Township of Limerick

Accessory structures and uses

ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OR BUILDING
A structure or building detached from a principal building on the same residential lot or agricultural lands and customarily incidental and subordinate to the principal residential or agricultural building.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HI, HI-E, LLI, MHP, MS, O/LI, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5

Development Requirements:
Accessory uses appropriate to the primary permitted uses.

R-4 District:
See Attachment 1 for detailed information on development standards.
See also § 184-71: Accessory and livestock uses for more information.

R-5 District:
See Attachment 2 for detailed information on development standards.
See also § 184-71: Accessory and livestock uses. for more information.

LLI District:
Accessory uses appropriate to the primary permitted uses, including but not limited to a cafeteria or snack bar for employees or recreation facility for employees.

Administrative, business or professional offices

Adult day-care homes

Any adult day-care facility in which services are provided to between four and eight adults and where the day-care areas are being used as a family residence.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: RB

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
(a) Adult day-care homes shall meet the applicable standards of the Department of Aging and all other state and Township ordinances.

(b) One additional off-street parking space shall be provided per nonresident employee and one safe passenger unloading space measuring at least 10 by 20 feet shall be provided.

Adult Uses

Any business, club or other similar operation which permits patrons, clients, visitors or members to hear, view, read, lease, purchase, trade or exchange and/or participate in activities, publications, movies, video tapes and/or live or televised performances which have as their dominant theme or themes explicit sexual activities and/or the exhibition of portions of the human or animal anatomy which are not normally seen in public or in commercial or other club-type operations, including the genital areas, buttocks and female breasts, and which operations may or may not exclude minors by virtue of age. Included in the term "adult use" are bookstores, movie theaters, restaurants, bars and any other operation which qualifies for inclusion by virtue of the definition above, regardless of the type of other uses or operations which may also be conducted on or in the property or properties involved.

Districts Where Allowed Districts Allowed as a Special Exception: HI

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Adult uses may be permitted as a special exception in the Heavy Industrial District in accordance with § 184-43 herein and the following standards:

A. No adult use shall be permitted to be located within 500 feet of an existing residence, residential district, place of worship, school or school property line, playground, park or any other adult use.

B. No adult use shall be considered to be a permissible change of use, in conformance with Article VII, Nonconforming Status Properties, unless the subject property is located in a district where adult uses are permitted and can be shown to comply with the regulations, standards and criteria of this section.

C. Adult uses shall be housed in completely enclosed buildings, designed and used in a manner which prevents the viewing of adult use activities or materials from outside the building. No exterior display of products, activities or shows shall be permitted, except for a sign which identifies the name of the establishment and its hours of operation, in conformance with the requirements of Article XII herein.

D. If any portion of a use meets the definition of adult use, then that portion must comply with the requirements of this section.

E. The use shall not operate between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 8:00 a.m.

F. The application for the use shall list the full legal names and addresses of all owners of the use and all shareholders of any company that owns the use, in addition to the full legal name, address and day and evening telephone numbers of an on-site manager.

Agricultural uses, farm buildings and structures

The cultivation of the soil, and the raising and harvesting of products of the soil, including but not limited to nursery, horticulture and floriculture operations and keeping of livestock. This definition also includes all necessary accessory uses for packing, treating and storing agricultural products; provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of the normal agricultural activities.

Airport

The Pottstown-Limerick Airport in Limerick Township.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: O/LI

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Airport, in compliance with the following:

(1) Tract size and boundary requirements:

(a) Minimum tract size shall be 100 acres.
(b) Maximum tract size shall be 250 acres.
(c) Airport boundaries shall be as shown on the official airport layout plan as approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.

(2) Any airport operation shall be conducted under and subject to all licensing, safety and applicable airport design criteria and regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Aviation.

(3) The operation of all aircraft shall be subject to all applicable state and federal regulations, including control of noise, vibration and emissions.

(4) Any building to be constructed within an airport shall be set back at least 200 feet from any runway and shall conform to all other dimensional standards of this article.

(5) Airport uses. In an airport operation, structures, buildings or improvements may be erected or used and the lot area may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes:

(a) Aircraft runways.
(b) Aircraft taxiways.
(c) Aircraft parking and tie-down areas.
(d) Hangars.
(e) The sale, storage, repair, development, installation, fabrication and maintenance of aircraft, aircraft accessories and aircraft parts.
(f) Training for repair and maintenance of aircraft and aircraft accessories.
(g) Flight training facilities.
(h) The sale and storage of fuels and lubricants for aircraft and support equipment, in compliance with § 184-83G herein and all applicable state and federal regulations.
(i) Facilities for aircraft painting and washing.
(j) Terminal facilities.
(k) Aircraft rental.
(l) Navigational and/or guidance systems.
(m) Automobile rental.
(n) Restaurant facilities.
(o) Administrative offices related to other permitted uses.

Animal boarding facilities

Animal cemetery

Apartments

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, R-5 Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: MS

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per studio unit; 2 spaces per unit for any other unit.
NOTE: If, in addition to required off-street parking spaces, on-street parking spaces equal to an average of 0.3 parking spaces per dwelling unit are not available in front of the dwellings, then additional parking spaces equal to 0.3 spaces per dwelling unit shall be provided in conveniently located nearby off-street parking area(s).
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
MS District:
Apartments in accordance with the following conditions:

(a) Shall only be located in second and third floors of buildings with nonresidential uses located on the first floor, provided that the nonresidential gross floor area is at least 2,500 square feet.

(b) No more than 20,000 square feet in any one building may be allocated for residential uses.

(c) Such buildings must front on Ridge Pike with a maximum front yard setback of 30 feet.

(d) One residential dwelling unit is permitted for every 600 square feet of nonresidential gross floor area constructed, provided that bulk and area requirements herein are met. The nonresidential gross floor area cannot be used to permit this use if it is used to meet requirements for single-family detached, two-family or single-family attached uses. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for a residential dwelling unit unless a certificate of occupancy for 600 square feet of nonresidential uses has been issued.

Appliance and small equipment repair and/or rental

Automotive accessory sales

Bakery

Banks or financial institutions

BANK
A financial or fiduciary institution, including savings and loan, finance companies, credit unions and other similar institutions.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, MS, O/LI, RB, VC

Vehicle Parking:
Without drive-in - 6 spaces per teller window.
With drive-in - 6 spaces per inside teller window, plus 3 spaces per self-service facility.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
With the provision that any drive-in window shall be located to the rear of the principal building.

HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use):

Bank or financial institutions meeting the following standards:

(a) If a drive-in window is provided, a minimum of eight cars stacking area shall be provided, including the space at the window.
(b) These spaces shall not interfere with other parking spaces or internal circulation on the site.

RB District:
Provided that any financial institution drive-through facilities shall have stacking capacity for the following vehicles without interfering with parking spaces or traffic circulation: a minimum of eight total vehicles for all of the lanes or two vehicles per lane, whichever is higher, including the space(s) at the window(s).

Barns

Bed and breakfast establishment

A residential use consisting of one dwelling unit, together with no more than seven rooms or suites that are rented to overnight or weekly guests and where meals are prepared for the guests by the proprietors. The rented rooms do not contain kitchen facilities and do not constitute separate dwelling units

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, MS, VC

Vehicle Parking:
2 spaces, plus 1 space per rental unit. See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Bed-and-breakfast facilities, as defined in this chapter, may be permitted as a special exception in any residential district, as determined by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with the standards of § 184-43 herein and the following additional standards. Where permitted by right, bed-and-breakfast facilities shall also comply with the following standards:

A. A bed-and-breakfast facility shall be permitted only in single-family detached, owner-occupied dwellings.

B. The principal use of the property shall remain that of a single-family residential dwelling.

C. No more than seven guest rooms may be offered on any individual residential property.

D. One full bathroom (one toilet, wash basin, bath and/or shower) shall be provided for each three guest rooms.

E. The length of stay for any guest shall be not more than seven uninterrupted days.

F. Meals shall consist of breakfast only, and only for guests of the establishment. Owners shall comply with all federal, state and local requirements for the preparation, handling and serving of food.

G. Any amenities (swimming pool, tennis court, etc.) shall be solely for the use of the resident owner and occupants of the facility.

H. The owner shall maintain a current guest register.

I. Area and dimensional standards shall be those that apply to a single-family detached dwelling within the applicable zoning district.

J. One additional on-site parking space shall be provided per guest room and shall not be located in the required front yard area.

K. Any sign shall meet the requirements of § 184-92A herein for residential nameplates and identification signs.

L. Each bed-and-breakfast facility shall be equipped with smoke detectors and fire extinguishers in accordance with the requirements of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry and with the stipulations of the Township Fire Code. Guests shall be provided with information regarding the floor plan of the building and the location of emergency exits.

M. If the bed-and-breakfast facility is to be served by an on-site sewage system, the owner must obtain written approval from the Township's Sewage Enforcement Officer concerning the adequacy of the on-site system to serve the increased demand resulting from the facility.

N. A bed-and-breakfast facility shall only be permitted in a building that existed prior to 1940, although additions to such building may be made.

HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use)

See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

Building materials supply center

Bulk storage of highly hazardous chemicals or substances

Business or professional offices

PROFESSIONAL OFFICE
A building in which services are performed by a member of a profession, including an accountant, architect, author, dentist, engineer, insurance agent, landscape architect, lawyer, notary, optometrist, physician, planner, realtor or similar occupations.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, RB, VC Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: MS

Vehicle Parking:
Office - 1 space per 300 square feet of gross floor area.
Medical/dental office - 7 spaces per doctor and/or technician, plus 1 space per additional employee.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Includes medical, dental and other health care offices, veterinary offices and similar uses.

HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use)
See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

MS District:
See § 184-231A(8) for detailed information.

Camping area

CAMPGROUND
A plot of ground upon which two or more campsites are located, established or maintained for occupancy by camping units of the general public as temporary living quarters for recreation, education or vacation purposes.

Car wash

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, HI, HI-E

Vehicle Parking:
Full-serve -10 stacking spaces per washing space, plus one space per employee.
Self-serve - 5 stacking spaces per washing space, plus 1 space per employee.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use)
See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

HI and HI/E Districts:
See § 184-167Q for dimensional standards requirements.

RB District:
Gasoline service station and/or car wash, provided that:

(1) The minimum lot area shall be 40,000 square feet.
(2) If the lot will involve its own vehicle access onto an arterial street, then the minimum lot frontage along that arterial street shall be 200 feet.
(3) All activities shall be performed within an enclosed building, except those activities performed at fuel or air pumps.
(4) All auto parts and other storage shall be kept within an enclosed building.
(5) All gasoline pumps and aboveground fuel tanks shall be setback a minimum of 25 feet from the ultimate/future street right-of-way.
(6) No paint spraying or body or frame work shall be permitted.
(7) The use shall provide for coordinated traffic access with abutting existing and future development. If it is not possible to provide coordinated traffic access at the present time, provisions shall still be made for future coordinated access.

Carnivals

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, RB, VC

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
The following provisions shall regulate temporary seasonal carnivals:

(1) Such use shall only be permitted in a commercial district, another district permitting such use or on a lot with a minimum lot area of two acres occupied by an established place of worship, fire company or similar community service use granted nonprofit status by the Internal Revenue Service.

(2) The carnival shall be limited to two time periods per lot per year. Each time period shall not exceed seven days in length. A temporary use permit shall be obtained from the Zoning Officer.

(3) The carnival shall not obstruct sight triangles.

(4) Temporary signs are not regulated during the carnival.

(5) The applicant shall prove to the Zoning Officer that adequate parking and traffic control will be available for both the carnival and any other use of the property. The Zoning Officer may place conditions upon the permit to address parking and traffic control.

Cemeteries

Land used or intended to be used for the burial of the deceased, including columbariums, crematories, mausoleums and mortuaries when operated in conjunction with the cemetery and within its boundaries.

Clubs, lodges, fraternal organizations

CLUB
A group of people organized for a common purpose to pursue common goals, interests or activities and usually characterized by certain membership qualifications, payment of fees and dues, regular meetings and a constitution and/or bylaws.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, LLI, MS, VC

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 6 members of total designed capacity, plus overflow parking (on lawn or field) for 100 cars.
Restaurants or other public facilities shall be treated as separate uses for parking calculations.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use)
See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

HI District and HI/E District:
Meeting and recreational facilities for membership clubs, not including a firearms target range unless it is completely enclosed within a sound-resistant building.
See § 184-167Q for dimensional standards requirements.

