[Added 3-9-1982 by Ord. No. 107; amended 3-11-1985 by Ord. No. 119; 7-12-1993 by Ord. No. 195; 10-12-1993 by Ord. No. 199; 8-9-1994 by Ord. No. 209; 3-11-1996 by Ord. No. 231; 3-11-1996 by Ord. No. 232; 4-9-2001 by Ord. No. 301; 11-20-2006 by Ord. No. 341]
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Editor's Note: Provisions of this article were originally adopted as Art. XXVI of the Zoning Ordinance but were redesignated as Article XIV upon codification at the request of the Township Board of Supervisors.
It is the intent of this article to reflect and implement the declaration of legislative intent stated in § 145-2 of this chapter and to further the goals and objectives of the Indian Valley Regional Comprehensive Plan.
In an LI Limited Industrial District the following regulations shall apply.
[Amended 6-17-2008 by Ord. No. 347]
A building or buildings may be erected, altered and used, and a lot may be used and occupied, for any of the following purposes and no other:
A. 
Administrative offices.
B. 
Manufacturing.
C. 
Contractor's office and storage.
D. 
Warehouse.
E. 
Self-storage facility.
F. 
Distribution center.
G. 
Flex space.
H. 
Printing, publishing, lithography.
I. 
Accessory uses on the same lot and customarily incidental to any of the above uses, which may include:
(1) 
Indoor storage in conjunction with a permitted use.
(2) 
Repair or maintenance shop serving only the permitted use on the property.
(3) 
Food service facility serving only the permitted use on the property.
(4) 
Day-care serving only the permitted use on the property.
[Added 4-12-2010 by Ord. No. 367]
The following shall be allowed or denied by the Franconia Township Zoning Hearing Board as a special exception pursuant to the standards set forth in this district in addition to the standards required in § 145-157.
A. 
Cellular telephone tower.
The following uses shall not be permitted in the LI Limited Industrial District.
Acetylene gas manufacture
Acid manufacture
Ammonia bleaching powder or chlorine manufacture
Arsenal
Asphalt manufacture or refining
Auto dismantling or junk establishments
Brewery
Candle manufacture
Celluloid manufacture
Coke ovens
Creosote treatment or manufacture
Dead animal and offal reduction
Disinfectants manufacture
Distillation of bones, coal or wood
Dyestuff manufacture
Emery cloth and sandpaper manufacture
Extermination and insect poison, fungicide and herbicide manufacture
Fat rendering
Fertilizer manufacture
Fireworks or explosive manufacture or storage
Fish smoking and curing
Forging
Glue, size or gelatin manufacture
Heat-treating, hardening, annealing of metals, anodizing, chromium and other types of metal plating, except when an accessory use necessary to a permitted industrial use
Lampblack manufacture
Manufacture or storage of illuminating gas
Match manufacture
Oil cloth or linoleum manufacture
Oiled or rubber goods manufacture
Ore reduction or the recycling of concrete or asphalt materials by crushing or other means
Paint, oil, shellac, turpentine or varnish manufacture
Petroleum refining or storage, except when an accessory use to a permitted industrial use
Potash works
Printing ink manufacture
Pyroxylin manufacture
Quarrying
Ready-mixed concrete or cement works
Refining or rendering of fats, bones or oils
Roasting coffee, spices or soy beans
Rolling mill
Rubber caoutchouc or gutta-percha manufacture or treatment
Salt works
Sauerkraut manufacture
Shoe blackening manufacture
Smelters and metal casting
Soap manufacture
Soda and compound manufacture
Solvent manufacture or processing
Stockyards
Stove polish manufacture
Sulfuric, nitric or hydrochloric acid manufacture
Tallow, grease or lard manufacture or refining
Tanning, curing or storage of leather, rawhides or skins
Tar distillation or manufacture
Tar roofing or waterproofing manufacture
Trash transfer or compactor facilities
Vinegar manufacture
Wool pulling or scouring
Yeast plant
Any use of the same general character as those listed above.
A. 
Lot area. A lot area of not less than three acres shall be provided for every use or principle building erected thereon.
B. 
Lot width. A lot width of not less than 200 feet shall be provided at the building setback line for every use or principle building erected thereon.
C. 
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on every lot within the LI Limited Industrial District which shall not be less than 50 feet in depth. Front yards adjacent to a nonindustrial district shall be 150 feet in depth.
D. 
Side yards. There shall be two side yards on every lot within the LI Limited Industrial District which shall not be less than 25 feet in width. Side yards adjacent to nonindustrial districts shall be 150 feet in width.
E. 
Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard on every lot within the LI Limited Industrial District which shall not be less than 25 feet in depth. Rear yards adjacent to a nonindustrial districts shall be 150 feet in depth.
