[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1101, 4/11/1995]
The Industrial Park District is intended to maximize the light
industrial development potential of the Township by providing opportunities
for the planned development of a variety of such uses and support
activities in an aesthetic parklike environment. It is intended that
development occurring in this district be planned, designed, constructed
and managed in an integrated and coordinated manner based on an overall
site development master plan.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1102, 4/11/1995]
1. Light industrial activates which engage in the manufacture, predominantly
from previously prepared materials, of finished products or parts
including business, administrative and corporate offices, processing,
fabrication, assembly, treatment, packaging, storage, sales and distribution
of such products but excluding basic industrial processing activities
defined as heavy industry.
2. Light industrial uses include, but are not limited to, manufacturing
of the following products:
N. Textiles/apparel products.
4. Public utility facilities including substations, water pumping stations
and reservoirs.
5. Farms and agricultural activities.
6. Research and development.
7. Academic clinical research centers, medical marijuana grower/processors, medical marijuana transport vehicle offices, and medical marijuana dispensaries, with consideration for the applicable performance standards found in §
27-14A04.
[Added by Ord. No. 2-2017, 8/22/2017]
8. Race
tracks for stock cars, midget cars and other motorized racing vehicles.
[Added by Ord. No. 3-2021, 4/13/2021]
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1103, 4/11/1995]
1. When associated with a principal use the following uses shall be
permitted:
A. Day-care center to service employees.
B. Retail/wholesale activities.
C. Personal services to meet commercial convenience needs of employees
including exercise/fitness centers.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1104, 4/11/1995; Ord. No. 2-2007, § 12, 5/22/2007]
2. Wind energy conservation systems.
3. Outdoor storage of material or equipment.
4. Billboards as defined herein, subject to the requirement of §
27-1707 of this article.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1105, 4/11/1995]
1. Site area requirements. A site area for purposes of this chapter
shall be the total land area to be developed as a unit prior to the
creation of any new lots within the property area. A site area may
be:
A. A single tax parcel or two or more adjacent tax parcels under the
same ownership.
B. Two or more adjacent tax parcels under separate ownership provided
that all individual property owners are members of an entity created
for the purpose of developing the properties as a single integrated
planned development. Documents related to the establishment of such
entity shall be recorded in the Dauphin County Courthouse as a prerequisite
to subdivision or land development plat application processing.
2. Purpose. The purpose of this section is to:
A. Enhance the appearance of the development from public streets and
adjacent properties.
B. Encourage the retention of large sites and their development in a
coordinated, aesthetic and efficient manner.
C. Ensure that the minimum functional requirements associated with the
development are provided on site.
D. Establish maximum limits of development intensity.
3. Site area standards. The following standards shall apply to any development
proposed in the Industrial Park District:
A. Minimum permitted site area shall be 15 acres.
B. Site area development or subdivision into individual lots shall be
processed as either a land development or subdivision plat application.
4. Setback requirements.
A. Perimeter street setbacks. No structure shall be located closer than
75 feet to an existing public street right-of-way. No structure shall
be located closer than 50 feet from an internal access drive (public
or private street) serving the development site.
B. Side and rear yard property line setbacks.
(1)
A minimum side and rear yard setback of 100 feet shall be required
from any such property line that is common with/adjacent to a residential
district.
(2)
A minimum side and rear yard setback of 50 feet shall be required
from any such property line that is common with/adjacent to a nonresidential
district.
5. Minimum public street frontage. A site area shall have a minimum
of 100 feet of continuous, uninterrupted frontage measured along a
public street right-of-way.
6. Internal building setbacks.
A. Within a development site area front to front and rear to rear facing
structures shall have a minimum of 80 feet between faces.
B. Within a development site area end wall faces of structures shall
have a minimum of 40 feet between end walls.
C. Within a development site area the minimum separation distance between
end wall faces of structures and front or rear faces of structures
shall be 50 feet.
7. Maximum building height. The height of a building shall not exceed
40 feet.
8. Sight distance. No sight obscuring structures or plantings exceeding
30 inches in height shall be located within a twenty-foot radius of
the lot corner nearest the intersection involving a public street
or private access drive. Trees located within a twenty-foot radius
of such an intersection shall be maintained to allow 10 feet of visual
clearance below the lowest hanging branches.
9. Landscaping requirements. A minimum of 35% of the total site area
shall be landscaped open space in compliance with the following standards:
[Amended by Ord. No. 3-2017, 8/22/2017]
A. A landscaped buffer shall be maintained adjacent to all perimeter
setbacks as follows:
(1)
Perimeter street setbacks. Minimum landscaped buffer of 30 feet
consisting of street trees and shrubbery approved by the Board of
Supervisors.
(2)
Side and rear yard property setbacks. Where the site area abuts
a residential district or use a landscaped screen buffer of 30 feet
shall be required having an opacity of 80% after the first year and
thereafter. Such screened buffer may consist of a masonry wall, wood
fence, trees, shrubs, berms or combinations thereof.
(3)
All parking, loading and refuse facility areas shall be screened
from the street grade of adjacent public streets and the established
grade of abutting residential district areas.
(4)
In the event a masonry wall or wood fence is used for screening
purposes, vegetative landscaping shall be placed and maintained between
the wall or fence and the property line adjacent to a residential
district to form an ornamental screen.
B. Internal circulation drives shall be landscaped with street trees
and street side planters. A minimum of 10 feet width shall be landscaped.
C. Existing significant trees, tree stands and natural vegetation shall
be integrated into the site area landscape plan to the maximum extent
possible.
D. Outdoor eating and recreation areas for employees may be included
in the required landscaped area but shall be screened, as set forth
above, from adjacent residential district areas.
E. Undeveloped portions of the site shall be seeded, mowed and well
maintained.
10. Access and site circulation. In addition to other provisions set
forth in this chapter the location, design and development of access
and circulation shall:
A. Provide continuous pedestrian access corridors along public streets
and private access drives to service the various activities taking
place within the site development area.
B. Provide on-site directions signing identifying the location of all uses within the site area in compliance with Article
XXI, "signs," of this chapter.
C. Site areas shall not be developed so as to establish direct or indirect
access corridors passing through a residential development.
11. Structural siting and design. In applying the provisions of this
section particular emphasis shall be given to the siting and design
of all structures, or portions thereof, on the periphery of a site
area which may be viewed from any public street.
A. All exterior building walls and structures shall be constructed with
attractive, durable materials such as textured concrete, masonry,
stone, brick, finished wood, metal, stucco and glass, preferably a
combination thereof. The facade facing a public street shall have
at least two-thirds of its surface area covered by two or more materials
named above other than metal.
B. The design and siting of buildings shall compliment the natural terrain
and vegetation of the site.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1106, 4/11/1995]
1. Parking, loading and unloading areas and facilities shall be provided in accordance with Article
XVIII, "off-street parking," of this chapter.
A. Parking shall be permitted within the front yard setback area; however,
shall not be permitted within the landscaped buffer areas.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1107, 4/11/1995]
Motor vehicle access shall be provided in accordance with Article
XIX, "motor vehicle access," of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1108, 4/11/1995]
Signs shall be provided in accordance with Article
XVII, "signs," of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 2-1995, § 1109, 4/11/1995]
Total coverage shall not exceed 65% of the lot area.