For buildings: 125 feet on front, side, and rear yards, increased to 150 feet abutting residential districts unless abutting a railroad right-of-way in which case the setback shall be 120 feet.

For accessory buildings: 12 feet.

For accessory aboveground vessels or tank structures: 50 feet for fire protection, and 100 feet for propane and natural gas.

For principal buildings: 60 feet, maximum.

For accessory buildings: 30 feet, maximum.

For aboveground vessel or tank structures: 30 feet, maximum for fire protection, and 10 feet maximum for propane and natural gas.

All spaces between buildings and all parking, loading, and unloading spaces and service areas shall be adequately illuminated at night. Such lighting, including sign lighting, shall be provided for security and arranged to protect the surrounding streets and properties from direct glare or hazardous interference of any kind in accordance with commonly accepted standards of the IES - Illumination Engineering Society.

All proposed buildings shall have their first floor elevations at least 18 inches above the highest floodway elevation established by FEMA, for Marcus Hook Creek.

All parking shall comply with Article XV, except that warehouse and distribution facilities shall have one parking space per 2,000 square feet of gross floor area.

Parking shall be permitted in a front yard, provided it is set back at least 50 feet from the street right-of-way line abutting and adjacent to residential districts, and at least 15 feet from the street right-of-way line of any other yard. When parking is proposed within the front yard along the 10th Street frontage, then a pier-fence-hedge combination shall be installed and maintained near the sidewalk in the 10th Street front yard portion of a lot, in order to screen the view of off-street parking. Stone/masonry piers shall be 36 inches to 42 inches in height, at least 24 inches by 24 inches in dimension, located on sixteen-foot to twenty-foot centers, and include a flagstone or masonry cap. The piers shall be connected by black aluminum fencing of 30 inches to 36 inches in height. The pier-fence-hedge combination shall be located in a planting bed with low evergreen shrubs planted on three-foot centers on the streetscape side of the piers and fence. The Borough Council may approve, at its sole discretion and after review of sufficient design related documents, alternate design standards to the pier-fence-hedge combination specified above if the alternate design provides similar or better results.

A parking study shall be prepared and submitted to address the following items to be evaluated by the Borough:

Loading berths shall be permitted in the front yard of a building. However, when a loading berth is along the 10th Street frontage, then a pier-fence-hedge combination per § 196-81.6C(2) shall be installed and maintained near the sidewalk in the 10th Street front yard portion of a lot, in order to screen the view of the loading berths.

The applicant shall prepare and submit a traffic study to include the following items to be evaluated by the Borough:

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation shall be solely responsible for determining if traffic signals are warranted, in cooperation with the Borough.

Buildings shall provide articulation of the exterior of any wall surface in order to provide architectural interest and variety to the massing of a building and to relieve the effect of a single, long monotonous building wall and roof. Blank facades facing a street or adjacent to residential zoning districts, without windows or architectural elements to create interest, shall be prohibited.

Exterior walls of buildings shall contain architectural features, materials and colors that are consistent throughout the building and facade. The street-facing building walls along the front yard of a lot shall have windows or panels that emulate windows. Those portions of the walls without windows shall consist of architectural elements that help to add diversity to the appearance of the building wall. These elements shall consist of: lighting, projections or recesses, decorative brick or tile, piers or pilasters or other articulation. The design shall provide for architectural details that provide visual interest to the building facades that face streets.

Principal buildings shall have a vertical bay structure, whereby pilasters, painted facades in lieu of pilasters, or panels shall be installed and maintained, at a minimum of sixty-foot intervals, in order to reduce the horizontality of large warehouse-type buildings and to emulate the proportion of traditional nonresidential buildings in Marcus Hook Borough.

Variations in building and rooflines shall be achieved with parapet walls, crenelation, or other like-type roofline variations.

No building shall be white in color. Siding materials shall be tan, beige, sand, light grey, light brown, or like-type color, so as not to reflect light and cause glare.

Rooftop HVAC units shall be screened where buildings with rooftop HVAC units abut residential districts. Such screening shall be achieved with fencing, parapet walls, and the like.

Architectural elevations shall be submitted with all applications for approval of any proposed use(s) and building(s). The elevations shall demonstrate compliance with the above regulations.

Overall site coordination. The site shall be designed as a unified development, with a coordinated site design that shall include such features as sidewalks (along one side of a street), crosswalks, landscaping, signage, wayfinding, lighting, site amenities, paving, and other integrated elements.

Location of parking. The site shall be designed to minimize the view of parking lots from abutting streets and residential neighborhoods.

Pedestrian circulation. Safe pedestrian access shall be provided from sidewalks to the building entrance and exits.

Accessibility. An accessible route shall be provided for persons with disabilities in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local requirements.

Safe access shall be provided for pedestrians arriving on foot to the principal building facing 10th Street and shall be well articulated and visible from 10th Street.

In addition to the pier-fence-hedge combination per § 196-81.6C(2), a planting area within a space of not less than 50 feet in depth shall be provided along each property line or right-of-way that is opposite or adjacent to a residential zoning district unless abutting a railroad right-of-way, in which case the planting area shall be not less than 25 feet in depth. Such plantings area shall have berms and evergreen plantings to screen the proposed buildings. Where topography does not allow incorporation of a berm (generally in areas of less than 25 feet in width from property line/right-of-way line to curbline), an alternative planting scheme shall be incorporated to achieve the required buffering.

In addition to the required landscaping described in § 196-81.6F(6) above, berms and evergreen plantings shall be installed and maintained within side yards of a lot, in order to screen proposed buildings.

A land development plan, landscape plan, and lighting plan shall be submitted with all applications for approval of any proposed use(s) and building(s). The plans shall demonstrate compliance with the above regulations.

Nothing herein shall prohibit the continuation of any lawful nonconforming uses existing at the time of adoption of these regulations, subject to the provisions of Article XIX, Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots.