Bethel Park City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VII
Provisions Governing Manufacturing and Light Industrial Districts
69.33 M Manufacturing, Light Industrial District.
Within the M Manufacturing, Light Industrial District, the following regulations apply:
69.33.1.
Permitted uses. A light industrial use is one which creates a minimum amount of nuisance outside the plant; is conducted entirely within enclosed buildings; does not use the open area around such buildings for storage of raw materials or manufactured products unless screened from public view, or for any other industrial purpose other than transporting goods between buildings; and which is not noxious or offensive by reason of the emission of smoke, dust, fumes, gas, odors, noises, vibrations or lights, such as welding equipment, beyond the confines of the building.
1.
Animal hospital.
2.
Appliance and equipment repair and service.
3.
Automobile repair, major.
4.
Bakery.
5.
Bottling works.
6.
Building-material yards or establishment.
7.
Cabinet-making establishments and carpenter shops.
8.
Clothing factory.
9.
Contractors' yard.
10.
Dairy.
11.
Dry-cleaning plant.
12.
Dyeing plant.
13.
Feed yard.
14.
Fruit canning and packing establishment.
15.
Ice plant.
16.
Laundry.
17.
Machine shop.
18.
Milk distribution station.
19.
Optical goods factory.
20.
Paper-box factory.
21.
Pencil factory.
22.
Printing, publication and engraving plant.
23.
Research and development organization.
24.
Sheet-metal shop.
25.
Steel fabrication.
26.
Storage firm.
27.
Trucking terminal.
28.
Welding shop.
29.
Wholesale business.
30.
Any other compatible-type manufacturing, light industrial.
31.
Accessory use or building customarily incidental to the above permitted uses and as regulated by this Ordinance.
32.
Restaurant, when establishment is not of the drive-in type where patrons are served in an automobile, not including the dispensing of hard beverages.
[Added by Ord. No. 8-12-68A]
33.
Office or facilities of a nonprofit organization.
[Added by Ord. No. 8-11-69B]
34.
Gasoline services facility.
[Added by Ord. No. 12-13-71B; amended by Ord. No. 12-11-78C]
35.
Greenhouse, nursery.
[Added by Ord. No. 6-9-86B]
36.
Parking Lot.
[Added by Ord. No. 5-11-89G]
37.
Fire Station.
[Added by Ord. No. 5-11-98G]
38.
Recreational Uses.
[Added by Ord. No. 9-13-93A]
39.
Conditional uses as regulated herein.
[Amended by No. 5-8-89F]
40.
Medical marijuana grower/processor.
[Added 9-11-2023 by Ord. No. 9-11-23]
69.33.2.
Height. The maximum height of buildings hereafter erected or altered shall be as follows: 45 feet.
[Amended by Ord. No. 7-10-69A]
69.33.3.
Yard areas. No building or structure shall be erected or enlarged unless the following yards are provided and maintained in connection with such building, structure or enlargement:
1.
Front yard: If no off-street parking or loading occurs within the yard area, not less than 25 feet. If off-street parking or loading occurs within the yard area, not less than 50 feet.
2.
Rear yard: When abutting a street, same as front yard; when not abutting a street, not less than 15 feet when no off-street parking occurs within such yard and not less than 40 feet when off-street parking occurs within such yard. For a lot which abuts an R District, there shall be provided, in addition to any yard areas specified herein, a buffer area of not less than 20 feet.
[Amended by Ord. No. 4-8-68A; by Ord. No. 10-15-91B]
3.
Side yard: When abutting a street, same as front yard. For an interior lot, the side yard shall be not less than six feet. For a lot which abuts an R-District, there shall be provided, in addition to the yard width specified herein, a buffer area of not less than 20 feet.
[Amended by Ord. No. 4-8-68A; by Ord. No. 6-8-70A; by Ord. No. 11-8-82D; by Ord. No. 10-15-91B]
4.
Railroad siding frontage: no yards are required for these portions of lots which abut railroad sidings.
69.33.4.
Off-street parking and loading facilities. Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided as required under Article IX herein.
69.33.5.
Planting areas. Landscape development in an area of at least five feet in width along all streets, with the exception of approved entrances, which border uses in the M District shall be planted and maintained with grass or other suitable ground cover and shrubbery not less than two feet in height nor exceeding three feet in height to serve as a screen for parking and storage areas. An ornamental fence or wall may be used in lieu of landscaping.
[Amended by Ord. No. 4-8-68A; by Ord. No. 10-15-91B]