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Tilden Township City Zoning Code

ARTICLE X

L-1 Limited Industrial Districts

§ 500-36 Purposes.

The purpose of the L-1 Limited Industrial District is to permit and encourage certain commercial uses and light industrial development that will be harmonious with the overall pattern of physical development of the Township and that will contribute to the soundness of the economic base of the Township.

§ 500-37 Use regulations.

[Amended 7-11-2009 by Ord. No. 195]
A building may be erected or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following uses and no other, provided that any use permitted in the district shall conform with the environmental performance standards set forth in § 500-72 of this chapter, and with the applicable provisions of Article XVIII, Performance Standards:
A. 
The following uses are permitted by right:
(1) 
Governmental use.
(2) 
Motor vehicle service station.
(3) 
Motor vehicle repair facility.
(4) 
Forestry.
(5) 
General service or contractor's shop.
(6) 
Research, testing, or experimental laboratory.
(7) 
Dwelling quarters for watchman or caretaker employed on the premises.
(8) 
Kennel.
B. 
The following uses are permitted by right, provided that public sewer and water service is available:
(1) 
Laundry, dry cleaning or clothes pressing establishment.
(2) 
Wholesale business establishment including wholesale bakery.
(3) 
Research, testing, or experimental laboratory.
C. 
The following accessory uses are permitted by right:
(1) 
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the above permitted uses.
(2) 
Accessory solar energy systems as a use permitted by right in accordance with § 500-113.
[Added 8-9-2023 by Ord. No. 252]
D. 
The following uses are permitted when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board:
(1) 
Telephone central office.
(2) 
Utility substation.
(3) 
Outdoor place of amusement.
(4) 
Passenger terminal.
E. 
The following uses are permitted when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board, provided that sewer and water service is available:
(1) 
Manufacturing of products from the following previously processed and prepared materials: bone, ceramics, cork, feathers, felt, fur, glass, hair, horn, leather, metal, paper, plaster, plastics, precious and semiprecious stones, rubber, shells, textiles, tobacco and wood.
(2) 
Manufacturing of electrical appliances and supplies; small or hand tools; hardware; toys; jewelry; clocks and watches; musical, professional and scientific instruments; optical goods; machinery and machine tools; electric equipment; motors; iron and steel products, including fabrication and assembly.
(3) 
Compounding of pharmaceutical products.
(4) 
Hospital.
F. 
Principal solar energy systems as a use permitted by conditional use in accordance with the provisions of § 500-113.
[Added 8-9-2023 by Ord. No. 252]

§ 500-38 Area and bulk regulations.

[Amended 1-2-2007 by Ord. No. 172]
A. 
Lot area. Every lot shall have a lot area of not less than three acres.
B. 
Lot width. Every lot shall not be less than 200 feet in width at the building line.
C. 
Floor-area ratio. The total floor area of the principal and accessory buildings, excluding any cellar area, shall not exceed 50% of the lot area.
D. 
Lot area ratio. Principal and accessory buildings shall not occupy more than 25% of the lot area.
E. 
Impervious coverage. Not more than 75% of the area of each lot may be occupied by impervious surface.
F. 
Front yard. There shall be a front yard along each street or proposed street on which a lot abuts of no less than 75 feet in depth.
G. 
Side yards. There shall be two side yards on each lot, neither of which shall be less than 40 feet in width, with an aggregate of no less than 100 feet.
H. 
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot that shall be not less than 50 feet in depth.
I. 
Height regulations. No building shall exceed 35 feet or two stories in height.

§ 500-39 Special regulations.

In order to encourage sound and attractive development, the following special requirements shall apply to all uses permitted in the L-1 District:
A. 
Along residential district boundary lines, a buffer yard shall be provided which shall be not less than 100 feet in width, measured from such boundary line or from the street line, where such street constitutes the district boundary line, and shall be in accordance with the provisions of § 500-70. Such buffer yard may be conterminous with any required yard in this district, and in case of any conflict, the larger yard requirement shall apply.
B. 
Off-street parking and loading facilities shall be provided in accordance with Article XIX.