West Brandywine Township
City Zoning Code
City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VIII
L-2 Limited Industrial District
§ 200-31 Purpose.
The L-2 Limited Industrial District is established to recognize and reasonably regulate existing nonresidential development in close proximity to residential neighborhoods and accessed by existing collector roads. The following specific design purposes are established:
A.
To encourage site design and use that does not conflict with neighboring residential uses;
B.
To maintain the efficiency of existing traffic circulation systems;
C.
To limit the adverse impact to environmental conditions potentially created by facilities for public utilities or for public and/or educational transportation; and
D.
To provide for the orderly transition from such uses to those of the surrounding rural residential district.
§ 200-32 Use regulations.
Within the L-2 Limited Industrial District a building may be erected, altered, or used, and a lot may be used for any one principal purpose, whether permitted by right, special exception or conditional use, along with customary accessory use(s) as provided herein. Two or more principal uses may be permitted, subject to conditional use approval, as set forth in Subsection B(2) below.
A.
Any use permitted by right, special exception or conditional use in the R-2 Rural Residential District, as provided in § 200-19, shall likewise be permitted in the L-2 Limited Industrial District.
B.
In addition to conditional uses permitted in the R-2 District, the following uses shall be permitted when authorized by the Board of Supervisors as a conditional use in accordance with Article XXI:
(1)
Facility for a public utility or for public and/or educational transportation.
(2)
Two or more principal uses on the same lot subject to the following conditions:
(a)
Sufficient land area shall exist to enable each principal use to separately comply with applicable area and bulk requirements, except that yard setbacks need only be measured from the perimeter of the lot and not between individual uses;
(b)
Adequate water supply and sewage disposal capacity shall be provided for each use.
C.
Accessory uses shall be permitted which are clearly subordinate and customarily incidental to any of the foregoing permitted uses, subject to approval of special exception or conditional use where applicable.
§ 200-33 Area and bulk regulations.
A.
The area and bulk regulations provided in § 200-20 shall apply to all uses permitted in the L-2 Limited Industrial District except for a facility for a public utility or for public and/or educational transportation.
B.
The following area and bulk regulations shall apply to any facility for a public utility or for public and/or educational transportation:
(1)
Minimum lot size: 10 acres.
(2)
Minimum lot width building line: 150 feet; street line: 100 feet.
(3)
Minimum side yard (each): 50 feet.
(4)
Minimum front yard, measured from the ultimate right-of-way of any public road where applicable: 60 feet.
(5)
Minimum rear yard: 50 feet.
(6)
Maximum building coverage: 10%.
(7)
Maximum lot coverage (total): 30%.
(8)
Maximum building height: 25 feet.
§ 200-34 Design standards.
The following design standards under Article XV shall apply to all uses under the Limited Industrial District:
§ 200-35 Special provisions for public utility or public and/or educational transportation facility.
A.
The tract shall be environmentally suitable to support the type of use or development that exists or is being proposed.
B.
Sewer and water facilities shall be designed so as to adequately serve the existing or proposed use or development and shall be in compliance with the regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and any other applicable governmental laws or regulations.
C.
Unique natural features of the site shall be preserved through sensitive environmental site design.
D.
All facilities shall be buffered or screened from adjoining tracts and public rights-of-way in accordance with § 200-108 of this chapter.
E.
Facilities subject to these provisions must be located on or within 1,000 feet of an arterial or collector street.
F.
Lighting levels shall be provided which are compatible with those of surrounding residential uses and shall not exceed minimum levels necessary for safe use of and access to the facilities. All lighting shall make use of appropriate fixtures such that lighting is oriented downward and projects no glare beyond the tract boundaries or onto public roadways.
G.
All vehicle repairs shall be performed within enclosed garage areas, provided that if a vehicle is unable to be repaired and is to be out of commission for any period of time awaiting parts, it may be removed from the repair garage and parked in a location so as to be buffered from neighboring residential properties and nearby roadways.
H.
All activity at the site other than the washing of buses and limousines and other like vehicles shall take place between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Saturday with no operations to be conducted on Sunday. Inside washing in an interior washing bay may occur anytime from Monday midnight until Saturday at midnight, provided that no adverse impact shall occur to neighboring areas such as noise pollution and the like.
I.
All buildings shall be finished in earth-tone facades so as to blend in with existing areas and neighboring buildings, i.e., beige or earth-tone colors.