[Ord. 331, 11/17/1999, § 4.100; as amended by Ord. 362, 7/25/2005, § 2; by Ord. 388, 3/17/2011, § II.C; by Ord. 390, 12/15/2011, § II.C; and by Ord. 391, 12/15/2011, § I]
P
=
Permitted use
A
=
Accessory use
C
=
Conditional use
1. 
Permitted Uses.
Zone District
Use
R-1
R-2
R-3
Single-family detached dwelling
P
P
P
Two-family detached dwelling
P
P
Attached single-family dwelling
P
Walk-up apartment building
P
Group home or personal care home
P
P
P
Churches and other places of worship, including educational and community buildings, parish house and parking
P
P
P
Schools accredited by the commonwealth, but not vocational or trade schools
P
P
P
Municipal buildings and facilities
P
P
P
Public utility rights-of-way and service structures, not including offices, garages and storage yards
P
P
P
Nursery or agricultural field operations, including greenhouses and building for sale of trees and crops grown on the same property
P
General farming, including the raising of livestock, if on at least 10 acres
Commercial kennels on at least two acres or 5,000 square feet per dog, whichever is greater, provided dogs are kept indoors overnight
P
Commercial stables on at least two acres or 20,000 square feet per horse, whichever is greater
P
2. 
Accessory Uses.
Zone District
Use
R-1
R-2
R-3
Private garages and parking areas
A
A
A
Group garages
A
Private or institutional swimming pool
A
A
A
Home occupation
A
A
A
Private garden and similar minor residentially-related structures
A
A
A
Solar energy systems (see § 27-510)
A
A
A
Wind turbines (see § 27-511)
A
A
A
3. 
Conditional Uses.
Zone District
Use
R-1
R-2
R-3
Cemeteries, including administration and maintenance buildings, chapel, and mausoleums, but not including crematorium
C
Conventional oil and gas wells, subject to the same criteria and procedures as are applicable to extraction of minerals and soils under § 27-509, Subsection 10.
C
Outdoor commercial recreation, including golf courses, golf driving ranges, miniature golf, fishing lakes, swimming and/or tennis clubs, and drive-in theaters
C
Mobile home parks (see Part 7 of the Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22])
C
Day-care center
C
Extraction of minerals and soil (See § 27-509, Subsection 10), but not to include gas and oil wells (see § 27-509, Subsection 11)
C
Nursing, retirement or convalescent home licensed by the commonwealth
Minimum of three acres for 40 residents or patients, plus 20 residents or patients for each additional acre
C
Minimum of two acres for 40 residents or patients plus 25 residents or patients for each additional acre
C
Planned residential development (see Part 10 of this chapter)
C
C
C
[Ord. 331, 11/17/1999, § 4.200; as amended by Ord. 362, 7/25/2005, § 3; by Ord. 377, 5/21/2009, §§ 1; by Ord. 388, 3/17/2011, § II.D; by Ord. 390, 12/15/2011, § II.C, .D; and by Ord. 421, 5/18/2017, § I]
P
=
Permitted use
A
=
Accessory use
C
=
Conditional use
1. 
Permitted Uses.
[Amended by Ord. No. 427, 4/19/2018]
Zone District
Use
C-1
C-2
C-3
Antiques sales
P
P
P
Apartments on the second or higher floors of a building, the first floor of which is commercial, provided there is at least 2,500 square feet of lot area per apartment.
