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Borough of Royersford, PA
Montgomery County
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[Added 8-9-2016 by Ord. No. 883]
All of the provisions of the GI District shall be identical to the provisions of the I Industrial District, except that the following additional uses shall be conditional uses in the GI District:
A. 
An adult use shall be allowed as a conditional use, provided that there is compliance with the adult use regulations in § 475-33.
B. 
A solid waste transfer facility shall be allowed as a conditional use if there is compliance with the following additional requirements:
(1) 
All solid waste storage, disposal, incineration or processing shall be at least 100 feet from the following: public street right-of-way, exterior lot line or one-hundred-year floodplain.
(2) 
All solid waste storage, disposal, incineration or processing shall be a minimum of 250 feet from any residential district and a minimum of 250 feet from the lot line of any existing dwelling.
(3) 
The use shall be served by a minimum of two paved access roads, each with a minimum cartway width of 20 feet. One of these roads may be restricted to use by emergency vehicles.
(4) 
The applicant shall prove to the satisfaction of the Borough Council that the street network can handle the additional truck traffic, in a manner that minimizes negative impacts upon residentially zoned neighborhoods.
(5) 
The applicant shall prove to the satisfaction of the Borough Council that the use will include the best available methods to minimize noxious odors off of the tract.
(6) 
A chain-link or other approved fence with a minimum height of eight feet shall surround the use, unless the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Borough Council that this is unnecessary.
(7) 
Minimum lot area: three acres.
(8) 
The applicant shall provide evidence to the Borough Council that sufficient measures will be put into place to minimize the attraction, harborage or breeding of insects, rodents or vectors.
(9) 
Attendant. An attendant shall be present during all periods of operation or dumping.
(10) 
Gates. Secure gates, fences, earth mounds and/or dense vegetation shall prevent unauthorized access.
(11) 
Emergency access. The operator of the use shall cooperate fully with local emergency services. This should include allowing practice exercises on the site and the provision of all information needed by the emergency services to determine potential hazards. Adequate means of emergency access shall be provided.
(12) 
Litter. The operator shall regularly police the area of the facility and surrounding streets to collect litter that may escape from the facility or trucks.
(13) 
Dangerous materials. No radioactive, hazardous, chemotherapeutic or infectious materials may be stored, processed, disposed or incinerated.
(14) 
All loading and unloading and processing of solid waste shall only occur within an enclosed building, and over an impervious surface drains to a holding tank that is then adequately treated, or similar methods approved by the Borough Council.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Chapter 27, Part 15, of the 1990 Code of Ordinances, FP Floodplain Conservation District, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I). See now Ch. 248, Floodplain Management.
C. 
Any use not permitted in any other zoning district.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]