Cluster developments

An alternative development method wherein structures are arranged in closely related groups, reducing lot sizes, preserving land for open space and permitting more imaginative site design than may be possible under standard development.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per studio unit; 2 spaces per unit for any other unit.
NOTE: If, in addition to required off-street parking spaces, on-street parking spaces equal to an average of 0.3 parking spaces per dwelling unit are not available in front of the dwellings, then additional parking spaces equal to 0.3 spaces per dwelling unit shall be provided in conveniently located nearby off-street parking area(s).
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
A. Intent. The intent of these standards is to:

(1) Protect environmentally sensitive areas, such as floodplains, groundwater recharge areas, steep slopes, woodlands, historic features and other uniquely valuable sites.
(2) Provide more usable and suitable open space and recreation for community residents than would normally be provided.
(3) Provide for a more creative, flexible and efficient pattern of roads and utilities than would occur under traditional lotting.

B. Clustering is encouraged in the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Residential Districts. The R-4 and R-5 Districts use the concepts of cluster development by providing for common open space for higher density housing.

C. Open space. Open space in cluster developments shall meet the requirements of § 184-82 of this chapter and the following additional requirements:

A buffer area at least 75 feet in width shall be provided along the external road frontage of a cluster development. The buffer area shall not be lotted out to homeowners and not included in the setback areas.

D. Tract size; dimensional standards. The minimum tract size required for any cluster development is 10 acres. All dimensional standards are covered in the regulations for the R-1, R-2 and R-3 Districts.

E. Water and sewer. All properties developed in accordance with the cluster development regulations shall be connected to public water and sewer facilities.

Commercial recreation facilities

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: LLI

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
LLI District:
Commercial, public or private recreation facilities, primarily for nonmotorized, low-impact recreation, including the following:

(1) Golf course (not including miniature golf).
(2) Swim club.
(3) Equestrian facility; boarding stable for horses.
(4) Country club.
(5) Ballfield.

Community center

Contractor's headquarters and storage

Convenience store

"Convenience store" is "specialized retail" and shall include terms "convenience retail" and "retail sales with gas station." A convenience store may include gasoline service station or electric vehicle charging facilities, a restaurant or tavern with or without seating or with or without a drive-through.

Vehicle Parking:
See Subsection B in "Development Requirements", below, for parking details.

Development Requirements:
Convenience store, as defined herein, is permitted as per the specified zoning district standards. All such uses, whether by right or conditional, shall demonstrate compliance with the following requirements:

A. Definition. See above.

B. Parking calculations for a convenience store shall include the following matrix:

(1) Parking shall be provided for eight spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, exclusive of parking at gasoline dispensers and electric vehicle charging stalls.

(2) Drive-through stacking shall be calculated as provided in § 184-76.3B(1), Drive-through restaurants.

(3) Designated curb side pickup areas may be included in parking requirements provided they do not exceed 25% of the parking stalls immediately adjacent to the building.

(a) Curbside pick-up areas in excess of 25% of the parking stalls immediately adjacent to the building shall be permitted when provided in addition to the required parking in § 184-76.6B(1).

(4) The site shall provide minimum of four parking stalls of a dimension of 14 feet by 50 feet for parking of oversized vehicle.

C. The plan shall provide a dedicated loading/unloading area which does not restrict access to parking facilities or obstruct internal circulation throughout the site.

Crematorium

Crop farming and keeping of livestock or poultry as accessory to crop farming.

AGRICULTURE
The cultivation of the soil, and the raising and harvesting of products of the soil, including but not limited to nursery, horticulture and floriculture operations and keeping of livestock. This definition also includes all necessary accessory uses for packing, treating and storing agricultural products; provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory uses shall be secondary to that of the normal agricultural activities.

Cultural use

A use which promotes art, drama, music, science and/or history, such as a library, museum, live theatre, community center, botanical garden, including studios for dance, art, music and photography. Exercise studios shall not exceed 3,000 square feet on any one floor.

Custom printing, photocopying and similar business services

Day camp

Day care centers

ADULT DAY-CARE FACILITY
Any premises operated for profit or not for profit in which older adult daily living services, as defined herein, are simultaneously provided for four or more adults who are not relatives of the operator. The following types of adult day-care facilities are regulated by this chapter:

ADULT DAY-CARE CENTER

Any adult day-care facility in which services are provided to eight or more adults and where the day-care areas are not being used as a family residence.

CHILD DAY-CARE FACILITY
The following types of child day-care facilities are regulated by this chapter:

A. DAY-CARE CENTER

A facility in which care is provided for seven or more children at any one time, where the child-care areas are not being used as a family residence.

B. FAMILY DAY-CARE HOME

Any premise other than the child's own home in which child day care is provided at any one time to four, five or six children who are not relatives of the caregiver, and where the child-care areas are being used as a family residence.

C. GROUP DAY-CARE HOME

A facility in which care is provided for more than seven but fewer than 12 children at any one time where the child-care areas are being used as a family residence.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, MS, O/LI, RB, VC Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Day-care centers and related facilities.
Child day-care centers, private nursery schools and kindergartens and adult day-care centers, as defined herein, are allowed as a conditional use in any district, except where permitted by right. All such uses, whether by right or conditional, shall demonstrate compliance with the following requirements:

A. Child day-care centers, nursery schools and kindergartens.

(1) The operator must be registered with the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (DPW) and must demonstrate compliance with all DPW regulations for such homes.

(2) One off-street parking space shall be provided for each employee and one safe passenger unloading space measuring 10 by 20 feet for each 10 children that the center is licensed to accommodate.

(3) When an off-premises play area is utilized, it must be located within 500 feet and be safely accessible without crossing at grade any arterial street or other hazardous area.

(4) The requisite outdoor play area shall be surrounded by a safety fence or natural barrier impenetrable by children or small animals.

(5) Outdoor play shall be limited to the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

(6) No portion of the outdoor play area shall be located less than 100 feet from an existing occupied dwelling without the owner's written consent.

(7) Any sign shall comply with the regulations applicable to the district in which the center is located.

(8) In any residential district, no day-care center in a freestanding building shall be located within 500 feet of any other freestanding day-care center, private nursery or kindergarten. Day-care centers in schools or places of worship are exempt from this requirement.

(9) All other applicable requirements of this zoning chapter, the Building Code, the Fire Code and all other applicable Township and state ordinances shall be met.

B. Adult day-care centers.

(1) Adult day-care centers must be registered with the Pennsylvania Department of Aging and must demonstrate compliance with all applicable regulations for such facilities.

(2) One off-street parking space shall be provided for each employee and one safe passenger unloading space measuring 10 by 20 feet for each 10 clients the center is licensed to accommodate.

(3) Any sign shall comply with the regulations applicable to the district in which the center is located.

(4) All other applicable requirements of this zoning chapter, the Building Code, the Fire Code and all other applicable Township and state ordinances shall be met.

HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use)
See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

O/LI District:
Day-care centers not housed in manufacturing buildings, storage facilities or any other permitted uses as described in Subsections § 184-155D and § 184-155E.

Distribution center

Distribution of materials, goods, foodstuffs and other organic or inorganic products

Drive-through restaurants

DRIVE-IN USE
An establishment which by design, physical facilities, service or by packaging procedures encourages or permits customers to receive services, obtain goods or be entertained while remaining in their motor vehicles.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, MS

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use):

A. Drive-through restaurants will be only permitted in the MS Main Street District; the Highway Commercial District Class II and Class III; the Retail Business District; and the LLI Interchange Overlay District. Drive-through restaurants will not be permitted in any other district.

B. Drive-through restaurants must meet the following standards:

A minimum stacking area for eight cars shall be provided, including the space at the pickup window.

Additional parking spaces will be required at a minimum of one parking space for 100 square feet of gross floor area.

Drive-through restaurants must meet all of the other requirements of the district in which they are located.

If a drive-through is located within 300 feet of the ultimate right-of-way of Ridge Pike and located in the MS Main Street District then all drive-through windows shall be located on a side and/or rear building wall that does not have frontage on Ridge Pike.

See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

Dwelling types, other

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: R-4

Vehicle Parking:
1 per studio unit; 2 per unit for any other unit.
NOTE: If, in addition to required off-street parking spaces, on-street parking spaces equal to an average of 0.3 parking spaces per dwelling unit are not available in front of the dwellings, then additional parking spaces equal to 0.3 spaces per dwelling unit shall be provided in conveniently located nearby off-street parking area(s).
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Other dwelling types similar to single-family (detached and attached), two-family and multifamily dwellings may be permitted by the Board of Supervisors under the development standards of the permitted use that they most closely resemble.

Educational, religious or philanthropic institutions or uses

Equestrian facility; boarding stable for horses

Exercise Club

Family or group day-care home

FAMILY DAY-CARE HOME
Any premise other than the child's own home in which child day care is provided at any one time to four, five or six children who are not relatives of the caregiver, and where the child-care areas are being used as a family residence.

GROUP DAY-CARE HOME
A facility in which care is provided for more than seven but fewer than 12 children at any one time where the child-care areas are being used as a family residence.

Fire, ambulance or other emergency service facility

Flour mills

Forestry

The management of forests and timberlands when practiced in accordance with accepted silvicultural principals, through developing, cultivating, harvesting, transporting and selling trees for commercial purposes, which does not involve any land development.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, HI, HI-E, LLI, MHP, MS, O/LI, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5, RB, VC

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
To encourage maintenance and management of forested or wooded open space and promote the conduct of forestry as defined in Article II, § 184-10, as a sound and economically viable use of forested land throughout the Township, forestry activities, including, but not limited to, timber harvesting, shall be a permitted use by right in all zoning districts, subject to the following regulations and requirements:

A. Hours of operation. No forestry operations conducted in the Township shall commence operations of any machinery utilized in the forestry business, including motorized vehicles engaged in the business, outside the permitted hours in accordance with Limerick Township Chapter 72, Construction Activities.

B. All outside agency approvals shall be obtained prior to commencing of forestry activities.

Frozen dessert sales and related manufacturing of frozen desserts

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Funeral home or undertaking establishment

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, HI, HI-E, MS, RB, VC

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 4 seats or per 50 square feet of public floor area, whichever is larger. See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use)
See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

HI and HI/E Districts:
See § 184-167Q for dimensional standards requirements.

Game farm, fish hatchery or hunting reserve

Garden supply center

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, HI, HI-E, O/LI, RB

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use)
See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

HI District and HI/E District:
See § 184-167Q for dimensional standards requirements.

Gasoline service station

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE STATION
Any premises used for supplying gasoline and oil, tires, accessories and services for motor vehicles at retail direct to the motorist consumer, including the making of automotive repairs.

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 300 square feet of gross floor area or 3 spaces per service bay, whichever is larger.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use):

Gasoline service station (not to include car wash) that meets the following standards:

(a) A minimum lot width of at least 200 feet along each street the lot abuts.
(b) All activities except those performed at fuel or air pumps shall be performed within an enclosed building.
(c) Fuel pumps shall be set back at least 25 feet from any ultimate right-of-way.
(d) All auto parts and other storage shall be stored within an enclosed building.
(e) No paint spraying or body work shall be permitted.

See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

RB District:
Gasoline service station and/or car wash, provided that:

(1) The minimum lot area shall be 40,000 square feet.
(2) If the lot will involve its own vehicle access onto an arterial street, then the minimum lot frontage along that arterial street shall be 200 feet.
(3) All activities shall be performed within an enclosed building, except those activities performed at fuel or air pumps.
(4) All auto parts and other storage shall be kept within an enclosed building.
(5) All gasoline pumps and aboveground fuel tanks shall be setback a minimum of 25 feet from the ultimate/future street right-of-way.
(6) No paint spraying or body or frame work shall be permitted.
(7) The use shall provide for coordinated traffic access with abutting existing and future development. If it is not possible to provide coordinated traffic access at the present time, provisions shall still be made for future coordinated access.

MS District:

Gasoline service station with convenience retail or retail sales with gas station in accordance with the following conditions:

(a) The minimum lot area shall be 80,000 square feet.

(b) If the lot will involve its own vehicle access onto an arterial street, then the minimum lot frontage along that arterial street shall be 300 feet.

(c) All activities shall be performed within an enclosed building, except those activities performed at fuel or air pumps.

(d) All auto parts and other storage shall be kept within an enclosed building.

(e) All gasoline pumps and fuel tanks shall be set back a minimum of 35 feet from the ultimate street right-of-way and all property lines.

(f) No paint spraying, body or frame work shall be permitted.

(g) The use shall provide for coordinated traffic access with abutting existing and future development. If it is not possible to provide coordinated traffic access at the present time, provisions shall still be made for future coordinated access.

(h) The total quantity of plant material shall be doubled for required property line buffers established in § 155-27.1C(5) and street trees and other landscaping established in § 155-27.

(i) A seventy-five-foot wide buffer shall be provided along property lines adjacent to residential districts.

