A building or group of buildings may be erected
or used, and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following
purposes and no other:
A. The processing, compounding, treatment, packaging
and manufacturing of clothes, cosmetics, soft drinks, electrical appliances
and equipment; tools and hardware, jewelry, watches; musical, professional
and scientific instruments; metal working and treatment, such as stamping,
extrusion, heating, plating, rustproofing and similar uses; processing
of food excluding meat and fish; textiles, excluding bleaching.
B. Laundry, dry-cleaning or dyeing plant.
C. Laboratory, research, experimental and testing.
D. Printing, publishing, lithographing and similar processes.
E. Banks and office buildings as permitted in Article
XXVIII, §
230-169, of this chapter.
F. Wholesale, warehouse, storage or distribution center,
provided that satisfactory provisions are made to prevent traffic
congestion and hazard, and that loading docks are provided to load
and unload directly into the building. No retail sales display areas
are permitted and retail sales will be limited to that of an accessory
use.
G. Accessory use on the same lot and customarily incidental
to any of the above permitted uses not detrimental to the neighborhood
which may include:
(1) Storage within a completely enclosed building in conjunction
with a permitted use;
(2) A cafeteria or other service facility located within
the building and operated for the exclusive use of occupants of the
building.
H. The following indoor recreational uses: badminton,
basketball, gymnastics, handball, squash, tennis or other similar
sport, provided that any building proposed to house any of such uses
will be constructed in such a manner that will permit it to be readily
converted to at least one of the industrial uses permitted in this
section if the recreational use of the building should be discontinued.
I. Day-care center when authorized by special exception
by the Zoning Hearing Board.
J. Utility line, or any necessary governmental or public
utility use.
K. Municipal building.
[Added 12-23-2002 by Ord. No. 1153]
Under the provisions for a planned industrial
development, open space must be provided for recreational lands for
public use to preserve areas of nondevelopment in perpetuity, and
to protect environmentally sensitive and vulnerable areas from development.
It is the intent of this chapter to provide lands of meaningful size
which may be used for structured or unstructured recreational activities.
Therefore, open space shall be so designed and allocated as to be
a contiguous and free flowing entity, and wherever possible abut an
existing residential district. Two alternative methods exist to calculate
open space minimum provisions:
A. Dedication of open space.
(1) The developer may, upon acceptance of the land in
question by the Township, dedicate a parcel of land to the Township
or to any other governmental entity on request of the Township. This
parcel shall represent a minimum of 40% of the industrially zoned
tract. Right-of-way of dedicated road shall not be included in this
percentage. Such offer of dedication shall be free and clear of any
conditions or restrictions which shall limit the open space's use
for any public purpose the Township shall deem consistent with the
nature of the ground in question.
(2) Seventy-five percent of the parcel shall be free of
any floodplain constraints.
B. Covenant of open space. The developer may retain title
to the land used for open space under a covenant running with the
land perpetually prohibiting development of this land except as a
single recreational use. The use or any future changes or additions
to the use must be approved by the Township. Such use shall be limited
to 1% of ground coverage for building structure and 4% impervious
ground cover. Under this option the minimum open space required shall
represent a parcel of 45% of the industrially zoned tract. Recreational
use shall not be construed to pertain to primary recreational structures,
but to allow such uses as golf course, equestrian center with stables,
swimming pool with bathhouse, club (including normal accessory facilities)
or other similar use so long as such use does not generate noise,
fumes, exterior illumination or other characteristics which would
be objectionable to surrounding landowners. Under this option there
shall be provisions which insure that the open space shall be properly
maintained and repaired to the satisfaction of Horsham Township. Horsham
Township shall have the right to cite any violations in maintenance
and repair and after notice, perform such necessary maintenance and
repair, and charge to the developer or owner the cost of such work.
C. In computing the ground necessary for dedication of
open space or covenant of open space, up to 20% of the required acreage
may be contiguous vacant ground zoned other than industrial.
In addition to the requirements of this chapter, the plan for development shall comply with the applicable regulations contained in Article
IV, General Provisions, and Article
V, Performance Standards, except as follows:
A. All parking shall be to the side or rear of the structure.
B. No lot shall have access onto any existing public
road but rather must have access to an interior street to be created
at the time of subdivision and land development.
C. No lot access point shall exist closer than 200 feet
to an intersection.
D. Vehicular parking shall not be permitted on access
roads.
E. Sidewalks shall be provided as may be required by
Township Council.
F. Buffering. There shall be a buffer area of at least 50 feet along all property lines which abut residentially zoned districts, which shall be planted and landscaped in accordance with the requirements for a screen buffer as provided in §
230-31A of this chapter.