The combination of a commercial and industrial district is established as a response to the requirement for highway services and the improved accessibility of the areas surrounding the interchange between Pennsylvania Route 64 and Interstate 80. The mix of uses is appropriate when accompanied by stringent requirements for off-street parking, adequate building setbacks and landscaping of sites. Public water and sewer services are anticipated in this area.
A.
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes, and no other, as a permitted use.
(1)
Highway-oriented retail and service establishments such as motels, restaurants, automobile service stations, automobile repair shops.
(2)
Trucking terminals for the transfer, receipt, or delivery of freight, or for the storage or repair of trucks or tractor trailers engaged in truck operations.
(3)
Animal hospitals and veterinary clinics.
(4)
Business and professional offices.
(5)
Medical clinics and research or testing laboratory facilities.
(6)
Wholesale, storage, or distribution uses.
(7)
Outdoor recreation, public or private.
(8)
Essential services.
(9)
Agriculture.
(10)
Farm residence and accessory buildings.
(11)
Any accessory use or structure customarily appurtenant to a permitted use.
(12)
Communications antennas mounted on existing public utility transmission towers, buildings, or other structures, and communications equipment buildings.
(13)
Personal storage warehouses.
(14)
Public entertainment establishments (excluding adult entertainment).
B.
Light industrial use with particular consideration to limiting the discharge of industrial waste of any kind in strict accordance with the requirements of the standards expressed in § 490-7.04 may be approved as a conditional use when authorized by the procedures outlined in § 490-11.06. Multiple use of a single industrial tract may be permitted subject to the further requirements of this district.
A.
Lot area (minimum): two acres.
B.
Building setback line: 100 feet.
C.
Lot width at street line (minimum): 150 feet.
D.
Rear yard (minimum): 50 feet.
E.
Side yard (minimum): 50 feet.
F.
Building height (maximum): 40 feet.
G.
Building coverage (maximum): 40%.
H.
Paved area (maximum): 60%.
I.
Open area (maximum): 20%.
The following regulations shall be observed:
A.
All permanent uses shall be conducted within a building.
B.
No more than 5% of the open or paved area may be used for the display of goods.
C.
No residential use shall be permitted, except farm residences.
D.
No use shall emit obnoxious, toxic, or corrosive fumes or gases.
E.
No use shall emit odors which are perceptible at lot lines.
F.
No use shall emit smoke from the primary activities of plant operations.
G.
No use shall discharge into the air dust or other particulate matter.
H.
No use shall produce any heat or glare perceptible at or beyond the lot boundaries.
I.
No use shall utilize lighting in a manner which produces a glare at or beyond the lot boundaries.
J.
No use shall permit physical vibrations perceptible at or beyond the lot boundaries.
K.
No use shall produce electromagnetic radiation or injurious radioactive emissions.
L.
No use shall engage in the production or storage of any material designed for use as an explosive.
M.
No use shall engage in the storage of waste materials on the lot for any period beyond 30 days.
N.
No use shall discharge any untreated and/or potentially dangerous effluent form plant operations.
O.
No use shall be conducted so that regular production noise shall exceed the level of ordinary conversation at the boundaries of the lot.
P.
No use shall engage in the excavation of clay, sand, gravel, rock or other mineral, except in the construction of a building or street.