Horsham Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXIX
BC Business Campus District
§ 230-172 Declaration of legislative intent.
The Business Campus District is hereby established as a district in which regulations are intended to permit and encourage small-scale business, office, nonmanufacturing development and uses compatible therewith in locations that are harmonious with adjacent areas of the Township.
§ 230-173 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:
A.
Scientific research laboratory (research, testing, experimental).
B.
Business, professional or governmental office.
C.
Place of religious worship.
D.
Library or museum.
E.
Trade or professional school, music or dancing school.
F.
Office or clinic for medical or dental examinations or treatment of persons as outpatients, including laboratories incidental thereto.
G.
Electric substation or telephone exchange.
H.
Ten percent of the land area zoned in Business Campus may be devoted to ancillary commercial needs. Buildings may be erected or used for the following purposes:
(1)
Restaurant.
(2)
Community center, adult education or similar facility.
(3)
Entertainment and recreation facilities operated as a business within a building, consisting of any of the following uses: sauna, health club, exercise, squash, racquetball and tennis courts.
(4)
Bank or similar financial institution.
I.
Day-care center when authorized by special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board.
J.
High technology business use including offices, display areas, and sales areas for the design, research, engineering and assembly of computer-based equipment and systems, provided that such use or uses result in no objectionable dust, fumes, noise, odors, smoke, glare and vibration, and further provided that neither industrial uses nor outside storage shall be permitted. In addition, for every building devoted to this use, no more than 50% of the building shall be utilized for assembly.
K.
Municipal building.
[Added 12-23-2002 by Ord. No. 1153]
§ 230-174 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 30 acres and such a lot shall be not less than 250 feet in width at building line. Under this article, ancillary commercial uses, as defined in § 230-173H herein, shall only be permitted where the tract provides at least 1,000 feet of frontage along and abutting an existing arterial roadway as defined in the Township Comprehensive Plan of 1969, and, further, provided that a substantial portion of the proposed ancillary commercial area be served by said artery. The location of the ancillary commercial area within the Business Campus District shall be consistent with good planning concepts and the location of such area, if otherwise permitted, shall not be changed from developer's initial submission of a development plan without express written approval of the Township Council.
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 or other impervious surfaces.
[Amended 9-16-1998 by Ord. No. 1147]
C.
Building placement. No building shall be located less than 100 feet from a street right-of-way line, nor less than 75 feet from a side or rear property line, and no parking, loading, or service area shall be located less than 50 feet from a street right-of-way or other property line.
D.
Height regulations. No building shall be more than 35 feet in height.