(j) Maximum permitted front yard setbacks established herein shall not apply to this use.

(k) This use must include a convenience retail sale or grocery store with a gross floor area of more than 1,500 square feet.

Gasoline service station containing car wash

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, RB

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 300 square feet of gross floor area or 3 spaces per service bay, whichever is larger.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use):

Meeting all the requirements of the Subsection B(7).

See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

Gasoline service station with convenience retail or retail sales with gas station

Districts Where Allowed Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: MS

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 300 square feet of gross floor area or 3 spaces per service bay, whichever is larger.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
(a) The minimum lot area shall be 80,000 square feet.

(b) If the lot will involve its own vehicle access onto an arterial street, then the minimum lot frontage along that arterial street shall be 300 feet.

(c) All activities shall be performed within an enclosed building, except those activities performed at fuel or air pumps.

(d) All auto parts and other storage shall be kept within an enclosed building.

(e) All gasoline pumps and fuel tanks shall be set back a minimum of 35 feet from the ultimate street right-of-way and all property lines.

(f) No paint spraying, body or frame work shall be permitted.

(g) The use shall provide for coordinated traffic access with abutting existing and future development. If it is not possible to provide coordinated traffic access at the present time, provisions shall still be made for future coordinated access.

(h) The total quantity of plant material shall be doubled for required property line buffers established in § 155-27.1C(5) and street trees and other landscaping established in § 155-27.

(i) A seventy-five-foot wide buffer shall be provided along property lines adjacent to residential districts.

(j) Maximum permitted front yard setbacks established herein shall not apply to this use.

(k) This use must include a convenience retail sale or grocery store with a gross floor area of more than 1,500 square feet.

Golf course

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: LLI, RB Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5

Vehicle Parking:
3 spaces per hole, plus 1 per employee. Any area for restaurant, clubhouse, etc., shall be treated as a separate use for parking calculations.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
At least nine holes in length, with an area of at least 50 contiguous acres, including a clubhouse and/or restaurant facilities.

Golf course residential community

Districts Where Allowed Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Golf course residential community, according to the provisions of § 184-101C of this article. A golf course residential community shall include a golf course, plus any of the following uses and no other:

(1) Single-family detached dwellings.
(2) Single-family semidetached dwellings.
(3) Single-family attached dwellings, with a maximum of three units per building.
(4) Golf course uses, including the following:

(a) Retail pro shop and golf club repair facility.
(b) Golf teaching facility.
(c) Golf practice facilities, including driving ranges and putting greens.
(d) Club house with locker and shower facilities.
(e) Golf shelter facilities and comfort stations adjacent to tees of golf holes.
(f) Golf cart facilities and caddy shacks.
(g) Kitchen, restaurant, or snack bar, intended primarily for the use of the golf course patrons. These facilities may serve alcoholic beverages.
(h) Offices for administration, membership, or management of the golf course.

(5) Health club or athletic club.
(6) Day-care facility.

Greenhouse

Grocery or convenience store

Group home

The use of a lawful dwelling unit for the housing, support, oversight and care of persons who need such assistance because of physical disability, old age, mental retardation/developmental disability or another condition that the applicant proves to the Zoning Officer involves a handicap or disability under the Federal Fair Housing Act Amendments of 1988 or the Americans With Disabilities Act, as amended.

A. Such persons shall function as a common household unit.

B. A group home shall meet the restrictions in the definition of family for the maximum number of unrelated persons, except the number of bona fide paid professional staff shall not count towards such maximum and as may be approved under § 184-44C.

C. A group home shall not include a "treatment center."

D. See standards in § 184-76.1, below.

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 2 beds, plus 1 space per employee.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Group homes are permitted within a lawful dwelling unit, provided that the following additional requirements are met:

A. See definition above.

B. A group home shall not include any use meeting the definition of a treatment center.

C. See provisions for accommodations in § 184-44C.

D. The facility shall have adequate staff supervision for the number and type of residents.

E. The applicant shall provide evidence of any applicable federal, state or county licensing or certification to the Zoning Officer.

F. The group home shall register, in writing, its location, general type of treatment/care, maximum number of residents and sponsoring agency with the Zoning Officer.

G. Any medical or counseling services shall be limited to a maximum of three nonresidents per day. Any staff meetings shall be limited to a maximum of five persons per day.

H. A minimum of one off-street parking space shall be provided per on-site employee, plus one space for every two residents of a type reasonably expected to be able to drive a vehicle.

I. If a group home is in a residential district, an appearance shall be maintained that is closely similar to nearby dwellings, and no sign shall identify the use.

Health club or athletic club

Health services

Establishments primarily engaged in furnishing medical, surgical or other services to individuals, including the offices of physicians, dentists and other health practitioners, medical and dental laboratories, outpatient care facilities, blood banks and oxygen and miscellaneous types of medical supplies and services.

Health-care facility

A facility or institution, whether public or private, principally engaged in providing services for health maintenance, diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition, including a general hospital, public health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, rehabilitation center, extended-care facility, skilled nursing home, nursing home, intermediate-care facility, chronic disease hospital, maternity hospital, outpatient clinic, dispensary, home health care agency or personal-care facility.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, VC Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: MS

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
This use excludes outpatient clinics or dispensaries with a gross floor area greater than 1,500 square feet unless this use is part of a hospital with a minimum gross floor area of 100,000 square feet.

MS District:
Health care facilities, hotels, business or professional office uses and no other are permitted in buildings not to exceed 65 feet in height in accordance with the following conditions:

(a) One or more of these uses comprise at least 80% of the total gross floor area.

(b) Implementation of at least three tier A, and two tier B sustainable building practices as established herein.

(c) The total quantity of plant material shall be doubled for required property line buffers established in § 155-27.1C(5) and street trees and other landscaping established in § 155-27.

(d) A seventy-five-foot wide buffer shall be provided along property lines adjacent to residential districts.

(e) Shall meet any other conditional use requirements specific to the proposed use.

(f) Shall meet building and streetscape design standards in accordance with Chapter 155, Subdivision and Land Development.

(g) Minimum side and rear yard building setbacks established herein shall be increased one foot for each foot of building height exceeding 35 feet.

Home occupations

The accessory use of a residence involving the conduct of an art or profession, the offering of a service, the conduct of a business or the production of handicrafts on a residential site, pursuant to the provisions of Article IX of this chapter. The use is incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes and shall not change the character of the residential use or adversely affect the uses permitted in the residential district of which it is a part.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: MS, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
A. Permitted and prohibited home occupation uses.

(1) The following home occupations are permitted in any district, subject to the requirements in § 184-72B and all other applicable requirements of this chapter:

The professional office or studio of a teacher, artist, accountant, architect, landscape architect, minister, musician, engineer or practitioner of a similar character.

Custom dressmaking, millinery, tailoring, sewing of fabric for custom apparel and custom home furnishing.

A family day-care home, as defined in this chapter, in compliance with the standards of § 184-72D(3).

Any office in which chattels or goods, wares or merchandise are not commercially created, exchanged, or sold on site. No outdoor storage is permitted as part of this use.

Tutoring, limited to not more than two students at one time; tutoring of more than two students shall be considered a special exception, in accordance with § 184-72C.

A fine arts studio in which only individual works of art are created.

A barbershop and beauty parlor, limited to not more than two clients at one time. More than two clients shall be considered a special exception, in accordance with § 184-72C.

The professions of lawyer, doctor, and dentist.

(2) Home occupations shall not include commercial businesses, hospitals, clinics, animal hospitals, restaurants or cafes, hotels, boardinghouses or any similar use.

(3) Activities which qualify as no-impact home-based business as defined in Article II, § 184-10, shall not be subject to the provisions of this section.

B. Home occupation regulations.
The office, studio or rooms used shall be located in the dwelling in which the practitioner resides, or in a building accessory thereto.

The exterior appearance of the dwelling must be maintained as a residence. No home occupation activities shall be visible from a public street or from any neighboring property. No goods shall be publicly displayed on the premises.

No more than two outside employees, assistants, helpers, subcontractors, etc., shall be permitted, unless authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board, considering the size of the lot and the impacts upon nearby properties.

Vehicular access improvements shall be provided by the practitioner when a use generates more traffic than would normally be expected for a residence, as determined by the Board of Supervisors with the advice of the Township Engineer.

When more than two outside employees are permitted by the Zoning Hearing Board and/or when customers, patients, clients, etc., will come to the property, the home occupation proposal and use shall comply with the applicable requirements of Chapter 155, Subdivision and Land Development.

When more than two outside employees are permitted by the Zoning Hearing Board, one additional off-street parking space shall be provided for each employee, outside of the front yard area of the property.

When customers, patients, clients, etc., will come to the property, one additional off-street parking space shall be provided for each 300 square feet of gross floor area devoted to the home occupation.

One sign meeting the requirements for nameplates and identification signs of § 184-92A herein shall be permitted for any home occupation.

All home occupations in the Lewis Road Conditional Use Overlay District shall comply with the requirements of Article XXXII and § 184-72.

C. Special exception home occupations. See § 184-72C for details.

D. Standards for special exceptions. See § 184-72D for details.

Horse-riding academy

Hospitals

Hotel or motel

HOTEL
An establishment providing transient accommodations, containing a minimum of six rental rooms and having the following characteristics:

A. Access to rooms is provided through a lobby and internal hallways.
B. Building height is two or more stories.
C. It often provides meeting rooms, banquet facilities and ancillary commercial shops within the building, with internal hallway access.

MOTEL
An establishment providing transient accommodations, containing a minimum of six rental rooms and having the following characteristics:

A. Access to rooms is from directly outside the building.
B. Building height is only one or two stories.
C. The facility is generally served by a central office rather than a lobby.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, O/LI, RB Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: MS

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per room, plus 1 space per 200 square feet of additional public floor area.
Any restaurant, bar, etc., shall be treated as a separate use.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use)
See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

MS District:
See § 184-231A(8) for detailed information.

Indoor amusement facility

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, RB

Vehicle Parking:
Bowling alley - 5 spaces per lane.
Court for racquet sports - 2 spaces per court.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use):

Includes a bowling alley, billiard room or indoor court for racquet sports.

See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

Indoor commercial recreation facility

Indoor storage building

Indoor theater

Industrial engineering facilities

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HI, HI-E, LLI, O/LI Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: MS

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 450 square feet of gross floor area or per employee on largest shift, whichever is larger.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
MS District:
See § 184-231A(5) for detailed information.

Industrial research facilities

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HI, HI-E, LLI, O/LI, RB Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: MS

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 450 square feet of gross floor area or per employee on largest shift, whichever is larger.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
MS District:
See § 184-231A(5) for detailed information.

Job printing

Junkyard or auto salvage yard

JUNK- OR SALVAGE YARD

A. Any outdoor establishment or place of business which is maintained, used or operated for storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, and, for the purposes of this section, the term shall include refuse, rubbish, garbage and debris, whether salvable or not, and made of any or all materials. It shall not include, however, refuse or garbage kept in proper containers for the purposes of prompt disposal.

B. The terms "junkyard" and "salvage yard" shall not apply to the following:

(1) The storage of operable vehicles by a duly licensed motor vehicle dealer for resale;
(2) The storage of a maximum of two inoperable motor vehicles on a lot by a resident of such lot which are stored for restoration purposes.

Keeping of livestock (in conjunction with agricultural use)

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: R-1

Development Requirements:
Keeping of livestock is permitted in conjunction with a principal agricultural use, provided that the following requirements are met:

(a) No maximum number of animals shall apply if there is a ten-acre minimum lot area. If the lot area is less than 10 acres, then the requirements of § 184-71B(4) below shall also apply.

(b) All feed lots and structures used for housing the animals shall be placed a minimum of 150 feet from any lot line of any other property, unless a written waiver is provided by all owners of record of such other property.

(c) The keeping of 15 or more pigs or hogs that involves the feeding of garbage shall:

[1] Only be permitted in the HI district;
[2] Require a fifty-acre minimum lot area;
[3] Be set back a minimum of 300 feet from all lot lines; and
[4] Be completely enclosed by fencing.

(d) Height. See § 184-64B.

(e) A grass strip at least eight feet wide should be provided between a field and any street cartway or shoulder.

(f) New or expanded manure storage areas shall be set back the following minimum distances:

[1] One hundred feet from a perennial stream, river, spring, lake, pond or reservoir.
[2] One hundred feet from a private water well or an open sinkhole.
[3] One hundred feet from an active public water drinking well or water source surface intake, unless a larger distance is required by federal or state regulation.
[4] Two hundred feet from each property line, unless landowners within such distance execute a written waiver of the setback, or unless a wider setback is established by state regulations.

