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Upper Merion Township
City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XVI

AR Administrative and Research Districts

§ 165-81 Regulations to apply.

In AR Administrative and Research Districts, the following regulations shall apply.

§ 165-82 Use regulations.

A. 
A building may be erected, altered or used and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and no other:
(1) 
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.
(2) 
Medical office and medical office building.
[Added 11-15-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-809[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the renumbering of former Subsection A(2) through (9) as Subsection A(4) through (11).
(3) 
Medical clinic.
[Added 11-15-2012 by Ord. No. 2012-809]
(4) 
Laboratory for scientific, agricultural or industrial research and development.
(5) 
Municipal uses.
[Added 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
(6) 
Helistop, when authorized as a special exception in accordance with the provisions of § 165-219.
[Added 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
(7) 
Signs, subject to the provisions of Article XXVII.
(8) 
Any use of the same general character as any of the uses hereinbefore specifically permitted, when authorized as a special exception.
(9) 
Any of the following purposes when authorized as a special exception:
(a) 
Educational, religious, philanthropic use, excluding correctional or penal institution.
(b) 
Hospital, nursing or convalescent home, excluding sanatorium.[2]
[Amended 12-14-1964 by Ord. No. 64-153]
[2]
Editor's Note: Original Subsection E3, permitting certain municipal uses as special exceptions, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516.
(c) 
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.
(10) 
Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses.
(11) 
Personal care facility as a conditional use in accordance with § 165-219.1.
[Added 3-25-1999 by Ord. No. 99-681]
B. 
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.

§ 165-83 Height regulations.

The maximum height of any building erected or used for any use permitted by § 165-82 herein shall be 50 feet.

§ 165-84 Area, width and yard regulations.

A. 
Minimum lot area and width. A lot area of not less than five acres and a lot width of not less than 300 feet at the building line shall be provided for every building or other structure erected or used for any use permitted in this district.
B. 
Front yard. There shall be a front yard on each lot which shall be not less than 100 feet in depth.
C. 
Side yards. There shall be two side yards on each lot which shall have an aggregate width of not less than 100 feet, neither side yard having a width of less than 35 feet, and provided that any side yard abutting a street shall have a width of not less than 100 feet.
D. 
Rear yard. There shall be a rear yard on each lot the depth of which shall be not less than 50 feet, provided that any rear yard abutting a street shall have a depth of not less than 100 feet.
E. 
Building coverage. Not more than 25% of the area of any lot shall be occupied by buildings.
F. 
Lots near residential or agricultural districts. Unless authorized as a special exception, in no case shall any building or structure be erected closer than 150 feet to any residential or agricultural district.

§ 165-85 Off-street parking.

[Amended 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
Parking shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of Article XXVIII herein. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article XXVIII, no parking area shall be permitted within the front yard of any lot in this district nor closer than 150 feet to any agricultural or residential district unless authorized as a special exception, but in no case shall any parking be permitted closer than 100 feet to any agricultural or residential district.

§ 165-86 Screening.

[Amended 6-15-1987 by Ord. No. 87-516]
All front yards and all areas delimited by any side or rear lot line abutting or directly across a street from any agricultural or residential district shall be effectively screened by a buffer of not less than 50 feet in width. Such planting shall be in accordance with the provisions of § 165-217.1 herein.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Article IX-B, A Apartment Districts, which immediately followed this section, as added 12-22-1959 by Ord. No. 78, was superseded 12-18-1961 by Ord. No. 110.