P
Automotive parts sales, new
P
P
P
Automotive sales and service, new and/or used vehicles
P
P
Auto service station, including sale of fuel, auto washing, sale and installation of tires, batteries and accessories, and trailer rental but not including collision repair or painting
P
P
Auto tire sales and installation or glass replacement
P
P
Auto washing and/or auto rental
P
P
P
Back-office operations without walk-in customer services
P
P
Bakery
P
P
Bakery with all product sold on the premises at retail price
P
P
P
Bank, savings and loan, or credit union, walk-in only
P
Bank, savings and loan, or credit union, with drive-through windows
P
P
Barber shop or beauty salon
P
P
P
Beverage distributorship
P
P
P
Bicycle sales, accessories and service
P
P
P
Blueprinting and/or photocopying
P
P
P
Books, magazines, newspapers and stationery supplies
P
P
P
Boat and other watercraft sales, accessories and service
P
P
Brewery, mini, with all product sold at retail on premises
P
P
Building materials sales, including lumber supply yards, and yards and facilities for contractors, but not including storage of scrap materials outside
P
P
Business school
P
P
Catering business, including rental hall
P
P
Catalog store, limited sales
P
P
P
Churches and other places of worship, including educational facility and/or social hall
P
Clothing sales, including shoes
P
P
P
Computing equipment software and instruction/service
P
P
P
Convenience sales, including gasoline sales
P
P
P
Day-care center
P
P
P
Department or variety store
P
P
P
Drugstore
P
P
P
Dry cleaning, dyeing and pressing
P
P
P
Floor covering and/or carpet sales
P
P
Florist
P
P
P
Food sales, including supermarket, delicatessen and specialty foods
P
P
P
Funeral home
P
Furniture sales
P
P
Gift and card sales
P
P
P
Hardware sales
P
P
P
Health care facilities
P
Home improvement center
P
P
Hospitals
P
Hospitals, small-format
P
Hotel or motel
P
P
Household appliance sales
P
P
P
Integrated development in one building of several store fronts for uses permitted by right in this § 27-402, provided the total enclosed floor space does not exceed 3,000 square feet and parking shared by all the businesses is located on the same property
P
Interior decorating services and sales
P
P
P
Jewelry, watches, china and silverware sales and repair
P
P
P
Landfill
P
Laundromat and/or dry cleaning pick-up station
P
P
P
Lawn and garden supplies, including nursery stock and greenhouses
P
P
Leather goods and luggage sales
P
P
P
Locksmith
P
P
P
Mailing services
P
P
P
Medical, dental, chiropractic or optician office, laboratory or clinic
P
P
P
Medical marijuana dispensary
P
Medical marijuana grower/processor
P
Music, musical recording, television and musical instrument sales
P
P
P
Office supplies and business machine sales and service
P
P
Office: business, professional, institutional or governmental
P
P
P
Package liquor store
P
P
P
Parking lots and garages, public or private
P
P
Pet shop and supplies
P
P
Photographic studios and supplies and film developing
P
P
P
Public utility rights-of-way and service structures
P
P
P
Radio, television and/or recording studio
P
P
Recreation vehicle, farm equipment and motorcycle sales and service
P
P
Repair services for household appliances, electric, electronic and computing and business machines
P
P
P
Restaurant without drive-through window
P
P
P
Restaurant with drive-through window
P
P
P
Rental of videos and party goods and apparel
P
P
P
Social hall, lodge, fraternal organization or club
P
Sporting goods store
P
P
P
Tailor and/or dressmaker
P
P
P
Tavern
P
P
P
Taxidermist, but not including dressing, cutting or packaging meat
P
Theater, indoor
P
P
Trade or technical school
P
Upholstering services and sales
P
P
P
Urgent care centers
P
Used merchandise sales from within an enclosed building
P
P
P
Warehousing, storage, cold storage and mini self-storage
P
P
Wholesale sales entirely within an enclosed building
P
P
2. 
Accessory Uses.
Zone District
Use
C-1
C-2
C-3
Parking lots and/or garages, public or private, and service areas
A
A
A
Office in connection with, and on the same premises as, a permitted use
A
A
Signs
A
A
A
Utility service structure
A
A
A
Automatic teller machine
A
A
Solar energy systems (see § 27-510)
A
A
A
Wind turbines (see § 27-511)
A
A
A
3. 
Conditional Uses.
Zone District
Use
C-1
C-2
C-3
Amusement enterprise, including pool, billiards bowling, roller skating and electronic games
C
C
Shopping center or mall as an integrated plan on one property of at least 5 acres for occupancy by any permitted use in Subsection 1
C
C
Truck transportation or public transport terminal or storage garage, including repair and maintenance within an enclosed building, and transfer facilities
C
C
Waste disposal, treatment or transfer facility
C
Adult business
C
Nursing home or personal care residence or a combination for not more than 40 residents on at least 2 acres of property plus 1 additional acre for each 25 additional residents or fraction thereof
C
Oil and gas well, subject to the standards set forth in § 27-509, Subsection 11
C
Conventional gas and oil wells
C
Natural gas processing plants
C
Natural gas compressor stations
C
Refineries, for oil, gas, or similar products
C
Solar energy farm, subject to the standards set forth in § 27-510
C
Wind farm, subject to the standards set forth in § 27-511
C
Churches and other places of worship, including educational facility and/or social hall
C
[Ord. 331, 11/17/1999, § 4.300; as amended by Ord. 362, 7/25/2005, § 4; by Ord. 387, 1/3/2011, § 1; by Ord. 388, 3/17/2011, § II.E; by Ord. 390, 12/15/2011, § II.C, .D; and by Ord. 422, 6/15/2017, § I]
1. 
Permitted Uses.
A. 
Automobile, truck or construction equipment repair, including collision repair and painting.
B. 
Bakery.
C. 
Boat manufacturing, servicing and repair.
