The Office and Nonmanufacturing District is
hereby established as a district in which regulations are intended
to permit and encourage office and nonmanufacturing industrial type
development that will be so located and designed as to constitute
a harmonious and appropriate part of the physical development of Horsham
Township. In promoting these and the general purposes of this chapter,
the specific intent of the district is:
A. To encourage the construction of high quality office
and nonmanufacturing type facilities and continued use of the land
for such facilities.
B. To prohibit any use which would substantially interfere
or be inconsistent with the development, continuation or expansion
of these stated uses in the districts.
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. Scientific or industrial research, engineering, testing
or experimental laboratory, or similar establishment for research,
training or product development, provided there is no commercial production
of any commodity or substance.
B. Office and administration buildings.
C. Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily
incidental to any of the above permitted uses and not detrimental
to the district, which may include:
(1) Storage within a completely enclosed building in conjunction
with permitted use;
(2) A cafeteria or other service facility located within
the building and operated for the exclusive use of occupants of the
building;
(3) A recreational area for occupants.
D. Day-care center when authorized by special exception
by the Zoning Hearing Board.
E. Retirement/care campus. Any of the following uses shall be permitted as part of a planned campus development, provided the more restrictive building and coverage requirements as set forth in §
230-170B(1) shall apply to any such retirement/care campus development:
[Added 11-12-1997 by Ord. No. 97-1145]
(1) All uses as set forth in Subsections
A through
D hereinabove, as permitted uses.
(2) Church, chapel, synagogue or other place of worship.
(3) Public or private day school.
(4) Day-care facilities for senior citizens.
(5) Day-care facilities for children of employees of retirement/care
campus facility.
(6) Nursing care facilities, assisted living and retirement
community. For the purposes of this district, assisted living shall
be limited to the housing and care of frail senior citizens age 62
or older. Retirement community shall be an age-restricted development,
which may be in any housing form, and shall comply with the restrictions
and regulations for age restricted housing of the Federal Fair Housing
Act.
F. Municipal building.
[Added 12-23-2002 by Ord. No. 1153]
All special regulations required in I-1 Districts
shall be satisfied.