Schuylkill Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
A-R Administrative and Research District
§ 370-65 Purpose.
In addition to the general purposes of § 370-2 and the community development objectives of § 370-5 of this chapter, it is the purpose of this district to make provisions for nonresidential professional office, medical, administrative, and other similar uses that are characterized by advanced technological activities, which do not cause significant pollution or environmental degradation or represent nuisances to adjoining areas. This district is located in peripheral areas of the Township, where conflicts with nearby residential districts are minimal.
§ 370-66 Permitted use regulations.
[Amended 8-3-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-02; 9-7-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-07; 12-7-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-11]
A building may be erected or used, and a lot may be used or occupied, for any one of the following purposes and no other, except as otherwise provided in § 370-58 of this chapter:
A.
Offices for administrative, executive, professional, sales, and other similar uses the normal attributes of which do not involve the actual storage, exchange or delivery of merchandise on the premises.
B.
Laboratory for scientific, agricultural or industrial research and developments.
E.
Any of the following purposes when authorized as a special exception:
(1)
A college, private or public elementary, secondary or nursery school or other educational institution for academic instruction, pursuant to the provisions of § 370-150, but not to include a business or trade school, dance school or studio or similar use, and provided that none of the above uses shall include any form of prison, penal or correctional institution, detention center or facility for detention and care of legally adjudicated persons. Charitable, religious, or philanthropic uses may also be allowed under the above criteria and with the same restrictions as noted above.
(2)
Hospital for humans, nursing homes or congregate care senior housing, pursuant to the provisions of § 370-153.
(4)
Club, fraternity house or lodge, provided that the principal activity shall not be one which is customarily carried on as a business and provided that all services shall be for members and their guests only, pursuant to the provisions of § 370-147.
(5)
Communications towers shall be designed as a flagpole, church steeple or similar tall structure consistent with the intent, use, and character of a lot or development within A-R Zoning District as further modified by the character zone containing such lot or development, and that otherwise shall comply with the provisions of § 370-151, providing that:
(a)
An applicant requiring a new location for a communication tower must first establish an existing non-antenna flagpole that may be converted to a communication tower use after being granted a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board.
(b)
Conversion of any existing flagpole is allowable after being granted a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board.
F.
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no exterior storage of materials or equipment shall be permitted and no use shall be permitted which may be noxious or offensive by reason of odor, dust, fumes, smoke, gas, vibration, or noise, or which may constitute a public hazard whether by fire, explosion or otherwise.
§ 370-67 Lot size, height, area, building arrangement and recreation.
A.
The following regulations shall apply in this district:
Regulation | Requirement |
|---|---|
Minimum developable area | 10 acres |
Maximum building coverage | 30% |
Maximum lot coverage | 50% |
Maximum height | 35 feet |
Minimum front lot line width at the building line (for each building and structure) | 300 feet |
Minimum front yard depth | 100 feet |
Minimum rear yard depth | 75 feet, except 100 feet shall be provided when a rear yard abuts a street |
Minimum side yards | Not less than 75 feet each, with an aggregate width of not less than 150 feet, and provided that any side yard abutting a street shall have a depth of not less than 100 feet |
B.
Unless authorized as a special exception, in no case shall any building or structure be erected closer than 150 feet to any residential district.
§ 370-68 Off-street parking.
The provisions of § 370-183C to the contrary notwithstanding, no parking area shall be permitted within the front yard of any lot in this district nor closer than 150 feet to any residential district unless authorized as a special exception, but in no case shall any parking area be permitted closer than 50 feet to any residential district.
§ 370-69 Screening.
All front yards and all areas delimited by any side or rear lot line abutting or directly across the street from a residential district and a depth of 50 feet for the entire length thereof shall be screened therefrom by means of an effective screen pursuant to the provisions of § 320-34D of Chapter 320, Subdivision and Land Development.