(g) A person owning or having in his/her custody livestock or poultry shall maintain the livestock or poultry so as to minimize health or safety hazards and noxious odors to persons occupying other properties and to properly control rodents and vectors, except as this provision may be preempted by the State Right to Farm Act, the State Agricultural Security Areas Act or other applicable state law.

(h) A person owning or having in his/her custody livestock or poultry shall not permit the animals to enter other property without advance permission from the owner or appropriate authority. Such lack of control of animals is hereby declared to be a nuisance and dangerous to the public health and safety.

Keeping of livestock or pets (not in conjunction with agricultural use)

Development Requirements:
Keeping of livestock or pets, not in conjunction with a principal agricultural use, shall meet the following requirements:

(a) A person owning or having in his/her custody animals shall maintain them so as to minimize health or safety hazards and noxious odors to persons occupying other properties and to properly control rodents and vectors. Only animals that are domesticated and do not represent a known safety hazard to humans shall be permitted as pets.

(b) A person owning or having in his/her custody animals shall not permit the animals to enter other property without advance permission from the owner.

(c) The following maximum numbers of animals shall be kept on a lot:

[1] A minimum lot area of two acres shall be required to keep one cow, horse, pig, hog or similar-sized animal. One additional animal of such size may be kept for each acre of lot area in excess of two acres.

[2] A minimum lot area of one acre shall be required to keep one sheep, goat or similar-sized animal. Three additional animals of such size may be kept for each acre of lot area in excess of one acre.

[3] A minimum lot area of 10,000 square feet shall be required to keep poultry or similar-sized animals. A maximum of four such animals shall apply, except that an average of four such animals shall be permitted for each acre of lot area.

[4] A maximum of six dogs, cats or similar domesticated small animals over the age of one year shall be permitted to be kept as accessory to a dwelling. A maximum of six rabbits or similar-sized animals shall be kept as accessory to a dwelling. A "kennel," as defined by § 184-10, shall only be allowed where specifically permitted by the applicable district regulations.

Kennels

Any structure or premises in which more than six dogs or domesticated small animals more than one year old are housed, groomed, bred, boarded, trained or sold.

Districts Where Allowed Districts Allowed as a Special Exception: HC, HI, HI-E, LLI, MS, O/LI, R-1, RB, VC

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Kennels, as defined in this chapter, are permitted as a special exception in the R-1 District and in all nonresidential districts, except where permitted by right, as determined by the Zoning Hearing Board in accordance with § 184-43 herein and the following additional standards:

A. A minimum lot size of five acres shall be provided;

B. No animal shelter or runway shall be permitted within 100 feet of any property line or 200 feet of any other dwelling.

C. The use shall be screened from adjacent residential properties, using Screen Type No. 2, 3 or 4, as specified in § 155-27.1D of Chapter 155, Subdivision and Land Development, to control noise and odor.

D. The total number of dogs permitted shall not exceed five per acre, not including dogs under six months old.

Landfill, sanitary and/or industrial landfill or solid waste facility, when operated solely by the Township or municipal authority,

SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY
A land use including buildings, land equipment and any other appurtenances used in the processing of solid waste, resource recovery, cogeneration of energy, recycling, incineration and/or landfilling as a means of disposal of solid waste.

A. DUMP
A site used primarily for the disposal by abandonment, dumping, burial, burning or other means and for whatever purpose of garbage, trash, junk, vehicles or parts thereof or waste material of any kind.

B. SANITARY LANDFILL
Any outdoor establishment or place of business operated or maintained for the disposal of solid waste by the method known as "landfilling" in accordance with any or all federal, state and local landfilling laws, statutes, rules and regulations. The term "landfill" shall have the same meaning as "sanitary landfill."

Districts Where Allowed Districts Allowed as a Special Exception: HI

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
When operated solely by the Township or municipal authority, subject to the following provisions:

(1) These regulations shall pertain in conjunction with and in addition to controls and restrictions imposed for other uses in this zone by this chapter or any other regulatory agency or body.

(2) The construction and operation of a sanitary landfill shall not be permitted unless a permit for such landfill has been issued by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the landfill is constructed and operated in accordance with Pennsylvania Act 241 of 1968, as amended, and the rules and regulations of DEP.

(3) In addition to the aforementioned, the following restrictions shall apply:

(a) Minimum lot size shall be at least 25 acres and no more than 50 acres.

(b) No more than one access road shall constructed to the entrance of the landfill. The access road shall be an all-weather paved-surface road negotiable and capable of supporting loaded solid waste collection vehicles.

(c) All-weather access road negotiable by loaded collection vehicles shall be provided from the entrance of the landfill to the dumping area.

(d) Maximum active dumping area shall be three acres. Continued operation of the landfill shall be subject to compliance with all state an d municipal regulations pertaining to landfills.

(e) No operations shall be carried on within 100 feet of any property line of the landfill or within 100 feet of any street right-of-way.

(f) No dumping shall be permitted on Sundays or legal holidays. Dumping is permitted only between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.

(g) The storage of fuel to be used on the landfill site shall be in accordance with all applicable federal, state and municipal regulations.

(h) Gaseous and particulate emissions from the landfill site shall conform to the prevailing federal, state and local air pollution control codes and regulations.

(i) A chain link fence of a minimum height of 12 feet shall be erected along all boundary lines of the area which is approved for use as a sanitary landfill by PADEP. The fence shall not contain openings greater than nine square inches and shall contain, at all entrances, gates which are locked, except during operating hours. A dense evergreen screen of a minimum height of 12 feet shall be maintained along all boundary lines of the landfill, except at the entrances.

(j) A plan for the reuse of the land shall be submitted, in writing, to the Limerick Township Board of Supervisors at the time of securing a permit for a landfill, if operated by the municipal authority. The plan shall be in compliance with the prevailing zoning at time of reuse.

Large-scale indoor or outdoor commercial recreation facilities

Laundromat

Library

Limekilns

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Lumberyards

Manufacture of asphalt

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Manufacture of cement

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Manufacture of highly hazardous chemicals or substances

Manufacture or processing of disinfectants

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Manufacture or processing of fertilizer

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Manufacture or processing of soap

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Manufacture or processing of wood pulp

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Manufacture, processing or storage of explosives

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Manufacture, processing or storage of gas

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Manufacture, processing or storage of paint

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Manufacture, processing or storage of petroleum

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Manufacturing, fabrication, assembly, processing, packaging, testing, repair and ancillary storage

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Manufacturing, testing, repair and ancillary storage or distribution of materials, goods, foodstuffs or products

MANUFACTURING
The process or operation of making wares or products from raw materials by hand or by the use of machine(s).

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: LLI, O/LI

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 450 square feet of gross floor area or per employee on largest shift, whichever is larger.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
O/LI District:
However, any bulk storage or bulk manufacture of highly hazardous chemicals or substances shall require special exception approval, and provided that the following uses shall be specifically prohibited in the O/LI District:

Meat packing

Medical or dental offices

Meeting and recreational facilities for membership clubs

Mini warehouse and self-storage operations

WAREHOUSE, MINI-
A building or group of buildings situated in a controlled access compound which are divided into individual separate access units which are rented or leased for the storage of tangible personal property.

Mining uses and mining operations

The extraction of minerals and coal from the subsurface of grounds located within the Township and shall not include open-face mining.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HI

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Mining, as defined above, shall be permitted in the HI Heavy Industrial District, subject to the following regulations and requirements:

A. Setbacks. Buildings and the outward edge which is part of any mining operation within the Township shall be set back from property lines and road frontages as follows:

(1) Front yard setback: 100 feet.
(2) Side yard setback: 100 feet.
(3) Rear yard setback: 100 feet.
(4) Setback from any residential building: 100 feet.
(5) Setback from road frontages: 100 feet.

B. Hours of operation. No mining operations conducted in the Township shall commence operations of any machinery utilized in the mining business, including motorized vehicles engaged in the business, until 7:00 a.m., and all such operations shall cease by 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, Monday through Friday only.

C. Exterior storage. Any exterior storage of mining product or byproduct shall comply with all recognized fire standards and safety standards and shall be screened from view with the planting of an appropriate evergreen screen.

D. Deliveries or transport to and from the site. No deliveries to the location or transportation of product or byproduct of the mining operation shall be conducted except between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, Monday through Friday only.

E. External illumination. Any external illumination to be placed on the site as part of or to assist in the mining operation shall be shielded from direct visual observation on any adjoining property or along any adjacent roadway.

Mixed-use development

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: VC

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Mixed-use development. Any use permitted in the R-5 Village Residential District is permitted, in combination with nonresidential uses, in compliance with all density and dimensional standards of that district and the following additional requirements:

(1) At least two dwelling types shall be provided, with each type comprising no less than 30% of the total number of units.

(2) There shall be a maximum of two driveway entrances per street frontage. No residential lots or units may have direct access to external arterial roads.

(3) Multifamily apartments must be located above a nonresidential use, with no more than four apartments per building. Such apartments shall be exempted from density requirements of the R-5 District.

(4) Each nonresidential building shall be located so as to meet the lot area, coverage and dimensional standards of the VC District, although subdivision of a separate lot is not required. The building footprint of a nonresidential building shall not exceed 7,500 square feet.

(5) Required open space shall be provided in the form of a central green, which shall be a minimum of 30,000 square feet in size. The green shall be located next to the area of highest intensity on the site and shall be surrounded on all sides by streets or buildings, but not by parking lots or vacant land.

Mobile home park

A parcel or contiguous parcels of land which has been so designated and improved that it contains two or more mobile home lots for the placement thereon of mobile homes.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: MHP

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Within the Mobile Home Park District, property may be used for a mobile home park, which may include the following uses:

A. Residential uses. A mobile home park may include single- or double-width mobile homes, single-family detached modular homes, conventionally built single-family detached homes and lot line homes or a combination of these, but shall not include travel trailers or motor homes. No more than 40% of the total number of dwelling units in a mobile home park may be conventionally built single-family detached or lot line homes.

B. The following accessory uses for the uses of mobile home park residents shall be permitted only as part of an approved development plan for the site:

(1) Laundromat.
(2) Grocery or convenience store, not to exceed 1,500 square feet.
(3) Recreation facilities.

C. Accessory structures shall be permitted on individual lots, as specified in § 184-71 herein.

D. Nothing in this article shall be considered to prohibit the rental, sale or resale of a mobile home located on a mobile home stand and connected to all utilities. Similarly, a model or display area is permissible on a temporary basis, provided that models are developed in accordance with all applicable regulations of this article and that use of the models for sales or rental promotion ceases when the project is fully developed.

E. Age-restricted mobile home park community.

(1) An age-restricted mobile home park community may be permitted as a conditional use, subject to the standards established herein in § 184-127, and elsewhere in the Limerick Township ordinances. An "age-restricted community" is defined as follows: any mobile home park in which at least 80% of the residences are occupied by adult singles or couples at least one of whom is 55 years of age or more.

(2) In the case of an existing mobile home park being converted to an age-restricted mobile home park community, households who established residency prior to the granting of the conditional use may remain regardless of their age. At least 80% of the residences occupied after the granting of the conditional use must be occupied by adult singles or couples at least one of whom is 55 years of age or more.

Road access. Any tract proposed for a mobile home park shall have direct access to a collector or higher classification street, as classified in Chapter 155, Subdivision and Land Development.

Regulations for an age-restricted mobile home park community

A. Permitted uses.

(1) Residential uses. A mobile home park may include single- or double-width mobile homes, single-family detached modular homes, conventionally built single-family detached homes and lot line homes, or a combination of these, but shall not include travel trailers or motor homes. No more than 40% of the total number of dwelling units in a mobile home park may be conventionally built single-family detached or lot line homes.

(2) The following accessory uses for the uses of mobile home park residents shall be permitted only as part of an approved development plan for the site:

(a) Those accessory uses permitted in § 184-122B.
(b) A lot for recreational vehicle storage, provided that it is screened from view of adjacent dwelling units.
(c) A utility shed for the use of individual homeowners.

(3) Accessory structures shall be permitted on individual lots, as specified in § 184-71 herein.

(4) Nothing in this article shall be considered to prohibit the rental, sale or resale of a mobile home located on a mobile home stand and connected to all utilities. Similarly, a model or display is permissible on a temporary basis, provided that the models are developed in accordance with all applicable regulations of this article and that use of the models for sales or rental promotion ceases when the project is fully developed.

B. Development standards: see § 184-123.
C. Dimensional and density standards, see § 184-127C for detailed information.

See Article XVIII: MHP Mobile Home Park District for complete, detailed information.

