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Brighton Township City Zoning Code

ARTICLE IX

HC-1 Health Care Service District

§ 195-71 Purpose.

The purpose of the HC-1 Health Care Service District is to provide a suitable land area for development in an organized arrangement of buildings, health-care related uses with adequate access to public highways, utilities and municipal services, adequate parking areas, safe on-site circulation of traffic and sufficient open space for the facilities specified in this article.

§ 195-72 Permitted uses.

A. 
Principal uses.
(1) 
Hospital.
(2) 
Nursing home.
(3) 
Human health care service agencies.
(4) 
Professional office for diagnosis, treatment and care of humans.
(5) 
Schools, public.
(6) 
Residential units owned, maintained and operated by government agencies.
(7) 
Public uses, as defined.
(8) 
[1]Non-tower wireless communications facilities that fall under the Pennsylvania Wireless Broadband Collocation Act. See § 195-135.
[Added 1-11-1999 by Ord. No. 107; amended 8-10-2015 by Ord. No. 198]
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former Subsection A(8), which listed senior housing as a principal use, was repealed 3-12-2018 by Ord. No. 210. This ordinance also provided for the redesignation of former Subsection A(9) through (13) as Subsection A(8) through (12), respectively.
(9) 
Continuing care retirement community.
[Added 11-13-2001 by Ord. No. 119]
(10) 
Forestry.
[Added 5-12-2003 by Ord. No. 129]
(11) 
Day-care center.
[Added 5-12-2003 by Ord. No. 129]
(12) 
Non-tower wireless communications facilities outside the public rights-of-way that do not fall under the Pennsylvania Wireless Broadband Collocation Act. See § 195-135.
[Added 8-10-2015 by Ord. No. 198]
(13) 
Non-tower wireless communications facilities inside the public rights-of-way that do not fall under the Pennsylvania Wireless Broadband Collocation Act. See § 195-135.
[Added 12-13-2021 by Ord. No. 231]
(14) 
Tower-based wireless communications facilities located inside the public rights-of-way. See § 195-135.
[Added 12-13-2021 by Ord. No. 231]
(15) 
Farm (agriculture use).
[Added 3-14-2022 by Ord. No. 232]
(16) 
Horticulture.
[Added 3-14-2022 by Ord. No. 232]
(17) 
Place of worship.
[Added 8-12-2024 by Ord. No. 242]
B. 
Accessory uses.
[Amended 5-12-2003 by Ord. No. 129]
(1) 
Accessory uses customarily incidental to those uses listed in Subsection A of this section.
(2) 
No-impact home-based business.
(3) 
Accessory WECS. (See § 195-137.8A.)
[Added 10-8-2007 by Ord. No. 154]
(4) 
Agritourism. (See § 195-137.19.)
[Added 8-9-2021 by Ord. No. 229]
(5) 
Accessory solar energy systems. (See § 195-137.18.)
[Added 8-9-2021 by Ord. No. 228]
(6) 
Private greenhouse.
[Added 3-14-2022 by Ord. No. 232]

§ 195-73 Required information.

In order to assure satisfactory development within the HC-1 Health Care Service District, all applications for land development approvals shall be prepared and submitted to the Board of Supervisors and shall include the following.
A. 
Proposed development layout with preliminary architectural sketches, location and types of establishment and floor areas.
B. 
Previous zoning.
C. 
Proposed parking facilities.
D. 
All adjacent highways and streets, showing traffic flow patterns, present and anticipated.
E. 
All easements or rights-of-way.
F. 
Elevations and engineering plans showing proposed methods of water runoff control.
G. 
Type of sewage treatment or disposal and source of water supply.
H. 
Such additional information as may be requested by the Township's review agencies.
I. 
A traffic impact analysis in accordance with § 195-137.2, Traffic impacts.
[Amended 5-12-2003 by Ord. No. 129]

§ 195-74 Conditional uses.

