A.
In expansion of the declaration of legislative intent contained in § 415-2 of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article, with respect to industrial zones, to establish reasonable standards for the height and size of buildings, the areas and dimensions of yards and open spaces, and the provision of facilities and operation of industries to minimize traffic congestion, noise, glare, air pollution, water pollution and fire and safety hazards in industrial zones.
B.
In an industrial district the following regulations shall apply.
The specific uses permitted in this district shall be the erection,
construction, alteration or use of buildings or premises for the following
uses and no other:
B.
Agriculture.
C.
Dwelling quarters for watchmen and caretakers employed on the premises
shall be permitted in connection with any industrial establishments.
D.
Fire house or volunteer fire company.
E.
Telephone central office, utility line, electric substation, gas
substation.
F.
Accessory uses and accessory building customarily incidental to the
above uses.
G.
Automotive repair, major.
[Added 6-29-2009 by Ord.
No. 2009-05]
H.
The following uses shall not be permitted:
(1)
Abattoir.
(2)
Acetylene gas manufactured and/or storage.
(3)
Acid manufacture (hydrochloric, nitric, picric, sulfuric, sulphanous,
carbolic).
(4)
Ammonia, bleaching powder or chlorine manufacture.
(5)
Ammunition manufacture and/or storage.
(6)
Arsenal.
(7)
Asphalt manufacture or refining.
(8)
Blast furnace.
(9)
Bone distillation.
(10)
Celluloid manufacture.
(11)
Coke ovens.
(12)
Creosote treatment or manufacture.
(13)
Dead animal and offal reduction.
(14)
Distillation of bones, coal, petroleum, refuse grain or wood
(except in the manufacture of gas).
(15)
Distillation of tar.
(16)
Explosives, fireworks and gunpowder manufacture or storage.
(17)
Fat rendering.
(18)
Fertilizer manufacture.
(19)
Forge plant.
(20)
Hog farm.
(21)
Incineration, reduction, storage or dumping of slaughterhouse
refuse, rancid fats, garbage, dead animal or offal.
(22)
Oilcloth or linoleum manufacture.
(23)
Ore reduction.
(24)
Petroleum or kerosene refining, distillation or derivation of
by-products and/or storage.
(25)
Potash works.
(26)
Power forge (riveting, hammering, punching, chipping, drawing,
rolling or tumbling of iron, steel, brass or copper, except as a necessary
incident of manufacture of which these processes form a minor part,
and which are carried on without objectionable noise outside the plant).
(27)
Rolling mill.
(28)
Steel furnace, blooming or rolling mill.
(29)
Stock yards.
(30)
Tar distillation or manufacture.
A.
No smoke of visible grey shall be emitted from any chimney or other
source greater than No. 1 U.S. Bureau of Mines.
B.
Smoke of a shade not darker than No. 2 on the Ringelmann Chart may
be emitted for not more than four minutes in any 30 minutes.
C.
These provisions, applicable to visible grey smoke, shall also apply
to visible smoke of a different color, but with an equivalent apparent
opacity.
A.
No emission shall be made which can cause any damage to health, to
animals or vegetation or other forms of property, or which can cause
any excessive soiling at any point.
B.
No emission of liquid or solid particles from any chimney or otherwise
shall exceed 0.3 grain per cubic foot of the covering gas at any point.
C.
For measurement of the amount of particles in gases resulting from
combustion, standard correction shall be applied to a stock temperature
of 500° F. and 50% excess air.
At no point on the boundary of a residence or business district
shall the sound pressure level of any operation exceed the described
levels in the designated octave bands shown below for the districts
indicated:
|
Sound Levels
| ||
|---|---|---|
|
Octave Band in Cycles per Second
|
Along Residential District Boundaries Maximum Permitted Sound
Level in Decibels
|
At Any Other Point on the Lot Boundary Maximum Permitted Sound
Level in Decibels
|
|
0 to 75
|
72
|
79
|
|
75 to 150
|
67
|
74
|
|
150 to 300
|
59
|
66
|
|
300 to 600
|
62
|
59
|
|
600 to 1,200
|
46
|
53
|
|
1,200 to 2,400
|
40
|
47
|
|
2,400 to 4,800
|
34
|
41
|
|
Above 4,800
|
32
|
39
|
There shall be no emission of odorous gases or other odorous
matter in such quantities as to be offensive at a lot boundary line.
Any process which may involve the creation or emission of any odors
shall be provided with a secondary safeguard system, so that control
will be maintained if the primary safeguard system should fail. There
is hereby established as a guide in determining such quantities of
offense odors Table III, "Odor Thresholds," in Chapter 5, Air Pollution
Abatement Manual, copyright 1951 by Manufacturing Chemists' Association,
Inc., Washington, D.C.
Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be performed
within an enclosed building or behind a solid fence in such manner
as to be completely imperceptible from any point beyond the lot lines.
No vibration which is discernible to the human sense of feeling
shall be perceptible at any point beyond the lot line.
There shall be no activities which emit dangerous or harmful
radioactivity. There shall be no electrical disturbance (except from
domestic household appliances) adversely affecting the operation of
any equipment located beyond the property of the creator of such disturbance.
A.
No flammable or explosive liquids, solids or gases shall be stored
in bulk above the ground; provided, however, that tanks or drums of
fuel directly connecting with energy devices, heating devices or appliances
located on the same lot as the tanks or drums of fuel are excluded
from this provision.
B.
All outdoor storage facilities for fuel, raw materials and products
and all fuel; and all raw materials and products stored outdoors shall
be enclosed by a fence adequate to conceal the facilities from any
adjacent properties.
C.
No materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a lot in such form
or manner that may be transferred off the lot by natural causes or
forces.
D.
All material or wastes which might cause fumes or dust or which constitute
a fire hazard or which may be edible or otherwise be attractive to
rodents or insects shall be stored outdoors only in closed containers.
Every use requiring power shall be so operated that the service
lines, substations, etc., shall conform to the most acceptable safety
requirements recognized by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Labor and Industry,
shall be so constructed, installed, etc., to be an integral part of
the architectural features of the plant, or if visible from abutting
residential properties shall be concealed by coniferous planting.
No use shall be conducted in such a way as to discharge any
treated or untreated sewage or industrial waste treatment and disposal
except as shall be approved by the Green Lane-Marlborough Joint Authority.
All water requirements shall be stated in the application. Water
shall be supplied from wells only after approved or accepted geologic
study furnished by the applicant and certification by a professional
geologist that the underground water supply and levels will not be
appreciably altered in such a way to endanger the water level and
supply for other properties.
A.
Floor area ratio. The total floor area of principal and accessory
buildings shall not exceed 50% of the lot area.
B.
Lot area. A lot of not less than one acre shall be provided for every
area to be used in whole or in part as an LI Limited Industrial District.
C.
Lot area ratio. Principal and accessory buildings shall not occupy
more than 50% of the lot area.
D.
Yard requirements (excluding parking areas):
(1)
Front yard: 75 feet from ultimate right-of-way line.
(2)
Side yards. Side yards shall be 50 feet each, except that no industrial
buildings shall be located:
(a)
Closer than 100 feet to any residence district, nor any parking
area closer than 50 feet to any residence area. Fifty feet of the
required minimum distance shall be landscaped with trees, shrubs and
grass.
(3)
Rear yard: 50 feet, subject to exception above.
[Amended 1-6-1993 by Ord.
No. 92-3]
A.
Plans for any industrial use shall be submitted to the Borough Planning Commission prior to the issuance of any zoning permit or certificate of occupancy as provided in § 415-130, and such plans shall include the following:
(1)
A plot plan of the lot showing the location of all present and proposed
buildings, drives, parking lots, waste disposal fields and other constructional
features on the lot; and all buildings, streets, alleys, highways,
streams and other topographical features of the lot and within 200
feet of any lot line.
(2)
Architectural plans for any proposed buildings.
(3)
A description of the industrial operations proposed in sufficient
detail to indicate the effects of those operations in producing traffic
congestion, noise, glare, air pollution, fire hazards or safety hazards
and water pollution.
(4)
Engineering and architectural plans for the treatment and disposal
of sewage and industrial waste.
(5)
Engineer and architectural plans for the handling of any excess traffic
congestion, noise, glare, air pollution, water pollution, fire hazard
or safety hazard.
(6)
Designation of the fuel proposed to be used and any necessary architectural
and engineering plans for controlling smoke.
(7)
The proposed number of shifts to be worked and the maximum number
of employees on each shift.
(8)
Any other pertinent data or evidence that the Borough Planning Commission
may require.
B.
The Borough Planning Commission shall review all plans for industrial
uses submitted to them and shall submit these plans, with recommendations
thereon, to the Borough Council for final approval.
C.
Upon receipt of plans for any industrial use, and recommendations
thereon by the Borough Planning Commission, the Borough Council shall
have the power of approval or disapproval of these plans. The Secretary
of the Borough Council shall notify, in writing, the Code Enforcement
Officer of the Council's final decision and any special conditions
agreed upon regarding any industrial use.