Mobile homes

A transportable, single-family dwelling intended for permanent occupancy, contained in one or more units, built on a permanent chassis, which arrives at a site complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, and constructed so that it may be used with or without a permanent foundation. It may not meet local building codes but does meet the standards of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, as indicated by the structural engineering bulletin(s) provided to the Board of Supervisors by the applicant. This term does not include recreational vehicles or travel trailers.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: MHP

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Dimensional and density standards shall be as follows:

A. Maximum density: five units per net buildable acre.

B. Minimum lot size:

(1) Single-wide mobile home: 5,000 square feet.
(2) Double-wide mobile home: 6,500 square feet.
(3) Single-family detached: 7,500 square feet (modular or conventional).

C. Minimum lot width:

(1) Single-wide mobile home: 50 feet.
(2) Double-wide mobile home: 65 feet.
(3) Single-family detached: 75 feet.
(4) Lot line home: 60 feet.

D. Minimum front yard: 20 feet, measured from equivalent right-of-way line or private street. No more than six mobile homes in a row shall have the same setback; when varied setbacks are utilized, the difference shall be at least four feet.

E. Minimum rear yard: 20 feet.

F. Minimum side yards:

(1) Single-wide mobile home: five feet; 25 feet aggregate.
(2) Double-wide mobile home: 10 feet; 30 feet aggregate.
(3) Single-family detached: 10 feet; 25 feet aggregate.
(4) Lot line home: five feet; 25 feet aggregate. A lot line home may eliminate the five-foot side yard if a five-foot maintenance easement is provided on the adjacent property.

G. Minimum common open space: 20% of the net acreage of the tract, no more than 1/3 of which may be in the required buffer area.

H. Maximum building coverage: 25%.

I. Maximum building height: 35 feet or three stories.

See Article XVIII: MHP Mobile Home Park District for complete, detailed information.

Motor vehicle garage or repair shop

Motor vehicle or recreational vehicle sales or rental and related service

Motor vehicle repair, storage and maintenance including motor vehicle body repair and painting

Motor vehicle repair, storage and maintenance not including auto wrecking yards.

Motor vehicle/boat/trailer/mobile home sales and rental

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: RB

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
A. Retail sales and/or rental, provided that:

(1) Motor vehicle/boat/trailer/mobile home sales and rental shall be permitted only on property within the RB District satisfying all of the below criteria:

(a) A lot having a gross acreage of not less than 10 acres in single and separate ownership;
(b) A portion of the lot is located within 500 feet of an on-ramp or off-ramp of Pennsylvania State Route 422;
(c) The lot does not abut property zoned for residential purposes.

(2) Motor vehicle repair shall be prohibited as a principal use and shall be permitted only as an accessory use to a permitted motor vehicle sales or rental use.

(3) If any lot involves 65,000 square feet or more of total retail floor area, such development shall only be permitted under the requirements of § 184-214A.

Multi-family conversion

A multifamily dwelling containing not more than four dwelling units that results from the conversion of a single-family or two-family dwelling.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: VC

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
A multifamily conversion or a combination of a nonresidential use and one or more dwelling units in a single building, meeting the following requirements:

(1) An existing building shall be used, and its front facade and front porch, if any, shall be preserved. Any building addition shall be located to the rear and shall be compatible with the existing building in size, scale and materials. Stairways, fire escapes and other structural alterations shall be located to the rear or side of the building.

(2) A single-family detached dwelling may be converted to a maximum of four apartments, and a twin to a maximum of two apartments, in addition to one nonresidential use. One or more nonresidential uses may be added in place of an equal number of dwelling units.

(3) A minimum lot area of 2,000 square feet per dwelling unit shall be provided.

See § 184-66: Refuse collection facilities for details.

Multifamily dwellings (garden apartments or flats)

MULTIFAMILY BUILDING
A detached residential building containing three or more dwelling units. Units may not be arranged entirely in vertical rows (like townhouses) and are generally located entirely above or below one another. Units may share outside access and/or internal hallways, lobbies and similar facilities. The dwelling units cannot be individually lotted, but instead, share the lot or tract on which the building containing them is located. The development is usually under one operating unit, as a rental or condominium development. This dwelling type includes, but is not limited to, garden apartments, flats and multifamily conversions, as defined below:

APARTMENT

A single dwelling unit in a multifamily building; a single dwelling unit in a duplex or other multifamily dwelling may also be referred to as an apartment.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: R-4, R-5

Vehicle Parking:
1 per studio unit; 2 per unit for any other unit.
NOTE: If, in addition to required off-street parking spaces, on-street parking spaces equal to an average of 0.3 parking spaces per dwelling unit are not available in front of the dwellings, then additional parking spaces equal to 0.3 spaces per dwelling unit shall be provided in conveniently located nearby off-street parking area(s).
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
R-4 District:
See Attachment 1 for detailed information on development standards.
See § 184-66: Refuse collection facilities for details.

Municipal and government uses

Municipal parks, playgrounds and other municipal buildings

Museum

No-impact home-based business

A business or commercial activity administered or conducted as an accessory use which is clearly secondary to the use as a residential dwelling and which involves no customer, client or patient traffic, whether vehicular or pedestrian, pickup, delivery or removal functions to or from the premises, in excess of those normally associated with residential use. The business or commercial activity must satisfy the following requirements:

A. The business activity shall be compatible with the residential use of the property and surrounding residential uses.
B. The business shall employ no employees other than family members residing in the dwelling.
C. There shall be no display or sale of retail goods and no stockpiling or inventory of a substantial nature.
D. There shall be no outside appearance of a business use, including, but not limited to, parking, signs or lights.
E. The business activity may not use any equipment or process which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors or electrical or electronic interference with radio or television reception, which is detectable in the neighborhood.
F. The business activity may not generate any solid waste or sewage discharge, in volume or type, which is not normally associated with residential use in the neighborhood.
G. The business activity shall be conducted only within the dwelling and may not occupy more than 25% of the habitable floor area.
H. The business may not involve any illegal activity.

Offices serving the general public

Offices, corporate headquarters and administrative centers

Open space

Public or private lands designated for the use and enjoyment of residents or tenants of a development and/or the general public, incorporating natural features, such as woodlands, streams or meadows, and including Township parks, trails and other recreational facilities; also includes common open space as defined above, and other private lands which are available for the use of Township residents (i.e., through access easements). See "common open space."

Other agricultural buildings

Outdoor amusement or recreation facility

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, HI, HI-E, VC

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
On a lot at least 80,000 square feet in size, in compliance with the standards of § 184-100A, E and F herein.

HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use):

See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

Outdoor commercial recreation facilities

Outdoor storage as an accessory use

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: LLI

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Outdoor storage as an accessory use, which shall be limited to occupying a maximum of 20% of the lot area, and provided that outdoor storage areas occupying a higher percentage of the lot area and junkyards and salvage yards shall be specifically prohibited in the LLI District. All outdoor storage shall meet the screening requirements in § 155-27.1 of the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance, or the successor section. Under this chapter, such screening shall be provided regardless of the distance between the outdoor storage and any adjacent street or lot line, if the storage will be visible from such street or lot line.

Parks, playgrounds and tot-lots

PARK
Any area which is predominantly open space, is used principally for active or passive recreation and is not used for a profit-making purpose.

Personal service shops

Personal service uses are the following and no other: barber, beauty salon, tailor, dress maker, shoe repair, photography, travel agent jeweler, watch repair, dry cleaner, tanning salon, dog grooming with no more than two dogs at one time, repair of computers, business service printing or duplicating, therapeutic massage and auto tag services. These uses may include accessory retail sales of products related to the services that are provided.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, HI, HI-E, MS, RB, VC

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 250 square feet of gross floor area devoted to customer service, plus 1 space per employee.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Includes but not limited to such uses as hairdresser, tailor, shoe repair, dry-cleaning dropoff and copy center.

HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use):
Personal service shops, including but not limited to such uses as hairdresser, tailor, shoe repair, dry-cleaning dropoff and copy center.
See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

HI and HI/E Districts:
See § 184-167Q for dimensional standards requirements.

Places of worship

A building used on a regular basis primarily for religious worship by 10 or more unrelated persons.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HI, HI-E, MS Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 4 seats. See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Not involving any residential facilities, except for a single accessory dwelling unit.

HI and HI/E Districts:
See § 184-167Q for dimensional standards requirements.

Planned office and/or industrial parks

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: O/LI Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: HI, HI-E, MS

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 450 square feet of gross floor area or per employee on largest shift, whichever is larger.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Development of planned office and/or industrial parks shall comply with the following:

A. The tract must have direct access to an arterial or major collector street, or the applicant shall upgrade the connecting local street to meet those street standards.

B. Although building lots within a tract may be individually sold and developed, the development shall be designed with unified standards for building design, landscaping, lighting and access to interior roads. These standards shall be submitted in the form of protective covenants which shall be binding upon developers of individual lots.

C. A development agreement shall be executed between the applicant and the Township for development of the entire park, to include:

(1) Generalized internal road layout and access points to surrounding roads, on-site and off-site road improvements.
(2) Stormwater management facilities.
(3) Existing landscape material and other natural amenities to be protected.
(4) Standards for building design, landscaping, lighting and access to interior roads, in the form of protective covenants.

D. As each building lot is developed, a land development plan as required by Chapter 155, Subdivision and Land Development, shall be submitted for Township review.

E. All building lots shall have direct access to interior roads, rather than to exterior streets, although emergency access to exterior streets may be permitted where no other alternatives are feasible.

Uses as part of planned development.

(1) The following shall be permitted as part of a planned office and/or industrial park development in compliance with the requirements of Subsection (2) below:

(a) Financial institutions.
(b) Retail stores.
(c) Restaurants.
(d) Medical or dental offices.
(e) Hotels.
(f) Large-scale indoor or outdoor commercial recreation facilities such as bowling alleys, skating rinks, fitness centers, tennis and/or racquet clubs.
(g) Hospitals

(2) Requirements.

(a) The applicant shall provide sufficient evidence to show that the use will be supportive and complementary to the park development.
(b) Vehicular access shall be only from roads internal to the office/industrial park.
(c) Dimensional standards of § 184-157, Class One herein, shall apply.
(d) The requirements of § 184-158, Planned office and/or industrial parks, shall apply.

Uses independent of planned developments.

(1) The following uses shall be permitted on individual lots, independent of office/industrial park development, in compliance with the requirements of Subsection (2) below:

(a) Vehicular sales and ancillary repairs, excluding vehicle body repair and motor vehicle painting.
(b) Lumberyards; sales of building materials and other home supplies.
(c) Nurseries; sales of agricultural and garden supplies.
(d) Veterinarians; animal boarding facilities.
(e) Hotels; motels.
(f) Large-scale indoor or outdoor commercial recreation facilities, such as bowling alleys, skating rinks, fitness centers, tennis and/or racquet clubs.

(2) Requirements.

(a) The lot used shall front on and provide direct vehicular access to an arterial street, as established in Chapter 155, Subdivision and Land Development.
(b) The dimensional standards for Class Two in § 184-157 shall apply.
(c) Vehicular access.

[1] Not more than one access point per 500 feet to an arterial street is permitted, unless a traffic study provides convincing evidence otherwise and upon the recommendation of the Township Engineer.

(d) No display of merchandise is permitted within the ultimate right-of-way. Any outdoor display area must be separated from the ultimate right-of-way by a buffer strip at least 15 feet wide, planted in grass, low-growing shrubs or other landscape material, in compliance with the Township's landscaping standards.

LLI District:
Planned industrial park as conditional use.
A planned industrial park may be permitted as a conditional use meeting the following standards:

A. The tract shall be a minimum of 15 acres in size, with minimum road frontage of 300 feet.

B. The tract shall have direct access to an arterial or major collector street, or the applicant shall agree to upgrade the street in question to the standards of a major collector street. Such improvements shall extend as far as the nearest intersection with an arterial or major collector street.

C. A traffic impact study shall be required, meeting the requirements of § 184-84 herein. The applicant may be required to make off-site improvements to ensure that the surrounding road system is adequate to serve the proposed development.

D. The development shall be designed in accordance with the standards of § 184-158, Planned office and/or industrial parks, regarding design and site plan requirements.

MS District:
Planned office and/or industrial parks in compliance with § 184-158 and in accordance with the following conditions:
(a) If retail, office, financial institutions, restaurants, hotels, hospitals or other commercial uses are included in the planned development then these uses shall be located in buildings fronting on Ridge Pike. All other uses shall be set back 300 feet from Ridge Pike.

(b) The total quantity of plant material shall be doubled for required property line buffers established in § 155-27.1C(5) and street trees and other landscaping established in § 155-27.

(c) A seventy-five-foot wide buffer shall be provided along property lines adjacent to residential uses or districts.

