It is the purpose of the I-2 General Industrial District to
provide for industrial activities in areas affording adequate highway
and/or railroad access that will not cause detrimental effects beyond
the district boundary lines.
A.
Permitted uses. A building may be erected, altered or used, and a
lot may be used or occupied by one or more of the following:
1.
Any production, manufacturing, processing, cleaning, testing,
repair, storage, and distribution of materials, goods, foodstuffs,
and products not involving a retail activity on the lot subject to
all applicable provisions of Article 800.
2.
Truck freight terminal.
3.
Administrative activities in support of manufacturing or industrial
activities.
4.
Warehouse, wholesale sales, and/or storage.
5.
Community utilities subject to the provisions of § 701.10.
6.
Office.
7.
Airport.
8.
Agricultural and horticultural activities subject to Article
800.
9.
Lumber and coal yards, building material storage yards, contractor
equipment and storage yards.
10.
Laboratories; experimental, research, testing or manufacturing.
11.
Municipal uses.
12.
Miniwarehouse subject to the provisions of § 710.1
herein.
13.
Large manure digester.
[Added 8-3-2010 by Ord.
No. 4-10]
14.
Large solar energy production facility subject to the provisions
of § 710.2.
[Added 8-3-2010 by Ord.
No. 4-10]
15.
Large wind energy production facility subject to the provisions
of § 710.3.
[Added 8-3-2010 by Ord.
No. 4-10]
A.
Front yard. Front yard setback distances are determined by the kind
of road or highway on which the property fronts as follows:
1.
Arterial: 80 feet from the street right-of-way line or 95 feet
from the street centerline, whichever is the greater.
2.
Collector: 70 feet from the street right-of-way line or 85 feet
from the street centerline, whichever is the greater.
3.
Local: 60 feet from the street right-of-way line or 75 feet
from the street centerline, whichever is the greater.
B.
Side yard: A minimum of 50 feet each side.
C.
Rear yard: A minimum of 50 feet in depth.
D.
No building or structure shall be located nearer than 200 feet to
an existing residential building unless the owner of such residence
waives this restriction in writing to the Board of Supervisors.
A.
The maximum building height shall be 50 feet.
B.
The maximum building height may, by conditional use approval, be
increased to a maximum of 75 feet if the applicant demonstrates compliance
with all of the following:
1.
The required front yard setback shall be increased by a minimum
of 15 feet.
2.
All structures shall comply with the Township Building Code, codified as Chapter 51 of the Code of Ordinances, and with all other applicable fire and life safety requirements.
3.
Building design and site layout shall include safeguards to
provide adequate emergency access to the building and all portions
of the lot.
C.
The
maximum building height of a building in excess of 100,000 square
feet may, by conditional use approval, be increased to a maximum of
150 feet if the applicant demonstrates compliance with all of the
following:
[Added 7-2-2019 by Ord. No. 4-19]
1.
The
property must front on an arterial or collector road.
2.
The
property must be located within 1/2 mile of a major arterial road
interchange (US Route 30 and I-283), measured from the property line
to the closest point of the interchange by direct measurement and
not by the distance using the roads to access the property from the
interchange.
3.
Any
part of a structure in excess of 75 feet in height shall be set back
from property lines by a horizontal distance at least equal to the
height of the structure.
4.
The
part of the structure in excess of 75 feet in height shall be used
as an automated high bay warehouse for storage and/or distribution
of products and materials only and shall not contain offices or accessory
office uses such break rooms, conference rooms, or restrooms.
5.
All structures shall comply with the Township Building Code, codified as Chapter 51 of the Code of Ordinances, and with all other applicable fire and life safety requirements.
6.
Building
design and site layout shall include safeguards to provide adequate
emergency access to the building and all portions of the lot.
7.
In
addition to the landscaping requirements set forth in the Zoning Ordinance
for the I-2 General Industrial District, a landscape buffer incorporating
native trees and shrubs must be established along those property lines
which do not adjoin other properties in the I-2 General Industrial
District. This buffer can be provided by preserving existing landscape
features and plantings or by installation of new plantings.
As provided for in § 707.
As provided for in § 708.
As provided for in Article 800.
