Mount Joy Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XX
IN – Institutional District
§ 135-191 District purpose.
[Amended 3-16-2015 by Ord. No. 293-2015]
The purpose of the Institutional (IN) District is to establish and accommodate institutional development that will serve and benefit the community organizations and needs of entities of an institutional nature, such as educational, recreational and religious uses. This district encompasses existing institutional uses located both within and outside the designated growth area.
§ 135-192 Permitted-by-right uses.
Permitted-by-right shall be as follows:
A.
Park or recreational area open primarily to free use by the general public.
B.
Municipal uses.
C.
Public libraries.
D.
Child or adult day-care centers.
G.
Vocational schools, including facilities operated by students of such school in accordance with § 135-271.
H.
Accessory uses customarily incidental to the permitted uses.
I.
Forestry and related uses; provided that the applicant provides copies of the permits and approvals from the DEP, and/or any other applicable state or federal permit authorizing such use to occur.
§ 135-193 Special exception uses.
The following uses are permitted when special exceptions are granted by written approval of the Zoning Hearing Board. In granting any special exception, the Board may attach certain conditions to its approval which it feels are necessary requirements in order to preserve and protect the character of the district in which the proposed use would locate. The burden shall be upon the applicant to prove that the approval of the application will not be detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare of the community.
§ 135-194 Conditional uses.
(Reserved)
§ 135-195 Area and bulk regulations.
A.
Minimum development tract area: five acres.
B.
Maximum building coverage: 40% for the tract, exclusive of deck parking structures. Parking structures shall not be included in the computation for building coverage.
C.
Maximum impervious coverage: 65% for the development tract.
D.
Setback requirements.
(1)
Principal buildings shall be set back at least 35 feet from the ultimate street right-of-way as determined in § 135-301. Accessory buildings shall be located at least 40 feet from an ultimate road right-of-way.
(2)
Parking lots shall be located at least 15 feet from the ultimate road right-of-way.
(3)
All front yard setbacks shall be utilized for a landscape strip, and shall be installed, maintained and contain such materials as required by § 135-299.
(4)
Side and rear yards. All buildings, off-street parking lots, loading areas and outdoor storage areas shall be set back at least 50 feet from each side and rear lot line. If joint parking facilities are shared by adjoining uses, one of the side yard setbacks can be waived solely for parking and/or loading facilities.
[Amended 3-16-2015 by Ord. No. 293-2015]
E.
Height requirements.
(1)
The minimum height for all principal buildings shall be 20 feet.
(2)
An additional one foot of buffer yard required by § 135-195A shall be provided for every two feet, or fraction thereof, increase in height above 40 feet. Buildings devoted to agricultural use shall be exempt from height regulations.
(3)
The maximum height for all accessory buildings shall be 20 feet.
§ 135-196 Supplemental use regulations.
A.
Buffer yards.
[Amended 3-16-2015 by Ord. No. 293-2015]
(1)
Residential buffer strips. When a use in the IN District is located adjoining a residential district or a lot available for residential use, the required yards that share said boundary shall contain a residential buffer strip consisting of a mix of evergreen and deciduous trees to screen buildings, off-street parking and loading areas from view. The landscaping shall be planted in a minimum of two staggered rows for a more-effective screening effect; the spacing of the trees shall be not more than 1/2 the mature heights of the trees. No fewer than 60% of the trees planted shall be evergreen plantings. The minimum height of the trees at the time of planting shall be five feet, and the minimum caliper of trees at the time of planting shall be 2 1/2 inches. A comprehensive landscape plan showing the proposed landscaping elements shall be submitted with a Zoning Hearing Board application or an application for a subdivision and land development. If in the event a Zoning Hearing Board application or a subdivision and land development application is not required, the landscaping plan shall be submitted at the time for application of a zoning permit.
(2)
Unless a greater requirement applies to a specific use or is required by Subsection A above, all yards shall contain a landscaping strip that is a minimum of 15 feet wide. In the event a joint parking facility is used, the required landscaping strip may be waived for that portion of the side yard only. Landscaping strips shall be installed, maintained and contain appropriate materials in accordance with § 135-299.