D. 
Bottling works.
E. 
Brewery.
F. 
Building materials and construction equipment sales.
G. 
Business park, including branch financial institution within the park.
H. 
Cabinet making, custom carpentry and millwork.
I. 
Clothing, carpet, drapery, footwear and luggage manufacturing.
J. 
Conference center.
K. 
Contractor's office and equipment and material storage.
L. 
Dry cleaning and/or commercial laundry.
M. 
Electrical machinery and electrical goods manufacture and assembling.
N. 
Food products processing and packaging, except for meat, fish, dog or cat food processing.
O. 
Furniture and/or building components manufacture.
P. 
Hardware manufacture.
Q. 
Jewelry, time piece, optical or musical instrument manufacture.
R. 
Machine tools, dies and jigs, pattern making and machinery manufacture.
S. 
Manufacture, assembling and/or packaging of finished or semi-finished products or components from parts, or previously prepared materials, produced elsewhere.
T. 
Oil and gas wells, subject to the supplementary regulations at § 27-509, Subsection 11, Gas and Oil Wells.
U. 
Printing, publishing, engraving, job printing and photo engraving.
V. 
Public transportation system garage and repair facility.
W. 
Public utility buildings, garages and storage yards.
X. 
Rental of tools and equipment for construction and landscaping work.
Y. 
Research laboratory.
Z. 
Truck, tractor, trailer, mobile home, recreation vehicle, farm equipment and motorcycle sales and service.
AA. 
Used and scrap materials sales when conducted entirely from within an enclosed building with no disposal on site.
BB. 
Warehousing, storage and packaging.
CC. 
Wholesale business selling to other businesses.
DD. 
Recycling of concrete, asphalt, brick and rock, so as to produce an end product aggregate material for use offsite; provided, that operating hours are between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday only; and, provided further, that such concrete, asphalt, brick or rock or the post-recycling aggregate thereof shall not be used as part of a permanent on-site landfill.
EE. 
Conventional gas and oil wells.
FF. 
Natural gas processing plants.
GG. 
Natural gas compressor stations.
HH. 
Refineries, for oil, gas, or similar products.
2. 
Accessory Uses.
A. 
Day-care center.
B. 
Office in connection with and on the same premises as the business use it serves.
C. 
Employee and visitor parking.
D. 
Truck servicing and maneuvering areas.
E. 
Signs.
F. 
Solar energy systems (see § 27-510).
G. 
Wind turbines (see § 27-511).
3. 
Conditional Uses.
A. 
Extraction of minerals and soils (see § 27-509, Subsection 10) not to include gas and oil wells (see § 27-509, Subsection 11).
B. 
Manufacturing process involving stamping, grinding, coating, welding, polishing, forging, stripping, vulcanizing, or similar process.
C. 
Manufacturing or business use not listed as permitted in the I-1 Zone District but which is similar to and compatible with the uses allowed by right.
D. 
Used and scrap materials sales and storage when conducted wholly or partly outside.
E. 
Waste disposal, treatment or transfer facility.
F. 
All other uses not specifically listed in any zoning district shall be permitted as conditional uses upon the applicant demonstrating that the proposed use satisfies the following requirements:
(1) 
The proposed use will not endanger the public health, safety or welfare if located where proposed, and that the use will not deteriorate the environment or generate nuisance conditions such as traffic congestion, noise, dust, smoke, glare or vibration.
(2) 
The proposed use meets all applicable dimensional and lot and yard regulations for the I-1 District, all other expressed standards and criteria for comparable uses, and any requirements of this chapter for the I-1 District.
(3) 
The proposed use is in general conformity with the Township Comprehensive Plan and in harmony with the area in which it is proposed.
(4) 
The proposed use is an appropriate use on the proposed site.
(5) 
The proposed use is in compliance with all other standards of this chapter and all other Township ordinances.
G. 
Solar energy farm, subject to the standards set forth in § 27-510.
H. 
Wind farm, subject to the standards set forth in § 27-511.
[Ord. 331, 11/17/1999, § 4.400; as amended by Ord. 419, 1/19/2017, § I]
Zone District
Minimum
R-1
R-2
R-3
C-1
C-2
C-3
I
Lot size in square feet w/ public sewer and water
w/o either or both
20,000
40,000
10,000
—
6,000
—
10,000
—
30,000
40,000
30,000
40,000
30,000
40,000
Lot width in feet, measured at front building line
100
75
40
75
125
125
125
Front yard setback in feet
50
30
20
45*
65
65
50
Side yard setback in feet total of both sides one side
40
20
20
8
15
5
10
0
25
10
25
10
40
20
Rear yard setback of principal building on the lot in feet
40
35
30
10+
20
20
20
Rear or side yard setback of commercial, business or industrial building abutting residential zone in feet
—
—
—
20
40
40
50
Rear or side yard setback of accessory buildings in feet
10
5
2
5
10
10
10
Maximum
Lot coverage by buildings as a percent of lot area
10
25
40
35
35
35
50
Building and structure height in feet
35
35
35
35
50
35
35
Building height of accessory buildings in feet
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
Store front floor area in feet
—
—
—
3,000
—
—
—
*
Build not closer than 10 feet from sidewalk if parking access is from rear or side street and parking is behind the building.
