[Added 9-3-1997 by Ord. No. 97-8]
A.
It is the purpose of the I-3 Multipurpose District
to establish standards for and permit the location of varied uses
in areas of the Borough where the impact on adjacent 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.
B.
The I-3 District was established for the redevelopment
of the Boot Road Corridor which spans from Brandywine Avenue east
to the Borough line.
A.
Uses by right. In the I-3 District, land, buildings
and premises may be used by right for any one or more of the following
principal purposes and no other:
(1)
Business, administrative, professional and governmental
offices.
(2)
Flex-space and trucking incidental to such uses.
[Amended 5-16-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-05]
(3)
Public utility installation and public service
structures.
(4)
Printing, publishing, binding and similar operations.
(5)
Research laboratory for scientific, industrial
or engineering purposes, excluding projects with the potential for
creating environmental or genetic hazards.
(6)
[1]Entertainment and recreation, restaurants, sports and sports-related
centers open to all age groups.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(6) through
(10), which listed various uses by right, was repealed 5-16-2007 by
Ord. No. 2007-05. This ordinance also provided for the redesignation
of former Subsection A(11) through (15) as Subsection A(6) through
(10), respectively.
(7)
Transportation center to include all modes of
transportation and accessory uses, including a helistop.
(8)
Retirement facility and health-care, physical
fitness and rehabilitation uses.
(9)
Universities and other adult educational institutions.
(10)
Uses customarily accessory to the above permitted
uses.
B.
Conditional uses. The following uses shall be permitted only upon the grant of a conditional use approval from the Borough Council, subject to the terms of this article and § 287-137:
(1)
Retail sales.
(2)
Gaming.
(3)
Mini-storage facilities.
(4)
Liquor license.
(5)
[2]All other uses as determined by the Borough Council to
be of the same general character as the uses by right.
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(5), which
listed certain food production activities as conditional uses, was
repealed 5-16-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-05. This ordinance also provided
for the redesignation of former Subsection A(6) as Subsection A(5).
A.
Except as otherwise noted in § 287-69.2 above and Article XIIIA, the following regulations shall apply to all uses in the I-3 District:
[Amended 7-7-1999 by Ord. No. 99-9; 5-16-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-05]
(1)
Minimum lot area: 3/4 acre.
(2)
Maximum building coverage: 60%.
(3)
Maximum other impervious surface coverage: 30%.
(4)
Minimum front yard: 40 feet with front yard
parking; 20 feet without front yard parking.
(5)
Minimum side and rear yards: 18 feet.
(6)
Maximum building height: 10 stories, exclusive of roof-mounted equipment (as stipulated in § 287-71 of this chapter).
(7)
Minimum vegetative cover: Not less than 10% of any lot shall be planted and maintained with existing and/or installed vegetative materials, as further prescribed in § 287-77 of this chapter.
The following standards of this chapter shall,
as applicable, govern all uses within the I-3 District:
Any use within the I-3 District shall be conducted in full compliance with the standards contained in § 287-84 of this chapter.
