It is the purpose of the I-1 Limited Industrial
District to establish standards for and permit the location of light
industrial and office uses in areas of the Borough where the impact
on adjacent uses, particularly residential and open space uses, will
be minimal. It also is the purpose of this district to recognize and
afford maximum protection to industrial and office uses already in
existence. All uses shall be in strict compliance with the performance
standards of this chapter, and no uses of a heavy industrial nature
or with the impacts or characteristics of a heavy industrial use are
to be considered appropriate for this district.
[Amended 12-1-1999 by Ord. No. 99-14]
Except as otherwise noted in §
287-53 above, the following regulations shall apply to all uses in the I-1 District, subject to Article
XIA:
A. Minimum lot area: 1.5 acres.
B. Minimum lot width: 250 feet at the building setback
line.
C. Maximum building coverage: 30%.
D. Maximum other impervious surface coverage: 40%.
E. Minimum front yard: 40 feet.
F. Minimum setback of paved areas from any property line:
15 feet.
G. Minimum side and rear yards: 50 feet for each side
or rear yard, except that none shall be required along any railroad
right-of-way, and 150 feet shall be required when contiguous to a
residential district, unless the building is for administrative or
office purposes in support of the principal industrial use, in which
case the fifty-foot minimum for each yard shall be required.
H. Maximum building height: 35 feet, exclusive of roof-mounted equipment (as stipulated in §
287-71 of this chapter); additional height, up to a maximum of 55 feet, may be allowed, when approved as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board, where two feet of additional front, side and rear yard setback are provided for each one foot of increased height; except as shown on the Zoning Map for Zone 1 and Zone 2 of the Height Option Overlay Districts, taller buildings may be permitted in accordance with §
287-51D. Zone 1 buildings may be built by right up to five stories to a maximum of 75 feet; and up to seven stories to a maximum of 90 feet as a conditional use. Zone 2 buildings may be built by right up to four stories to a maximum of 60 feet to the extent shown in the Height Option Overlay Districts Map.
[Amended 8-1-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-10]
I. Minimum building height: two stories and a minimum
of 30 feet.
[Added 8-1-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-10]
J. Minimum vegetative cover. Not less than 25% of any lot shall be planted and maintained with existing and/or installed vegetative material, as further prescribed in §
287-77 of this chapter.
K. Buffer area. A minimum fifteen-foot buffer shall be provided where any lot in the I-1 District abuts a residential use or district or an open space district; in all other cases, a minimum ten-foot buffer shall be provided along all side property lines. Additional standards for the design of the buffer area shall be as prescribed in §
287-78 of this chapter.
The following standards of this chapter shall,
as applicable, govern all uses within the I-1 District:
A. Signs: as required by Article
XIX.
B. Parking: as required by Article
XVIII.
D. Access and traffic control: as required by §
287-80.
F. Interior circulation: as required by §
287-81.
H. Erosion/sedimentation control and stormwater management:
as required by the Downingtown Borough Subdivision and Land Development
Ordinance.
I. Central Business Revitalization Overlay District design standards: as required by §
287-51.1.
[Added 12-1-1999 by Ord. No. 99-14]
Any use within the I-1 District shall be conducted in full compliance with the standards contained in §
287-84 of this chapter and with the requirements of Chapter 109, Building Construction.
[Added 9-11-1991 by Ord. No. 91-19]
A. Except as noted herein below, area and bulk regulations for retail sales facilities shall be those applicable to uses in the I-1 District, subject to Article
XIA.
[Amended 12-1-1999 by Ord. No. 99-14]
B. Permitted uses for retail sales facilities shall be
those uses permitted in the C-3 District. Such uses shall meet all
criteria of the C-3 District regulations, except for area and bulk
regulations as noted above.
C. The following requirements shall apply to horticultural
retail sales:
(1)
Minimum front yard setback: 40 feet, except
that there shall be a fifteen-foot setback for flowers and shrubs
displayed for sale, not exceeding three feet in height.
(2)
Minimum side yard and rear yard setbacks: The setback requirements of §
287-54G shall apply, except that horticultural uses may have balled trees, plants, shrubs and vegetative materials within the required side and rear yards; no other materials or products shall be displayed or stored in any side or rear yard.
(3)
Parking: Minimum off-street parking requirements
shall be one space per employee at peak hours, plus 10 spaces per
acre.