This article is enacted for the purpose of promoting the health,
safety, and welfare of the Township in accordance with the goals and
objectives of the Joint Municipal Comprehensive Plan. It is designed
to provide for appropriate land uses on tracts that have undergone
changes to their characteristics as a result of increased development
throughout the area. The intent is to insure the suitable design of
professional office uses in order to protect the environment, respect
the adjacent land uses and to minimize any adverse effects of professional
office use development on the surrounding area.
In the PO Professional Office Overlay District, the regulations
contained in this article shall apply.
A. It is
the express intent of the Board of Supervisors that the PO Professional
Office Overlay District, the areal boundaries thereof being described
by ordinance and delineated on the Township Zoning Map, is deemed
an overlay on any other zoning district that may lie within the bounds
of the PO Professional Office Overlay District. Any lot, land, or
tract of ground may be used for any purpose allowed in such other
district subject to the standards and regulations governing such other
district.
B. Should
the PO Professional Office Overlay District be declared inapplicable
to any tract by reason of an action of the Township Supervisors in
amending this chapter or the Zoning Hearing Board or any court of
competent jurisdiction in interpreting the same, the zoning applicable
to such lot shall be deemed to be the district in which it is located
without consideration of this district.
C. Should
the zoning of any parcel or any part thereof in which the Professional
Office Overlay District is located be changed through any legislative
or administrative actions or judicial discretion, such change shall
have no effect on the Professional Office Overlay District unless
such change was included as part of the original application.
A building may be erected, altered, and/or used, and a lot may
be used and/or occupied, for any one of the following purposes and
no other when authorized as a conditional use, in accordance with
the regulations hereunder:
A. The offices
of a physician, dentist, psychologist, or other state-licensed health
care professional, excluding inpatient services.
B. The offices
of an accountant, financial advisor, or bookkeeper.
C. The offices
of an architect, attorney, consulting engineer or outside sales person.
D. The offices
of a veterinarian excluding kennels, boarding and day care.
E. The offices
or studio of an artist, musician, writer, or designer.
F. The office
of a real estate broker, or an insurance agent.
G. Specifically
prohibited are carryout retail sales, schools, banks and personal
service shops, clinics and facilities for all forms of substance abuse.