+
Assumes parking is in front or to side of building
[Ord. 331, 11/17/1999, § 4.500; as amended by Ord. 419, 1/19/2017, § I]
Minimum
Duplex R-2
Duplex R-3
Single Townhouse
Townhouse Group
Apt. Building
Lot size in square feet
15,000
10,000
2,000
10,000
18,000
Lot width in feet measured at front building line
90
70
20
100
100
Front yard setback in feet
30
20
20
20
20
Side yard setback in feet total of both sides one side
20
8
15
5
0
0
20
10
20
10
Rear yard setback in feet
35
30
20
20
20
Rear or side yard setback of accessory buildings
2
2
2
2
5
Number of square feet of lot area per apartment
1,500
Number of square feet of lot area per apartment
1,500
Maximum
Lot coverage by buildings as a percent of lot area
25
35
40
35
30
Building and structure height in feet
35
35
35
35
35
Building height of accessory buildings in feet
15
15
15
15
15
[Added by Ord. 420, 3/16/2017, § 4.700]
1. 
Permitted R-2 and R-3 Uses: all permitted uses available in the R-2 and R-3 Districts.
2. 
Permitted Nonresidential Uses. Subject to the criteria set forth in Subsection 5:
A. 
Machine shop.
B. 
Light manufacturing with related office and garage.
C. 
Social hall, lodge, fraternal organization or club.
D. 
Conference center.
E. 
Jewelry, time piece, optical or musical instrument manufacturer.
F. 
Printing, publishing, engraving, printing and photo engraving.
G. 
Contractor's office and equipment and material storage.
3. 
Conditional Uses.
A. 
Nursing, retirement or convalescent home licensed by the commonwealth: minimum of two acres for 40 residents or patients plus 25 resident or patients for each additional acre.
B. 
Planned residential development (see Part 10 of this chapter).
4. 
Accessory Uses: All accessory uses in the R-2 or R-3 Districts, and an office or garage used in connection with and on the same premises as the principal use it serves.
5. 
Criteria for Permitted Nonresidential Uses Under Subsection 4. The applicant for any nonresidential use permitted under Subsection 2 above not already being conducted at the effective date of this amendment must prove to the Zoning Officer that all of the following criteria will be met in order to receive a zoning approval:
A. 
The requirements for noise limitation set forth in Township Ordinance No. 306[1] must all be met.
[1]
Editor's Note: Refers to prior Zoning Ordinance amendment.
B. 
No use may produce significant volumes of fumes, dust or stockpiles of inventory visible to the public.
C. 
No use may use as raw material or fuel, or produce as a finished good or product, any product comprised of rubbish, garbage, waste or recycled material, or of raw plant or animal substances.
D. 
There shall be no outdoor storage of materials used for production, materials produced, inventory or supplies.
E. 
The occupants shall agree to keep their exterior doors closed during business hours (except for traffic in and out) so as to reduce noise to the outside.
F. 
Exterior lighting not already in place at the effective date of this amendment shall be designed to eliminate any light spillover onto adjoining residential properties.
G. 
No work in the nature of fabrication, construction or manufacturing, no unloading or loading of trucks, truck traffic or truck deliveries and no collection from commercial waste containers shall take place from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
H. 
No vehicular maintenance shall be performed outdoors.
I. 
All required parking shall be off street.
J. 
The premises in question must have been used as a nonresidential use in the past or be usable without demolition of any sound, building code compliant dwelling already erected on the property.
K. 
Exterior building and premises lighting shall cease between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., except for a porch light or lamppost light.
6. 
Lot and Yard Height Requirements.
A. 
Principal or Accessory Uses. Principal or accessory uses shall meet the bulk and dimensional standards for the R-3 District in § § 27-404, Table of Bulk and Dimensional Standards in Each Zone District, or in § 27-405, Table of Bulk and Dimensional Standards for Two Family (Duplex) Buildings, Individual Townhouses, Townhouse Group and Garden or Walk-Up Apartment Buildings on Their Own Lots, whichever is most applicable.