(d) Shall meet building and streetscape design standards in accordance with Chapter 155, Subdivision and Land Development.

Planned retail business center

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: RB

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
The following uses shall be permitted as conditional uses within the RB District:

A. Planned retail business center.

(1) A planned retail business center may include any use listed as permitted by right in the RB District. In addition, a planned retail business center may include the following uses:

(a) Retail sales uses with the only numeric limit on floor area being the following:

[1] If any of the following involve 65,000 square feet or more of total floor area, such development shall only be permitted if at least a portion of the contiguous tract is within 1,800 feet of any portion of a state-owned ramp of a limited access expressway:

[a] One retail establishment;
[b] Adjacent retail establishments in common business ownership (regardless of real estate ownership); or
[c] A set of retail establishments that are not completely separated from each other by vertical floor to ceiling walls (except for pedestrian doorways).

(2) A planned retail business center shall have a minimum tract area of 10 acres in single ownership or single equitable ownership that is not separated by an existing public street at the time of the conditional use application.

(a) This ten-acre minimum tract size shall not include existing and future/ultimate rights-of-way along existing streets, but may include rights-of-way of proposed streets.
(b) Owners of two abutting lots may submit one coordinated plan involving a total of 10 acres that is not separated by an existing public street, provided that the approval will bind the two owners to develop according to the coordinated plan.

(3) A planned retail business center shall abut at least one arterial street.

(4) Public central water and sewage facilities shall be utilized.

(5) A planned retail business center shall be developed following a single unified development plan, with a fully coordinated system of interior traffic access. Within the overall development plan, individual lots meeting the minimum lot area requirements of the RB District may be created, provided that each lot utilizes the interior access system, as opposed to an individual driveway(s) onto an exterior street(s).

(6) The use shall comply with the parking and landscaping provisions in the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.

See § 184-214A for complete, detailed information.

Plant nurseries, outdoor or indoor

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, HI, HI-E, LLI, O/LI, RB

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use)
See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

HI District and HI/E District:
Outdoor plant nursery or similar use and related buildings or structures.
See § 184-167Q for dimensional standards requirements.

Printing, publishing, lithography and similar processes

Private electrical and private utility facilties

Districts Where Allowed Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: HI-E

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
A private electrical utility facility and a private utility facility may be permitted as a conditional use, subject to defined standards.

A. Standards of approval.

There shall be a minimum lot size of 50 acres.

There shall be a minimum road frontage of 300 feet on each of two separate public roads.

Impervious coverage shall not exceed 30% of the lot area or the net buildable acreage, whichever is less.

Building coverage shall not exceed 10% of the net buildable acreage.

Maximum floor area ratio shall be 0.10.

Building setbacks shall be:

(a) From any property line that is adjacent to a commercial district or industrial district: 50 feet.
(b) From any property line that is adjacent to a residential district: 250 feet.
(c) From the ultimate right-of-way of any abutting street on the opposite side of which is located in a commercial or industrial district 100 feet.

(d) From the ultimate tight-of-way of any abutting street on the opposite side of which is located in a residential zoning district: 250 feet.

There shall be no parking or loading, or any driveways, except for those required for ingress and egress, in the building setback areas.

The maximum height of any structure shall be 90 feet. Chimneys, spires, towers and similar structures may be increased in height, up to a limit of 160 feet; however, for each foot of height in excess of 90 feet there shall be an increase in perimeter setbacks of three additional feet.

The facility shall be served by public sewer and public water systems.

All applicants for these facilities shall be required to demonstrate that the proposed use will have no adverse effect on the surrounding area. The applicant shall have an analysis prepared to show compliance with the legislative intent of this article as well as compliance with standards of appropriate state and federal regulatory agencies.

Landscaped buffers, either natural or man-made, and site element screens shall be provided and shall comply with the provisions of § 155-27.1 relating to subdivision and land development, as well as § 184-157E of this chapter.

A traffic impact analysis shall be provided and shall address all aspects of traffic safety and improvements which will be necessitated by the traffic generation of the facility.

All facilities shall have a maximum sound level of 60 dBA between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. and a level of 55 dBA at all other times. The standard shall be measured at all lot lines adjacent to a residential use or district. The noise levels shall be measured in accordance with the standards set forth in § 184-83. There shall be no prominent discrete tones that are above normal sound levels off-premises. Silencers must be utilized during steam blow activities.

All other requirements of this code shall be met by the applicant. All standards in this section shall be in addition to and not in replacement of any other requirements of the Zoning Code.

Private garages and parking spaces

PARKING SPACE
An open or covered area with a dust-free, all-weather surface which shall be at least nine by 18 feet in size for the storage of one automobile, accessible via a driveway.

Private greenhouses and garden sheds

Private recreation facilities

Production of crafts, woodworking or similar uses by artisans

Public or private primary or secondary school

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: RB Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5

Vehicle Parking:
Elementary or intermediate school - 1.75 spaces per classroom.
High school - 5 spaces per classroom.
NOTE: All schools shall designate an area of level lawn or field for overflow parking for special events, which shall provide at least 100 parking spaces or one space per two students of total capacity, whichever is less. This area may be on an adjacent property, if written permission is secured from the property owner.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Public recreation facilities

Public utility facility

A building or structure and its equipment used for the transmission and exchange of radio, gas, power, sewer and water facilities; provided, however, that in a residential district these shall not include public business facilities, storage of materials, trucks or repair facilities or housing or repair crews. This shall not include a structure for the generation of energy. This definition of "public utilities facility" shall not include Wireless Telecommunication Facilities which are regulated under Article XXXIV of this Zoning Ordinance.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, HI-E, LLI, MS, O/LI, RB, VC Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Customarily located in a residential district to serve nearby residences, excluding cellular phone towers and related equipment, and ground base cabinet structures.

HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use)

See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

Publicly owned recreation use or noncommercial athletic fields

Radio and/or television studios and transmission facilities

Rail freight station or other necessary public service or transportation uses.

Recreation facilities

Rental of goods, merchandise or equipment

Residential conversions

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: MS

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
The Zoning Hearing Board may allow as a special exception the conversion of a single-family detached dwelling into a dwelling for a greater number of families, subject to the following requirements:

Each dwelling unit shall not have less than 500 square feet of floor area.

The lot area per dwelling unit is not reduced thereby to an amount less than that required by this chapter for the district in which the designated lot is located.

The yard and building area requirements for the district in which the building is located shall not be reduced.

There is no external alteration of the building except as may be necessary for reasons of safety. Fire escapes and outside stairways shall, where practicable, be located to the rear of the building.

The Zoning Hearing Board shall specify the maximum number of families permitted to occupy such building and may prescribe such further conditions and restrictions as the Board may consider appropriate.

The off-street parking requirements of this chapter, or any other arrangements as deemed appropriate by the Zoning Hearing Board, are met.

All applicable state and federal water and sewer requirements shall apply.

Residential uses or development

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, LLI

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use):

Each lot is permitted one residential use, which may be either:

(a) An apartment unit in a new or existing building.

(b) A single-family detached unit, developed according to the dimensional standards of the R-3 District and the following additional standards:

[1] If a single-family detached dwelling and a nonresidential use share a single lot, the minimum required lot area shall be provided for each use.

[2] If public water service and/or public sewer service are not available, the dimensional standards will vary as specified in § 184-110 herein.

See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

LLI District:
Residential development, in accordance with the area requirements and density and dimensional standards of the R-1 Residential District.

Restaurants or taverns

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, MS, O/LI, RB, VC

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 100 square feet of gross floor area. See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use)
See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

RB District:
Includes drive-through restaurants, in accordance with § 184-76.3B.

Retail establishments

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, HI, HI-E, MS, O/LI, VC

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 250 square feet of gross floor area. See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Includes uses such as grocery, bakery, hardware store, drugstore and similar uses, up to a maximum floor area of 5,000 square feet per use.

HC District (Class One, Class Two or Class Three permitted use):
Retail establishments for sale of dry goods, variety merchandise, clothing, food, beverages, flowers, plants, drugs, hardware, books, furnishings and sale and repair of jewelry, optical goods, cameras and home appliances and similar uses.
See § 184-138: Use regulations for detailed information about Class One, Class Two and Class Three Lots for this district.

HI District and HI/E District:
Retail stores involving a maximum floor area of 20,000 square feet per lot.
See § 184-167Q for dimensional standards requirements.

RB District:
This use does not include the sale of gasoline or the sale, repair or servicing of vehicles, such as automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, farm equipment, boats, motorized and nonmotorized recreational vehicles, trailers, construction equipment and related accessories and attachments, mobile homes, or other vehicles.

Retail garden center

This use does not include the sale of gasoline or the sale, repair or servicing of vehicles, such as automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, farm equipment, boats, motorized and nonmotorized recreational vehicles, trailers, construction equipment and related accessories and attachments, mobile homes, or other vehicles.

Roadside stand

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Roadside stands for display and sale of farm products, in accordance with the following:

(a) A minimum of 50% of the total products offered for sale shall have been produced by the operator of the market, by his/her relatives. A maximum of 1,500 square feet of building floor area shall be occupied by such use.

(b) At least three off-street parking spaces shall be provided on the lot. Where building area exceeds 600 square feet, one additional parking space shall be provided for each additional 200 square feet of building area.

(c) Sale of farm products shall be conducted either from a temporary stand, dismantled at the end of the growing season, or from a permanent building, sited in compliance with all setback requirements for the zoning district in which it is located. Any temporary structure shall be set back at least 25 feet from the edge of the cartway of the adjacent road.

(d) See sign provisions in § 184-92G(7).

Sales of agricultural and garden supplies

Scientific engineering facilities

Scientific or medical research facilities

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HI, HI-E, LLI, O/LI, RB Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: MS

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
MS District:
Scientific or industrial research or engineering facilities in accordance with the following conditions:

(a) Must be set back 300 feet from Ridge Pike ultimate right-of-way. Maximum front yard setback provisions established herein shall not apply to this use.

(b) The total quantity of plant material shall be doubled for required property line buffers established in § 155-27.1C(5) and street trees and other landscaping established in § 155-27.

(c) A seventy-five-foot wide buffer shall be provided along all property lines adjacent to residential districts.

(d) The building facade, architectural parapets or other opaque screens shall be used to screen from view of public roadways all industrial appurtenances such as pipes, stacks, telecommunications, exhaust, satellite dishes, tanks, air handling or HVAC units, and similar structures.

Shelters for pets

Single-family attached dwellings (townhouses and multiplexes)

SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLING UNIT
A dwelling unit having its own independent outside access, with no other dwelling units located directly and totally above or below it, and having party walls in common with at least one but not more than three adjacent similar dwelling units, and located in a building comprised of at least three dwelling units. Each dwelling unit may be individually lotted, or owned as a condominium. This dwelling type shall include but not be limited to dwelling units commonly known as "townhouses," "rowhouses," "triplexes," "quadruplexes" and "multiplexes."

(1) TOWNHOUSE (ROWHOUSE)

A single-family attached dwelling in a row of at least three units, with one dwelling unit from ground to roof, with individual outside access. Although these units are in rows, their design should de-emphasize a lined up appearance.

(2) MULTIPLEX

An attached dwelling arranged in a group of no more than six units, in a variety of configurations: side-by-side, back-to-back or vertically. Because of the variety of configurations, a multiplex can be designed to look like a large, single-family detached house; this feature is encouraged.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: R-3, R-4, R-5 Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: MS

Vehicle Parking:
2 spaces per dwelling unit. See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Provided that public sewer and water service are available.

R-4 District:
See Attachment 1 for detailed information on development standards.
See also § 184-114F for more information.

R-5 District:
See Attachment 2 for detailed information on development standards.
See also § 184-119F for more information.

MS District:
Single-family attached in accordance with the following conditions:

(a) One residential dwelling unit is permitted for every 1,200 square feet of nonresidential gross floor area constructed, provided that bulk and area requirements herein are met. The nonresidential gross floor area cannot be used to permit this use if it is used to meet requirements for single-family detached, apartments or two-family uses. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for a residential dwelling unit unless a certificate of occupancy for 1,200 square feet of nonresidential uses has been issued.

(b) The residential area must be subdivided separately from the commercial area for the purposes of calculating stormwater management, area and bulk requirements.

(c) The entire area subdivided for residential uses shall be set back 300 feet from Ridge Pike ultimate right-of-way. This setback shall not apply to stormwater management facilities that are shared between residential and nonresidential uses.

(d) The perimeter of the area subdivided for residential uses shall contain a twenty-five-foot wide buffer in accordance with § 155-27.1: Buffers and screens along all property lines and adjacent to nonresidential uses.

(e) Two-family uses shall establish the applicable front yard setbacks from an internal roadway or existing roadways other than Ridge Pike.

(f) For developments with 30 or more dwelling units: 400 square feet of common use area shall be provided for each dwelling unit in accordance with the following:

[1] The common use area shall not overlap the required buffer area except to connect to open space on contiguous parcels.
[2] The common use area shall be accessible to residential units and consist of a contiguous area of at least 11,000 square feet. The perimeter of the common use area shall not have a dimension less than 50 feet on any one side.
[3] The common use area shall connect to adjacent open space parcels.
[4] Residential buildings located adjacent to a common use area or residential buildings located along a street adjacent to a common use area shall be oriented so that at least 60% of the buildings provide frontage on the common use area.
[5] Buildings with frontage on the common use area shall provide side or rear loaded garages.

(g) Single-family attached uses shall establish the applicable front yard setbacks from an internal roadway or existing roadways other than Ridge Pike.

(h) No one building may consist of more than eight dwelling units.

(i) Horizontal articulation: all dwelling units shall contain a minimum one-foot horizontal roof offset from roofs of neighboring dwelling units to vary the massing of a building and relieve the effect of a single, long roof.

(j) Vertical articulation: all dwelling units shall contain a minimum two-foot vertical front facade offset from front facades of neighboring dwelling units to vary the massing of a building and relieve the effect of a single, long wall.

(k) All residential buildings shall have pitched roofs.

See § 184-66: Refuse collection facilities for details.

Single-family conversion

CONVERSION
The remodeling or alteration of a structure so as to accommodate more leasable or saleable units or a different use than what had originally been intended for the structure. Includes the alteration of a nonresidential structure into a dwelling unit(s) for at least one family, the modification of a single-family structure to accommodate more units than originally intended, the alteration of existing dwellings into a commercial use and the alteration of an existing dwelling into a mixed commercial and residential use.

Single-family detached (village house)

A single-family detached house on a separate lot. It differs from other forms of single-family detached housing in its lot size and its placement on the lot, which are similar to houses found in historic villages and boroughs. The house is placed close to the street and is distinguished from other single-family houses by planting or architectural treatments. In order to qualify for this use, the garage shall be set back at least 10 feet behind the front facade of the building, and each unit shall meet two or more of the following criteria:

(1) Two canopy trees per lot, or three flowering trees per lot, located within the front yard.

(2) An unenclosed porch, running across at least three-fourths of the house front, being at least seven feet in width.

(3) A front yard raised above sidewalk grade by at least 30 inches with a retaining wall of at least 18 inches at the sidewalk line.

(4) A fence of at least 30 inches and no more than four feet in height, enclosing the front yard, plus one flowering shrub per 60 inches across the width of the house front.

(5) Intensive planting of one shade tree, one flowering tree, and one flowering shrub per 30 inches across the width of the house front.

(6) A hedge of shrubs planted 18 inches apart across the width of the front yard.

Single-family detached dwellings

A dwelling designed for and occupied exclusively as a residence for only one family and not attached to any other building or dwelling units

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, MHP, MS, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
R-3 District:
Single-family detached dwellings:

(1) Traditional.
(2) Lot line.

R-4 District:
See Attachment 1 for detailed information on development standards.

R-5 District:
See Attachment 2 for detailed information on development standards.

MS District:
Small lot single-family detached in accordance with the following conditions:

(a) One residential dwelling unit is permitted for every 1,200 square feet of nonresidential gross floor area constructed, provided that bulk and area requirements herein are met. The nonresidential gross floor area cannot be used to permit this use if it is used to meet requirements for two-family, apartments or single-family attached uses. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for a residential dwelling unit unless a certificate of occupancy for 1,200 square feet of nonresidential uses has been issued.

(b) The residential area must be subdivided separately from the commercial area for the purposes of calculating stormwater management, area and bulk requirements.

(c) The entire area subdivided for residential uses shall be set back 300 feet from Ridge Pike ultimate right-of-way. This setback shall not apply to stormwater management facilities that are shared between residential and nonresidential uses.

(d) The perimeter of the area subdivided for residential uses shall contain a twenty-five-foot wide buffer in accordance with § 155-27.1: Buffers and screens along all property lines and adjacent to nonresidential uses.

(e) Small lot single-family detached uses shall establish the applicable front yard setbacks from an internal roadway or existing roadways other than Ridge Pike.

(f) For developments with 30 or more dwelling units: 400 square feet of common use area shall be provided for each dwelling unit in accordance with the following:

[1] The common use area shall not overlap the required buffer area except to connect to open space on contiguous parcels.
[2] The common use area shall be accessible to residential units and consist of a contiguous area of at least 11,000 square feet. The perimeter of the common use area shall not have a dimension less than 50 feet on any one side.
[3] The common use area shall connect to adjacent open space parcels.
[4] Residential buildings located adjacent to a common use area or residential buildings located along a street adjacent to a common use area shall be oriented so that at least 60% of the buildings provide frontage on the common use area.
[5] Buildings with frontage on the common use area shall provide side or rear loaded garages.

(g) All residential buildings shall have pitched roofs.

Single-family detached modular home

A single-family dwelling unit for permanent occupancy, made by assembling one or more factory-produced, three-dimensional sections into one integral building not capable of easily being separated for repeated towing, whose construction materials must conform to those of conventionally built units, as required by the Township's Building Code, and must be placed on a permanent foundation. A copy of the structural engineering bulletin(s) must be provided to the Board of Supervisors, indicating approval of the dwelling or its components by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Slaughterhouse or animal rendering plant

Specialized retail

Retail shops and stores selling gifts, novelties, flowers, books, periodicals, jewelry, apparel, tobacco, toys, crafts, hobby supplies, cameras and film, stationery or antiques. Stores in excess of 7,500 square feet in a single structure are not included in this use. Adult uses are excluded.

Storage, warehousing and/or distribution of materials, goods, foodstuffs or products

WAREHOUSE
A building or group of buildings primarily used for the commercial storage, transfer and distribution of products and materials.

WAREHOUSE, MINI-
A building or group of buildings situated in a controlled access compound which are divided into individual separate access units which are rented or leased for the storage of tangible personal property.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: O/LI

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 1,500 square feet of gross floor area or per employee on largest shift, whichever is larger.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Includes mini-warehouse and self-storage operations, provided that:

(1) As a principal use, conditional use approval shall be required if the total floor area of the building exceeds 100,000 square feet. Storage, warehousing and/or distribution that is clearly accessory to a principal permitted by right manufacturing use shall not need conditional use approval.

(2) A trucking company terminal shall not be permitted.

(3) The following uses shall be specifically prohibited in the O/LI District:

(a) Outdoor storage that occupies more than 20% of the lot area.
(b) Outdoor storage as the principal use of a property.
(c) Junkyards.
(d) Salvage yards.

Studios for art, dance, music, exercise or photography

Summer camp

Swim club

Swimming pools, noncommercial

SWIMMING POOL
A body of water or receptacle for water having a depth at any point greater than 30 inches which is primarily used or intended to be used for swimming or bathing.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: RB

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Noncommercial swimming pools or other recreational facilities.

(a) All aboveground and in-ground pools as well as all filters, pumps and other mechanical equipment and associated pool decking shall conform to a ten-foot side yard setback and ten-foot rear yard setback.

(b) Any floodlighting or other illumination used in conjunction with the pool shall be shielded and directed away from adjoining properties.

(c) Fencing.

[1] In-ground pools shall be completely enclosed by a fence or wall not less than four feet in height. If a fence is used, the vertical and horizontal interfaces shall be no more than two inches. All gates or doors shall be equipped with locks.

[2] Aboveground pools four feet or higher need not be enclosed by a fence or wall, but the ladder serving the pool shall be locked in an inaccessible position at least four feet above the ground or removed and locked up elsewhere.

Tanning, curing or storage of leather, rawhides or skins

Temporary sales uses (Christmas Trees)

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HC, MS, RB, VC

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
The following provisions shall regulate temporary seasonal retail sales of Christmas trees:

(1) Such sales shall only be permitted in a district permitting retail sales or as accessory to a lawful nonconforming principal commercial use.

(2) An application for a temporary sales use permit shall be submitted on a form prepared by the Zoning Officer. The application fee shall be established and revised by resolution of the Board of Supervisors.

(3) The retail sales use shall be limited from the fourth Friday of every November until December 31.

(4) The retail sales shall meet setback requirements of the applicable zoning district and shall not obstruct sight triangles.

(5) Only two sign faces shall be permitted which shall each have a maximum sign area of six square feet. Such sign shall not be illuminated.

(6) The applicant shall prove to the Zoning Officer that adequate parking and traffic control will be available for both the temporary sales and any other use of the property. The Zoning Officer may place conditions upon the permit to address parking and traffic control.

Temporary unit for relative

A living area involving one or more rooms within an existing single-family detached dwelling or an accessory building that is designed for and occupied by relatives of the owners of the dwelling and which may include sleeping, kitchen and bathroom facilities that are separate from those of the principal dwelling unit. See standards in § 184-71B.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: MHP, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per studio unit; 2 spaces per unit for any other unit.
NOTE: If, in addition to required off-street parking spaces, on-street parking spaces equal to an average of 0.3 parking spaces per dwelling unit are not available in front of the dwellings, then additional parking spaces equal to 0.3 spaces per dwelling unit shall be provided in conveniently located nearby off-street parking area(s).
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
A temporary dwelling unit may be established as accessory to a principal single-family dwelling unit if the following requirements are met:

The unit shall be totally enclosed within the principal building.

The principal dwelling unit shall be owner-occupied.

An internal connection shall be maintained as a means of access between the principal and accessory dwelling units, such as a stairway or corridor.

Any exterior changes to the principal building to incorporate an attached accessory unit shall not decrease its appearance as a single-family detached dwelling as viewed from a street or another property.

Immediate family members are limited to parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, stepparents and stepchildren.

Detached temporary dwellings are specifically prohibited.

See § 184-71B(6) for complete, detailed information.

Tires, batteries and automotive accessories store, with service bay

Townhouse

TOWNHOUSE (ROWHOUSE)
A single-family attached dwelling in a row of at least three units, with one dwelling unit from ground to roof, with individual outside access. Although these units are in rows, their design should de-emphasize a lined up appearance.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: R-3, R-4, R-5, VC

Vehicle Parking:
1 per studio unit; 2 per unit for any other unit.
NOTE: If, in addition to required off-street parking spaces, on-street parking spaces equal to an average of 0.3 parking spaces per dwelling unit are not available in front of the dwellings, then additional parking spaces equal to 0.3 spaces per dwelling unit shall be provided in conveniently located nearby off-street parking area(s).
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Provided that no townhouse development shall be served by more than one driveway onto an arterial street.

Township uses and structures and County or State recreational facilities

Transportation depot

Travel-trailers

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: MHP, R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, R-5

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
The owner of a travel-trailer type vehicle designed for living or sleeping purposes may place said vehicle on a lot as a temporary residence for a period not exceeding one year, provided that the placement of said vehicle occurs only during the construction of a dwelling on said lot, that proper facilities for water and sewage disposal have been approved by the County Health Department and that the trailer shall be removed upon completion of said dwelling.

Treatment centers

A. A use (other than a prison or a hospital) providing housing for persons who need specialized housing, treatment and/or counseling because of:

(1) Criminal rehabilitation, such as a criminal halfway house;
(2) Current addiction to alcohol or a controlled substance that was used in an illegal manner; and/or
(3) A type of mental illness or other behavior that causes a person to be a threat to the physical safety of others.

B. See standards in § 184-76.2, below.

Districts Where Allowed Districts Allowed as a Special Exception: HI

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
A. See definition above.

B. The applicant shall provide a written description of all types of persons intended to occupy the use during the life of the permit. Any future additions to this list shall require an additional special exception approval.

C. The applicant shall prove to the satisfaction of the Zoning Hearing Board that the use will involve adequate on-site supervision and security measures to protect public safety.

D. The Zoning Hearing Board may place conditions upon the use to protect public safety, such as conditions on the types of residents and security measures.

Truck terminal

TRUCKING COMPANY TERMINAL
A use involving a large variety of materials, owned by numerous corporations, being transported to a site to be unloaded primarily from tractor-trailer trucks and reloaded onto other tractor-trailer trucks and which does not involve substantial on-site manufacturing or processing of the materials.

Two-family dwellings (twins or duplexes)

TWO-FAMILY BUILDING
A residential building containing two dwelling units and which is not attached to any other building. A "two-family building" counts as two dwelling units for density purposes.

