Horsham Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXVIII
O-1 Office/Nonmanufacturing District
§ 230-168 Declaration of legislative intent.
The Office and Nonmanufacturing District is hereby established as a district in which regulations are intended to permit and encourage office and nonmanufacturing industrial type development that will be so located and designed as to constitute a harmonious and appropriate part of the physical development of Horsham Township. In promoting these and the general purposes of this chapter, the specific intent of the district is:
A.
To encourage the construction of high quality office and nonmanufacturing type facilities and continued use of the land for such facilities.
B.
To prohibit any use which would substantially interfere or be inconsistent with the development, continuation or expansion of these stated uses in the districts.
§ 230-169 Use regulations.
A building or group of buildings may be erected or used, and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes, and no other:
A.
Scientific or industrial research, engineering, testing or experimental laboratory, or similar establishment for research, training or product development, provided there is no commercial production of any commodity or substance.
B.
Office and administration buildings.
C.
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses and not detrimental to the district, which may include:
D.
Day-care center when authorized by special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board.
E.
Retirement/care campus. Any of the following uses shall be permitted as part of a planned campus development, provided the more restrictive building and coverage requirements as set forth in § 230-170B(1) shall apply to any such retirement/care campus development:
[Added 11-12-1997 by Ord. No. 97-1145]
(2)
Church, chapel, synagogue or other place of worship.
(3)
Public or private day school.
(4)
Day-care facilities for senior citizens.
(5)
Day-care facilities for children of employees of retirement/care campus facility.
(6)
Nursing care facilities, assisted living and retirement community. For the purposes of this district, assisted living shall be limited to the housing and care of frail senior citizens age 62 or older. Retirement community shall be an age-restricted development, which may be in any housing form, and shall comply with the restrictions and regulations for age restricted housing of the Federal Fair Housing Act.
F.
Municipal building.
[Added 12-23-2002 by Ord. No. 1153]
§ 230-170 Area and height regulations.
A.
Lot area and width. Every lot on which a building or combination of buildings is hereafter erected or used shall have a lot area of not less than 10 acres and such lot shall be not less than 500 feet in width at building line.
B.
Building and lot coverage. No more than 40% of the developable area of any lot may be occupied by buildings, and a total of not more than 65% of the developable area of any lot may be occupied by buildings, parking areas, unloading areas, and access roads.
[Amended 11-12-1997 by Ord. No. 97-1145; 9-16-1998 by Ord. No. 1147]
(1)
Building and lot coverage restrictions for retirement/care campus uses as authorized in § 230-169E. No more than 15% of the developable area of any lot may be occupied by buildings, and a total of not more than 30% of the developable area of any lot may be occupied by buildings, parking areas, unloading areas and access roads.
C.
Building placement. No building shall be located less than 150 feet from a street right-of-way line, nor less than 100 feet from a side or rear property line, and no parking, loading, or service area shall be located less than 75 feet from a street right-of-way or other property line. Minimum front yard can be reduced a maximum of 50 feet if no vehicular parking is provided in front of buildings or if the industrial property does not abut a residential district.
§ 230-171 Special regulations.
All special regulations required in I-1 Districts shall be satisfied.