F. 
Corner lots. There shall be a front yard on every street frontage.
G. 
Accessory structures. Accessory structures shall comply with the above-cited setbacks.
H. 
Building coverage. The maximum building coverage on a lot shall be 40%.
I. 
Impervious coverage. The maximum impervious coverage on a lot shall be 70%.
J. 
Height restriction. The maximum height for building erected or enlarged in the LI Limited Industrial District shall be 50 feet.
K. 
Flex Space. Each lot shall contain a minimum of 5,000 square feet of flex space, with all spaces having independent entrances and loading facilities.
[Added 1-20-2020 by Ord. No. 409]
[Amended 6-17-2008 by Ord. No. 347]
A. 
Public water and public sewerage shall be required if available or when it becomes available.
B. 
Parking shall be in accordance with Article XIX. No parking shall be permitted in any required yard, including driveways except for access across the front yard. A maximum of 10 spaces shall be permitted between the building and the street.
C. 
Signs shall be in accordance with Article XX.
D. 
General provisions of Article IV shall apply.
E. 
Floodplain regulations of Article XVIII shall apply.
F. 
Natural resource regulations: in accordance with Article XXVI.
[Amended 11-19-2018 by Ord. No. 400]
G. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection G, Riparian buffer regulations, was repealed 11-19-2018 by Ord. No. 400.
H. 
Landscape regulations in accordance with the Land Development Subdivision Ordinance[2] shall apply.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 122, Subdivision and Land Development.
I. 
Detention basin regulations in accordance with the Land Development Subdivision Ordinance shall apply.
J. 
All applications for use of land in the LI Limited Industrial District shall be subject to the full land development review and approval process before the Board of Supervisors. Additional information beyond the requirements of the Land Development and Subdivision Ordinance may be required. Such additional information may include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) 
Description of the operations.
(2) 
Description of the building and structures.
(3) 
Traffic report.
(4) 
Hazardous materials analysis.
(5) 
Outdoor storage in the rear yard only.
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot or premises may be occupied for any one of the following purposes and no other when authorized as a conditional use, in accordance with the regulations hereunder.
A. 
Research laboratory.
B. 
Corporate headquarters.
A. 
Lot area. A lot area of not less than 25 acres shall be provided for every use or principle building erected thereon.
B. 
Lot width. A lot width of not less than 400 feet shall be provided at the building setback line for every use or principle building erected thereon.
C. 
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on every lot within the Limited Industrial District which shall not be less than 200 feet in depth. Front yards adjacent to nonindustrial districts shall be 250 feet in depth.
D. 
Side yards. There shall be two side yards on every lot within the Limited Industrial District which shall not be less than 50 feet in width. Side yards adjacent to nonindustrial districts shall be 250 feet in width.
E. 
Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard on every lot within the Limited Industrial District which shall not be less than 50 feet in depth. Rear yards adjacent to nonindustrial district shall be 200 feet in depth.
F. 
Corner lots. There shall be a front yard on every street frontage.
G. 
Accessory structures. Accessory structures shall comply with the above-cited setbacks.
H. 
Building coverage. The maximum building coverage on a lot shall be 40%.
I. 
Impervious coverage. The maximum impervious coverage on a lot shall be 70%.
J. 
Height restriction. The maximum height for building erected or enlarged in the Limited Industrial District shall be 65 feet.
[Amended 6-17-2008 by Ord. No. 347]
A. 
Public water and public sewerage shall be required.
B. 
Parking shall be in accordance with Article XIX. No parking shall be permitted within 100 feet of a property line, including driveways except for access across the front yard.
C. 
Signs shall be in accordance with Article XX.
D. 
General provisions of Article IV shall apply.
E. 
Floodplain regulations of Article XVIII shall apply.
F. 
Natural resource regulations: in accordance with Article XXVI.
[Amended 11-19-2018 by Ord. No. 400]
G. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection G, Riparian buffer regulations, was repealed 11-19-2018 by Ord. No. 400.
H. 
Landscape regulations in accordance with the Land Development Subdivision Ordinance[2] shall apply.
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 122, Subdivision and Land Development.
I. 
Detention basin regulations in accordance with Land Development Subdivision Ordinance shall apply.
J. 
All applications for use of land in the LI Limited Industrial District shall be subject to the full land development review and approval process before the Board of Supervisors. Additional information beyond the requirements of the Land Development and Subdivision Ordinance may be required. Such additional information may include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) 
Description of the operations.
(2) 
Description of the building and structures.
(3) 
Traffic report.
(4) 
Hazardous materials analysis.
(5) 
Outdoor storage in the rear yard only.