uses).
[Ord. 94, 6/8/1988, § 1104; as amended by Ord.
189, 10/16/2001, § I.5, .6; and by Ord. 2011-4, 5/3/2011,
Arts. XVII, XVIII]
1.
In conjunction with any application for industrial use of all or part of a property in the Light Industrial District, the landowner shall submit plans in compliance with the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22], indicating the proposed parceling, interior roadways, access points, location of parking areas, and the bulk and type of industrial structures conceived for ultimate development. This shall be considered a master plan and all subsequent sale, lease, covenant, and development shall be in accordance with the provisions herein and shall meet the spirit and intent of the master plan, with reasonable alterations permitted where such alterations improve site development, internal traffic circulation, traffic access to arterial roads, and general design.
2.
Refer to Part 26 for special provisions related to uses in the LI
District and to Part 25 pertaining to environmental controls.