A lot or parcel may be used and buildings or structures may be erected and used for any of the following purposes in the HC-1 Health Care Service District, subject to the granting of a conditional use by the Township of Brighton Board of Supervisors under the regulations and procedures established by Article XX of this chapter for conditional uses.
A. 
Accessory uses. Where such uses are conducted within the confines of the structure housing the principal use:
(1) 
Retail sales.
(2) 
Restaurants.
(3) 
Personal service establishments.
(4) 
Gift shops.
(5) 
Financial services.
(6) 
Professional offices.
B. 
Institutional, government and public uses (not otherwise authorized as a principal use), including but not limited to rehabilitation or correctional facilities and judicial facilities, in accordance with the following:
[Amended 4-14-1997 by Ord. No. 98]
(1) 
A project narrative identifying all aspects of the proposed use shall be submitted.
(2) 
Copies of all required federal, commonwealth and county licenses for operation of said facility shall be submitted to the Township.
(3) 
A traffic impact analysis in accordance with § 195-137.2, Traffic impacts.
[Amended 5-12-2003 by Ord. No. 129]
C. 
(Reserved)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection C, regarding non-tower wireless communications facilities, was repealed 12-13-2021 by Ord. No. 231.
D. 
Cemeteries. (See § 195-137.7.)
[Added 10-8-2007 by Ord. No. 154]
E. 
Oil and gas wells. See § 195-137.12.
[Added 4-14-2008 by Ord. No. 158; amended 9-12-2011 by Ord. No. 176; 2-9-2015 by Ord. No. 191]
F. 
(Reserved)[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection F, regarding tower-based wireless communications facilities, added 8-10-2015 by Ord. No. 198, was repealed 12-13-2021 by Ord. No. 231.
G. 
Tower-based wireless communications facilities located outside the public rights-of-way. See § 195-135.
[Added 8-10-2015 by Ord. No. 198]
H. 
Controlled substance dispensation facility.
[Added 3-12-2018 by Ord. No. 210]
I. 
Senior housing. See § 195-137.17.
[Added 3-12-2018 by Ord. No. 210]
J. 
Principal solar energy systems. (See § 195-137.18.)
[Added 8-9-2021 by Ord. No. 228]

§ 195-75 Area and lot width regulations.

Subject to the requirements of § 195-76, no minimum lot size or width is specified. The size and width shall be adequate for the use proposed and shall be subject to the approval of the Supervisors during the review process or in accordance with the conditional use proceedings.

§ 195-76 Yard regulations.

[Amended 11-13-2001 by Ord. No. 119; 11-10-2008 by Ord. No. 162]
A. 
Front yard for permitted and conditional uses: minimum 50 feet from all highway or street rights-of-way within which a buffer yard A (minor) shall be provided.
B. 
Side yard for permitted and conditional uses:
(1) 
Minimum 15 feet per yard within which a buffer yard A (minor) shall be provided. However, in the event the building height exceeds 30 feet, the minimum side yard requirement shall increase one foot for each foot in building height over 30 feet to a maximum of 50 feet.
(2) 
Adjoining a residential district: No building or structure shall be located within 75 feet of a residential district boundary line, and further, a buffer yard C (major) shall be provided and maintained along the perimeter of said district boundary line.
C. 
Rear yard for permitted and conditional uses:
(1) 
Minimum 100 feet from the property line when adjoining a residential district or use or other dissimilar use within which a buffer yard C (major) shall be provided.
(2) 
Minimum rear yard depth of not less than 25 feet from a similar use within which a buffer yard B (moderate) shall be provided. However, in the event the building height exceeds 30 feet, the minimum rear yard requirement shall increase one foot for each foot in building height over 30 feet to a maximum of 50 feet.

§ 195-77 Height regulations.

[Amended 11-10-2008 by Ord. No. 162]
The maximum height for buildings or structures in the HC-1 District shall not exceed six stories or 72 feet, whichever is less.

§ 195-78 Off-street parking, loading and unloading regulations.

Off-street parking, loading and unloading shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII, Off-Street Parking, Loading and Unloading Regulations.