Tilden Township City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XI
L-2 Industrial District
§ 500-40 Purpose.
The purpose of the L-2 Industrial District is to permit and encourage light and heavier 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.
§ 500-41 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)
Research, testing, or experimental laboratory.
(2)
Office.
(3)
Building materials sales yard.
(4)
Forestry.
(5)
Governmental use.
(6)
Motor vehicle service station.
(7)
Motor vehicle repair facility.
(8)
General service or contractor's shop.
(9)
Dwelling quarters for watchman or caretaker employed on the premises.
(10)
Warehouse distribution center.
(11)
Kennel.
D.
The following uses are permitted when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board:
E.
The following uses are permitted when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board, provided that public sewer and water service is available:
(1)
Motor vehicle wash establishment.
(2)
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 and tobacco.
(3)
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.
(4)
Compounding of pharmaceutical products.
(5)
Manufacturing/assembling.
(6)
Commercial/Industrial park.
(7)
Methadone treatment facility.
(8)
Treatment center.
F.
The following uses are permitted when authorized as a special exception by the Zoning Hearing Board, provided that a privately owned central sewage treatment system is available:
(1)
Milk or soft drink bottling establishment.
(2)
Packing, processing and canning of meat, fish, and food products.
(3)
Manufacture of nonalcoholic beverages.
(4)
Laundry, dry cleaning, and dyeing plant.
(5)
Metal and metal products treatment and processing, such as enameling, lacquering, galvanizing, electroplating, finishing, grinding, sharpening, polishing, cleaning, rust proofing, painting, and heat treating.
§ 500-42 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 five acres.
B.
Lot width. Every lot shall not be less than 250 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, except for such buildings located within approved industrial parks, in which case principal and accessory buildings shall not occupy more than 40% of the lot area.
E.
Impervious coverage. Not more than 75% of the area of each lot may be covered 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 100 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 75 feet in depth.
I.
Height regulations. No building shall exceed 35 feet or two stories in height.
§ 500-43 Special regulations.
In order to encourage sound and attractive development, the following special requirements shall apply to all uses permitted in the L-2 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.