The purpose of the LIB Light Industrial/Business Park District
is to allow for the development of non-nuisance business, laboratory,
and light industrial establishments geared towards modern, technological
uses. District regulations are intended to encourage attractive, large
lot, moderate coverage establishments that do not constitute a nuisance
or danger to nearby residents.
Land, buildings, or premises shall be used by right for only
one or more of the following uses:
B. Light industrial use, as defined in Article
II, that does not constitute a nuisance to the neighborhood and nearby residents.
C. Laboratory, as defined in Article
II.
D. Electronic data processing center, telecommunications hub, information
technology firm, and similar technological facility.
E. Warehouse, distribution, mail order facility, wholesale showroom,
and similar facility.
F. Financial establishment such as a bank, lending institution, mortgage
broker, and similar facility.
G. Business/trade school and/or other indoor and outdoor vocational training within limits set forth in Article
XIX.
H. Motion picture or television filming, production, or broadcasting
facility.
I. AM/FM radio station production and broadcasting facility.
J. Independent parking garage, excluding long-term parking over 24 continuous hours, subject to area and bulk regulations within this article, Article
XIII, and §
600-135.
K. Cellular communications facilities, subject to §
600-121.
The following uses shall be permitted by conditional use only, subject to the applicable requirements of Article
XVI.
A. Child day-care center, subject to §
600-106.
B. Uses of the same general character as those permitted in §§
600-54 and
600-55, provided that no resource recovery, waste treatment, landfill, or other use having a negative or detrimental impact on the environment, neighboring residents, or surrounding neighborhood shall be permitted. Such use shall be permitted by Borough Council upon the recommendation of the Planning Commission, shall be consistent with the purposes of the district, and comply with the performance standards in Article
XIX. In determining if a proposed use is of the same general character as the permitted uses, reviewing parties shall evaluate its impacts against the compatibility standards in §
600-119.
The following uses shall be permitted as accessory uses, subject to all applicable requirements of Article
XV, General Regulations, and other articles as noted below.
A. Restaurant, cafeteria, snack bar, or similar use for employees or
customers of any use permitted in this district.
B. Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article
XIII.
C. Sign, subject to Article
XIV.
E. Recreational or assembly area for employees and customers.
F. Living quarters for a watchman or caretaker.
G. Commercial dropoff and pickup boxes, stations for letters or packages,
and newspaper vending machines, provided that such boxes shall not
be located within a right-of-way of a public street.
H. Small collection facility for recyclables.
I. Cellular communications antennas not mounted on an independent structure, subject to §
600-121.
J. Any accessory use on the same lot and customarily incidental to the
principal use on the property and not detrimental to the area, as
determined by the Zoning Hearing Board.
Unless stated otherwise, the following shall be minimum requirements:
B. Yards (front, side, and rear): 30 feet on all sides, increased to
50 feet when abutting a residential district.
C. Interior yards: 15 feet between a building and an interior street.
D. Distance from a parking area: 10 feet between a parking area and
the principal building.
E. Distance between buildings: 40 feet.
F. Impervious surface: 70% maximum.