Marcus Hook City Zoning Code

Office and office building.

Financial establishment such as bank, financial company.

Electronic data processing, telecommunications, or similar facility.

Medical or dental clinic (outpatient only).

Amusement venue such as movie theater, bowling alley, video game arcade, or miniature golf course.

Health club or spa.

Motion picture or television filming, production, or broadcasting.

Business school, trade school such as beauty school, computer training, auto repair, other vocational training, college or similar post secondary institution, provided that no schools shall be permitted that require or employ outdoor instruction or operation (e.g., truck driving school) or those that exceed any limits for noise, smoke, or similar impacts as controlled by Article XX, Performance Standards.

Mail order facility.

Wholesale showroom.

Parking area or parking garage, provided that no long-term parking exceeding 24 continuous hours shall be permitted.

Laboratory, research, development, or testing, subject to § 196-140.

Light industry, as defined in Article II.

College, public elementary school, or secondary school.

Child day-care center, subject to § 196-137.

Uses of the same general character as those permitted by right or as conditional uses, provided that no resource recovery, waste treatment, landfill, or other use having a negative impact on the environment shall be permitted. To determine if a proposed use is of the same general character as any of the listed permitted uses, Borough Council and the Planning Commission shall evaluate its impacts against the compatibility standards in Article XVII.

Off-street parking and loading, subject to Article XV.

Signs, subject to Article XVI.

Storage buildings.

Restaurant, cafeteria, or snack bar for employees or customers of any use permitted in this district.

Recreational area for employees.

Living quarters for a watchman or caretaker.

Commercial dropoff and pickup boxes, stations for letters or packages, or newspaper vending machines, provided that such boxes shall not be located within a right-of-way of a public street.

Any accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to the principal use on the property and not detrimental to the area.

Tract: five acres.

Perimeter yards (front, side, and rear yards): 30 feet on all sides, increased to 50 feet when abutting a residential district.

Interior yards: 15 feet between a building and an interior street.

Distance from parking area: 10 feet between a parking area and the principal building.

Distance between buildings: 40 feet.

Impervious surface: 65%, maximum.

Height: 40 feet, maximum.

In any area where a new building or an addition to an existing building is proposed, a buffer, as defined in Article II, Definitions, shall be provided at the boundary line with all residential districts. The buffer shall be not less than 40 feet wide at the proposed building or addition as measured from the district boundary line or from the near street line where the street serves as the district boundary line. Buffers may be part of side or rear yards. Buffer area requirements shall not be applicable to existing structures or to any change in use relating to an existing structure.

Screening requirements shall not be applicable to existing structures or uses or to any change in use relating to an existing structure. A planted visual screen, as defined in Article II, or a privacy fence shall be provided and continually maintained where a principal new building or addition is proposed. Planted visual screens shall comply with the requirements of Article XVII, General Regulations, and shall be provided along the property lines with any residential district.

Landscaping requirements shall not be applicable to existing structures or uses or to any change in use relating to an existing structure. Landscaping, as per Article XVII, shall apply only to areas where a new principal building or addition to an existing principal building is proposed.

No outdoor storage shall be permitted in this district.

Where a building contains storage and/or assembly areas and another permitted use, the storage and assembly areas shall be placed farthest from the street.

In instances where the regulations set forth in the most recent adopted version of the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code cannot be met with regard to fire safety, walls, separations, and isolation of incompatible uses, a separation distance of 50 feet shall be maintained between uses.

Assembly and/or storage areas shall not occupy more than 75% of the building area, exclusive of the basement area.

In order to limit negative impacts in the area, particularly residential areas, no deliveries or other trips shall be made by trucks with more than a single rear axle.

All public utility lines and similar facilities servicing the proposed development shall be installed underground, and electric transformers shall be either placed underground or enclosed by a planted visual screen.

All exterior lighting shall be arranged so that no direct glare from it shall extend beyond the property line of the tract.

Freestanding light poles shall not exceed 25 feet in height.

All rooftop equipment or other projections shall be completely screened from public streets or adjacent lots.

No products or items or portions thereof shall be processed, assembled, or packaged which shall exceed 15 cubic feet.

A proposed group development shall be constructed in accordance with an overall plan and shall be designed as, or as part of, a single architectural and landscaping scheme. All buildings on the tract for which the plan is submitted shall be arranged in groups, and, where applicable, the group of buildings as a unit shall comply with the area and yard regulations of the district.

The tract of land on which each permitted use is conducted shall be owned and operated as a single or common management and maintenance unit, with common open space, parking, utility, and maintenance facilities.