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Bellefonte City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XI

Heavy Industrial District HI

§ 575-47 Intent.

The intent of the Heavy Industrial District is to promote the following:
A. 
To cluster industrial development in appropriate locations.
B. 
To provide sites for heavy industries separated from incompatible uses.
C. 
To minimize the hazards and nuisances resulting from the operation of industries.

§ 575-48 District regulations.

Only uses listed below shall be permitted in the Heavy Industrial District. All uses must conform to the lot, yard setback, and maximum height requirements stipulated herein, as well as other appropriate requirements of this chapter.
Heavy Industrial District Regulations
Permitted Uses
Lot Requirements
Yard Setback and Height Requirements
(feet)
Minimum Lot Size
Minimum Width
(feet)
Maximum Impervious Coverage
Front Yard
Side Yard
Rear Yard
Maximum Height
Primary Uses
Research, engineering or testing laboratories
The minimum lot size shall be determined on the basis of the minimum width, maximum coverage, yard setback, parking and other requirements contained in this chapter
150
50% building;
75% total impervious
50
50
50
35
Self-service storage facilities
Any production, manufacturing, assembly, processing, cleaning, repair, storage, or distribution of goods, materials, foodstuffs, and other products not involving a retail activity except as an accessory use
Auto wrecking, junk and scrap establishments
Freight and trucking terminals
The manufacture, processing, or bulk storage of natural gas, petroleum, gasoline, and other petroleum derivatives and explosives
Moving and storage, parcel delivery and express transfer stations
Public and private storage and maintenance of motor vehicles
Public utility facilities
Heavy equipment sales, service, and repair
Refractories
The minimum lot size shall be determined on the basis of the minimum width, maximum coverage, yard setback, parking and other requirements contained in this chapter
150
50%
50
25
50
35
Wholesale distribution, warehouses, contractor storage and office facilities
Accessory Uses
See primary use above to which it is accessory
Customary, incidental and secondary uses and structures to the above primary uses
Essential services
Communications equipment building
Conditional Uses
See § 575-50, Conditional use criteria
Billboards
Recycling facilities
Incinerators
Mineral resource processing facilities
Sawmills
Slaughtering, processing, rendering, and packaging operations
Communications towers and antennas
NOTE: No more than 10% of the gross floor area may be used for sales/showroom space.

§ 575-49 Design standards.

A. 
Front yard landscaping shall be required along public road frontage (see Article XX, Landscaping).
B. 
Off-street loading spaces and outdoor storage areas (exclusive of outdoor sales) shall be screened from public roads and adjoining properties (see Article XX, Landscaping).
C. 
On-site lighting of buildings and surrounding areas shall employ hooded or screened fixtures that confine glare to the site, and security lighting should be directed toward the building rather than the area around it.