(1) TWIN (SINGLE-FAMILY SEMIDETACHED)

A two-family building with dwelling units placed side-by-side and joined to each other by a vertical common party wall, but otherwise surrounded by yard areas. When lotted, each dwelling unit may be on a separate lot, with the common boundary between the two lots running along the common party wall. Separate ingress and egress is provided to each unit.

(2) DUPLEX (TWO-FAMILY DETACHED)

A two-family building with one dwelling unit placed above the other so that they share a common horizontal partition. When lotted, a duplex shall be entirely on one lot. Separate ingress and egress is provided to each unit.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: R-3, R-4, R-5, VC Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: MS

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per studio unit; 2 spaces per unit for any other unit.
NOTE: If, in addition to required off-street parking spaces, on-street parking spaces equal to an average of 0.3 parking spaces per dwelling unit are not available in front of the dwellings, then additional parking spaces equal to 0.3 spaces per dwelling unit shall be provided in conveniently located nearby off-street parking area(s).
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Provided that public sewer and water service are available.

R-4 District:
See Attachment 1 for detailed information on development standards.

R-5 District:
See Attachment 2 for detailed information on development standards.

RB District:

(1) Two-family in accordance with the following conditions:

(a) One residential dwelling unit is permitted for every 1,200 square feet of nonresidential gross floor area constructed, provided that bulk and area requirements herein are met. The nonresidential gross floor area cannot be used to permit this use if it is used to meet requirements for single-family detached, apartments or single-family attached uses.

(b) The residential area must be subdivided separately from the commercial area for the purposes of calculating stormwater management, area and bulk requirements.

(c) The entire area subdivided for residential uses shall be set back 300 feet from Ridge Pike ultimate right-of-way. This setback shall not apply to stormwater management facilities that are shared between residential and nonresidential uses.

(d) The perimeter of the area subdivided for residential uses shall contain a twenty-five-foot wide buffer in accordance with § 155-27.1: Buffers and screens along all property lines and adjacent to nonresidential uses.

(e) Two-family uses shall establish the applicable front yard setbacks from an internal roadway or roadway other than Ridge Pike.

(f) For developments with 30 or more dwelling units: 400 square feet of common use area shall be provided for each dwelling unit in accordance with the following:

[1] The common use area shall not overlap the required buffer area except to connect to open space on contiguous parcels.
[2] The common use area shall be accessible to residential units and consist of a contiguous area of at least 11,000 square feet. The perimeter of the common use area shall not have a dimension less than 50 feet on any one side.
[3] The common use area shall connect to adjacent open space parcels.
[4] Residential buildings located adjacent to a common use area or residential buildings located along a street adjacent to a common use area shall be oriented so that at least 60% of the buildings provide frontage on the common use area.
[5] Buildings with frontage on the common use area shall provide side or rear loaded garages.

(g) Horizontal articulation: all dwelling units shall contain a minimum one-foot horizontal roof offset from roofs of neighboring dwelling units to vary the massing of a building and relieve the effect of a single, long roof.

(h) Vertical articulation: all dwelling units shall contain a minimum two-foot vertical front facade offset from front facades of neighboring dwelling units to vary the massing of a building and relieve the effect of a single, long wall.

(i) All residential buildings shall have pitched roofs.

MS District:
(1) Two-family in accordance with the following conditions:

(a) One residential dwelling unit is permitted for every 1,200 square feet of nonresidential gross floor area constructed, provided that bulk and area requirements herein are met. The nonresidential gross floor area cannot be used to permit this use if it is used to meet requirements for single-family detached, apartments or single-family attached uses. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued for a residential dwelling unit unless a certificate of occupancy for 1,200 square feet of nonresidential uses has been issued.

(b) The residential area must be subdivided separately from the commercial area for the purposes of calculating stormwater management, area and bulk requirements.

(c) The entire area subdivided for residential uses shall be set back 300 feet from Ridge Pike ultimate right-of-way. This setback shall not apply to stormwater management facilities that are shared between residential and nonresidential uses.

(d) The perimeter of the area subdivided for residential uses shall contain a twenty-five-foot wide buffer in accordance with § 155-27.1: Buffers and screens along all property lines and adjacent to nonresidential uses.

(e) Two-family uses shall establish the applicable front yard setbacks from an internal roadway or roadway other than Ridge Pike.

(f) For developments with 30 or more dwelling units: 400 square feet of common use area shall be provided for each dwelling unit in accordance with the following:

[1] The common use area shall not overlap the required buffer area except to connect to open space on contiguous parcels.
[2] The common use area shall be accessible to residential units and consist of a contiguous area of at least 11,000 square feet. The perimeter of the common use area shall not have a dimension less than 50 feet on any one side.
[3] The common use area shall connect to adjacent open space parcels.
[4] Residential buildings located adjacent to a common use area or residential buildings located along a street adjacent to a common use area shall be oriented so that at least 60% of the buildings provide frontage on the common use area.
[5] Buildings with frontage on the common use area shall provide side or rear loaded garages.

(g) Horizontal articulation: all dwelling units shall contain a minimum one-foot horizontal roof offset from roofs of neighboring dwelling units to vary the massing of a building and relieve the effect of a single, long roof.

(h) Vertical articulation: all dwelling units shall contain a minimum two-foot vertical front facade offset from front facades of neighboring dwelling units to vary the massing of a building and relieve the effect of a single, long wall.

(i) All residential buildings shall have pitched roofs.

United States Postal Service Facility

Use or combination of uses in a building larger than 65,000 square feet gross floor area

Districts Where Allowed Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: MS

Vehicle Parking:
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
MS District:
Any use or combination of uses permitted in Article XXXIII, MS Main Street District, in a building larger than 65,000 square feet gross floor area in accordance with the following conditions:

(a) Implementation of at least three tier A, and two tier B sustainable building practices as established herein.

(b) The total quantity of plant material shall be doubled for required property line buffers established in § 155-27.1C(5) and street trees and other landscaping established in § 155-27.

(c) Earth berms shall be required to meet the requirements of § 155-27.1C(5)(c).

(d) A seventy-five-foot wide buffer shall be provided along property lines adjacent to residential districts.

(e) Shall meet any other conditional use requirements specific to the proposed use.

(f) Shall meet building and streetscape design standards in accordance with Chapter 155, Subdivision and Land Development.

Veterinarians

Wholesale, warehouse and storage

WHOLESALE BUSINESS
Places of business primarily engaged in selling merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional or professional business users or to other wholesalers, or acting as agents or brokers and buying merchandise for or selling merchandise to such individuals or companies.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: LLI Districts Allowed as a Conditional Use: O/LI

Vehicle Parking:
1 space per 1,500 square feet of gross floor area or per employee on largest shift, whichever is larger.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Wholesale, warehouse, storage or distribution center, including transportation depot, in a building of 100,000 square feet or larger of floor area, in compliance with the following:

(1) The main road serving the facility shall meet the standards or be improved by the applicant to meet the standards for at least a collector street, as established in Chapter 155, Subdivision and Land Development.

(2) Minimum lot size and lot width shall be 10 acres and 400 feet.

Wireless telecommunications facilities

A. Commercial mobile services, meaning any mobile service, as defined by Section 153 of the Federal Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 151, et seq., as amended, making interconnected service available to public or to eligible classes constituting a substantial portion of the public, including personal communications, cellular radiotelephone and paging services.

B. Common carrier wireless exchange access services, meaning the offering of access to telephone exchange services or facilities to the originator or terminator of telephone toll services by any common carrier for hire, in interstate or foreign communications by wire, radio or radio transmission of energy, excluding a person engaged in radio broadcasting to the extent of such engagement.

C. Unlicensed wireless telecommunications services, meaning the offering of telecommunication services using duly authorized devices not requiring individual licenses, excluding the provision of direct exchange satellite services.

Districts Where Allowed Districts where this use is Permitted by Right: HI, HI-E, LLI, O/LI, RB

Vehicle Parking:
If the wireless telecommunications services site is fully automated, adequate parking shall be required for maintenance workers.
If the site is not automated, two parking spaces shall be required.
See Article XI: Off-Street Parking Standards for more detailed information on parking standards.

Development Requirements:
Use regulations

A. Prohibited in residential zones. No wireless telecommunications facility shall be located in a district zoned residential or within 500 feet of a lot in residential use or a residential district boundary. Wireless telecommunications facilities are permitted only in such districts as specified in this article. Residential districts are defined as R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4 and R-5 only.

B. Ancillary uses. All other uses ancillary to a wireless telecommunications facility and its support structure, including a business office, maintenance depot, vehicle storage, etc., are prohibited from the wireless telecommunications services site unless otherwise permitted in the zoning district in which the wireless telecommunications services site is located.

General requirements for all wireless telecommunications facilities

A. Antenna height. The applicant shall demonstrate that the wireless support structure and antenna are the lowest height required to function satisfactorily. In no case shall any wireless support structure, including antennas, exceed a maximum height of 199 feet.

B. Setbacks from base of wireless support structure. If a new tower is constructed (as opposed to mounting the antenna on an existing structure), the minimum distances between the base of the wireless support structure or any guywire anchors and any property line or right-of-way line shall be the largest of the following:

(1) Thirty percent of antenna height;
(2) The minimum front yard setback in the underlying zoning district; or
(3) Forty feet.

C. New towers. Except as hereinafter provided, a monopole wireless support structure shall be required in all cases. The Board of Supervisors may grant use of guywire, freestanding or any other type of wireless support structure as a conditional use after review by the Planning Commission and a public hearing before the Board of Supervisors. The applicant must establish the following for approval of conditional use:

(1) The cost of erecting a monopole would preclude the provision of adequate service to the public, or erection of a safe wireless support structure;
(2) The proposed tower would have the least practical adverse visual impact on the environment and closely resembles a monopole; and
(3) The proposed tower is architecturally compatible with surrounding buildings and land use through location and design and blends in with the existing characteristics of the site to the extent practical.

D. Wireless support structure safety. The applicant shall demonstrate that the proposed antenna and wireless support structure are safe and the surrounding areas will not be negatively affected by wireless support structure failure, falling ice, or other debris. The applicant shall also demonstrate compliance with guidelines recommended by the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) (ANSI/IEEEC95-1-1992) with respect to radio frequency emissions. All wireless support structures shall be fitted with anti-climbing devices, as approved by the manufacturers.

E. Fencing. A fence shall be required around the wireless support structure, building(s), and other equipment unless the antenna is mounted on an existing structure. The fence shall be six feet in height and shall completely enclose the antenna, wireless support structure, and related facilities, shall not contain openings greater than nine square inches and shall contain, at all entrances, gates which shall be locked except during such times as the site is manned by authorized operations or maintenance personnel.

F. Landscaping. The following landscaping shall be required to screen as much of the wireless support structure as possible, the fence surrounding the wireless support structure, and any other ground-level features (such as a building), and in general soften the appearance of the wireless telecommunications services site. The Township may permit any combination of existing vegetation, topography, walls, decorative fences, or other features instead of landscaping if they achieve the same degree of screening as the required landscaping. If the antenna is mounted on an existing structure and other equipment is housed inside an existing structure, landscaping shall not be required.

(1) An evergreen screen shall be required to surround the site. The screen can be either a hedge (planted three feet on center maximum) or a row of evergreen trees (planted 10 feet on center maximum). The evergreen screen shall be a minimum height of six feet at planting and shall grow to a minimum of 15 feet at maturity.

(2) In addition, existing vegetation on and around the site shall be preserved to the greatest extent possible.

G. FCC licensing. The applicant company must demonstrate that it is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission.

H. Parking. See "Vehicle Parking" above for details.

I. Painting and artificial lighting. Wireless support structures shall be painted in a color that best allows it to blend into the surroundings unless otherwise required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations. No wireless support structure may be artificially lighted except when required by the FAA.

J. Aesthetics. Wireless telecommunications facilities shall result in a minimal visual impact for those residents in the immediate area and for those in the larger community who view these facilities from a distance. Minimal visual impact shall include the following:

(1) For facilities located in highly developed portions of the Township, buildings may be used to accomplish the screening noted above.

(2) It is acknowledged that large, multi-use wireless support structures located within major use transmission areas cannot be effectively screened. In order to minimize the visual impact, such new facilities should be located in close proximity to other comparable structures. Accompanying buildings, ground-mounted antennas, and other equipment and structures shall be subject to screening recommendations.

(3) FAA requirements for coloring and lighting of wireless support structures supersedes Township requirements for visual minimum impact.

(4) If an antenna is installed on a structure other than a tower, the antenna and supporting electrical and mechanical equipment must be of a neutral color that is identical to, or closely compatible with, the color of the supporting structure so as to make the antenna and related equipment as visually unobtrusive as possible.

See Article XXXIV: Wireless Telecommunications Facilities for complete, detailed information.

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