It is the purpose of this district to comply to the greatest
extent feasible the Township's legal responsibility to provide
for uses recognized as discrete uses under the laws of the commonwealth
by establishing regulations allowing such uses and designating within
the limited land mass of the Township a reasonable area where such
uses may be located. Accordingly, in the Multipurpose District, the
following regulations shall apply.
The following uses shall be permitted by special exception, when authorized by the Zoning Hearing Board, subject to the provisions of §
155-2005 and the specific sections listed below:
The following uses shall be permitted by conditional use, when authorized by the Board of Supervisors, subject to the provisions of §
155-2105 and the specific sections listed below:
F. Light manufacturing, including products requiring light metal processing
and/or assembly, pilot studies and prototype development for the production
and testing of precision instruments, optical goods, pharmaceuticals,
health and personal care products, small electrical and electronic
appliances, supplies and equipment, and products from previously prepared
nontoxic materials, such as plastic, leather, glass or textiles.
G. Production and sales of products, wholesale storage and distribution
facilities, but excluding a truck terminal and/or the outdoor storage
of trucks, trailers and/or materials.
H. Research, engineering or testing laboratories for development, excluding
all projects with the potential of creating an environmental or genetic
hazard.
I. Shopping center development aggregating over 30,000 feet square or
more of gross floor area.
J. Any other use recognized by law as a discrete use not otherwise provided
for in any other zoning district established in this chapter.
Except as otherwise indicated in this chapter, accessory uses customarily incidental to any of the principal uses in this district shall be permitted by right on the same lot as the principal use and subject to the applicable provisions for accessory uses of Article
XVI. The following specific accessory uses shall also be permitted by right subject to the applicable provisions of Article
XVI:
A. Storage within a completely enclosed building in conjunction with
a permitted use, unless outdoor storage is approved as a conditional
use.
B. Cafeteria or recreational facilities for employees only.
C. Day-care center for employees only.
Unless specifically stated otherwise or differing for a specific
use as authorized by this chapter, the following shall be the minimum
area and bulk regulations for the district.
A. Uses permitted by right.
(1)
Lot coverages.
(a)
Building coverage (less than one acre): 30% maximum.
(b)
Building coverage (greater than one acre): 25% maximum.
(c)
Impervious coverage (less than one acre): 75% maximum.
(d)
Impervious coverage (greater than one acre): 70% maximum.
(2)
Structure(s).
(a)
Minimum lot size: 12,000 square feet.
(c)
Front yard setback: 35 feet.
(d)
Side yard setback: 12 feet.
(e)
Rear yard setback: 25 feet.
(f)
Building height: three stories or 35 feet.
B. Conditional uses.
(1)
Lot coverages.
(b)
Impervious coverage: 50%.
(c)
Front yard impervious coverage: 10%.
(2)
Structure(s).
(a)
Minimum lot size: two acres.
(c)
Lot width at building setback line: 200 feet.
(d)
Front yard setback: 50 feet.
(e)
Side yard setback: 50 feet.
(f)
Rear yard setback: 100 feet.
(g)
Building height: three stories or 35 feet.
(3)
Bonus regulations.
(a)
Impervious coverage may be increased an additional 3% for providing
any of the following:
[1]
Pedestrian and vehicular connections with one or more adjacent
properties to facilitate circulation;
[2]
Integration of historic resources into the proposed development;
[3]
Reduction in the number of existing curb cuts onto existing
streets;
[4]
Submission of plans which depict architectural style of development
designed to avoid the massive scale and uniform impersonal appearances
of a big box commercial or industrial complex through façade
ornamentation, building offsets, window treatments, variation in roof
lines, entry treatments and upgrading building materials.
(b)
Impervious coverage may be increased up to 5% for providing
both of the following:
[1]
In addition to required parking lot trees, each lot shall be
planted with a combination of deciduous and coniferous trees complying
with the following formula: one such tree for each 500 square feet
of building gross floor area; and
[2]
Each tree planted on the lot shall have a planted caliper of
not less than four inches measured four inches measured four feet
above finished ground level and a planted height of not less than
nine feet.
C. Accessory structure(s). See §
155-1500 for lot and bulk standards for various types of accessory structures.
The following design standards as applicable for permitted uses
in this district shall include:
A. Supplemental Use Standards, per Article
XVI.
C. Natural Resource Protections, per Article
XIV.
D. Historic Resources Protection, per Article
XIII.
E. General Standards, per Article
XV.
F. Off-Street Parking and Loading, per Article
XVIII.
G. Fences, Walls and Screens, per Chapter
76.
H. Floodplain Management, per Chapter
83.
I. Stormwater Management, per Chapter
116.
J. In addition, new development proposed within this district, as well
as the rehabilitation, alteration, or modification of existing structures
or uses, shall comply with the following design standards:
(1)
Landscaping and buffer planting strips shall be required in accordance with §
155-1504.
(2)
Commercial storage shall be in accordance with §
155-1501.
(4)
No outdoor vending machine, self-service station, or similar
use shall be allowed in any required yard abutting a street or on
a public sidewalk.
(5)
Rooftop structures. All rooftop structures, including, but not
limited to, heat pumps, cooling towers or other mechanical equipment
shall be screened from view by a single piece of the building structure
which is aesthetically compatible in design and materials and color
with the building façade and which is at least equal in height
to the highest rooftop structure.
(6)
No wholesale delivery or pickup shall be permitted in the area
between the building and any street line.