Pennsbury Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
Light Industrial District LI
§ 162-1301 Purpose.
The Light Industrial District is designed primarily to provide for modern, low impact research and industrial establishments with a view to encouraging attractive, low lot coverage development in areas which are particularly well suited for such uses, in concert with the Pennsbury Township Comprehensive Plan of 2006, as amended. In promoting the general purposes of this chapter, the intent of the LI District is to encourage only those types of industrial uses which would not constitute a hazard or a nuisance to the population of the adjacent areas. Use of toxic materials, such as those used in metal plating, is strictly prohibited.
§ 162-1302 Use regulations.
A building may be erected or used, and a lot or premises may be used, for only one of the following principal uses and no other:
A.
Uses by right.
(1)
Laboratory and or research facilities.
(2)
Office building.
(3)
Manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging, or treatment of such products as bakery goods, confections, candy, toiletries, perfumes, cosmetics, and dairy products.
(4)
Manufacture of novelties from previously prepared materials, jewelry, watches, clocks, optical goods, professional and scientific goods.
(5)
Manufacture and assembly of small electrical appliances and parts, such as lighting fixtures and fans and electronic measuring and controlling devices; assembly of electrical equipment such as radio and television receivers and home movie equipment.
(6)
Printing, publishing, lithographing, binding, and similar processes.
(7)
Manufacture of boxes, containers, bags, novelties, and other packaging products from previously prepared materials.
(8)
Fire or emergency service facility.
(13)
Lumberyard or woodworking mill.
(15)
Trucking establishment.
(16)
Warehouse.
(18)
Municipal uses, including park and related accessory uses.
(22)
Other similar industrial uses or commercial uses.
C.
D.
Accessory uses. In addition to one principal use, accessory uses listed below shall be permitted by right unless otherwise indicated as a special exception or conditional use in this chapter and shall be in conformance with § 162-2002 unless otherwise noted:
(1)
Commercial and industrial accessory uses.
(2)
Such accessory uses may include storage within a completely enclosed building in conjunction with a permitted use, and living accommodations for a watch man or similar employee.
(3)
Recycling collection center as an accessory use to recycling processing center, in conformance with § 162-2035.
(4)
Agricultural/farming accessory uses.
§ 162-1303 Special development regulations.
All uses permitted in the L1 District shall also demonstrate compliance with the following special development regulations:
A.
An accessory building may be separate from a principal building but it shall not encroach upon or extend into any of the required yard areas.
B.
Structures erected within said district shall comply with the requirements and specifications set forth in the Township Building Code, as most recently amended, and as recommended by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Compliance therewith shall be determined by the Township Engineer and/or Building Official.
C.
Utilities shall be underground.
D.
Physical performance standards required by § 162-1911 shall be specifically addressed and compliance therewith demonstrated. Recipients of building permits must certify that they fully understand those performance standards and the intended uses will not violate them.
E.
New structures requiring sewage disposal must provide capped sewer lines, to the appropriate place on the lot as specified by the Township Engineer. This requirement shall not apply where the applicant can provide proof that compliance is impractical.
F.
Existing and proposed perimeter and internal roads must meet specifications determined by the Township Engineer as adequate for the LI District in general and the proposed use in particular, and such road specifications may exceed those set forth in Chapter 138, Subdivision and Land Development.
G.
A certification from the chief of the appropriate fire company as to the adequacy of provisions for emergency vehicle access and water availability shall be required.
§ 162-1304 Area and bulk regulations.
Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, uses permitted in this district shall meet the following:
A.
Minimum lot area: five acres.
B.
Minimum lot width at the building line: 100 feet.
C.
Maximum floor area ratio: 50%.
E.
Minimum side yard: 50 feet.
F.
Minimum rear yard: 50 feet, unless the lot is a reverse-frontage lot, in which event, the requirements of § 162-1902 shall apply.
G.
Maximum height: three stories or 35 feet whichever is less, except those buildings or structures exempted in § 162-1902.
H.
Maximum building coverage: 40%.
I.
Maximum lot coverage: 60%.