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West Deer Township City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XVI

SU: Special Use District

§ 210-67 Principal uses.

Land uses: see § 210-12.

§ 210-68 Accessory uses and structures.

A. 
Offices and administrative buildings associated with the principal permitted use.
B. 
Storage structures customarily associated with the principal permitted use.
C. 
Parking areas for employees, visitors, company vehicles.
D. 
Loading and truck maneuvering areas.
E. 
Railroad sidings, lead tracks.
F. 
Limited outdoor storage: See § 210-73.
G. 
Signs: See § 210-126.
H. 
See § 210-12.

§ 210-69 Conditional uses.

See § 210-162.

§ 210-70 Lot and area requirements.

Dimensional requirements - See § 210-13.

§ 210-71 Off-street parking requirements.

Parking between the front lot line and the front building facade shall be limited to visitors and building executives. For additional requirements, see also § 210-120.

§ 210-72 Yard requirements for accessory structures.

A. 
Location:
(1) 
Front yard: not permitted.
(2) 
Side yard:
(a) 
Adjoining residential district: 25 feet.
(b) 
Adjoining nonresidential district: 15 feet.
(3) 
Rear yard:
(a) 
Adjoining residential district: 25 feet.
(b) 
Adjoining nonresidential district: 15 feet.
B. 
Maximum height: 15 feet.

§ 210-73 Outside storage.

A. 
Liquid materials other than potable and non-potable water shall be stored in Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) permitted underground storage tanks or in above ground storage tanks not exceeding 20 feet in height. All storage tanks must be installed and operated in accordance with all federal, state, and local requirements. In addition:
(1) 
Tanks and containments shall me made of suitable materials compatible with the contents.
(2) 
Above ground storage tanks 55 gallons or larger located outdoors must have containment for 110% of the contents of the largest container within the containment and must have a roof or other system to ensure the containment is kept free of precipitation.
(3) 
Containment drains must be kept closed unless the containment is actively being drained of uncontaminated precipitation.
B. 
All outside storage of materials shall be screened from view from any adjacent public street or from beyond the edge of the Special Use District in accordance with § 210-73C.
C. 
Screening from adjacent residential properties. Developers of special use property adjacent to existing residentially developed property shall provide a screen along the rear property line and along the side property lines up to the point of intersection with the front yard setback line. Required screening shall take the form of a continuous hedge which, when mature, is at least six feet high with a wood or metal fence at least six feet high, at least 50% of the area of which shall be solid or opaque materials, or a line of evergreen trees at least three feet high when planted, that will grow together when mature, with a wood or metal fence at least six feet high, at least 50% of the area of which shall be solid or opaque materials.

§ 210-74 Landscaping.

A. 
A minimum of 50% of the front yard area is to be landscaped with lawn or other appropriate planting materials such as trees and shrubs.
B. 
Side and rear yards are to be landscaped with grass or the appropriate plantings. Required buffer plantings may be included as required landscaping.
C. 
All slopes are to be entirely covered by grass or ground cover.
D. 
Landscaping may take the form of grassed areas, low trees, flower beds, mulching materials, boulders or other preapproved man-made features.
E. 
All landscaping shall be maintained by the property owner.
F. 
All areas of any special use property not covered by buildings or paved shall be planted in grass or other ground cover. Landscaping shall be maintained so that plant maturity occurs within a three-year period.
G. 
For every 1,000 square feet of commercial building footprint an additional tree of two-and-one-half-inch caliper shall be provided.
H. 
If adequate room for required trees is not feasible an alternative option may be discussed with the Planning Commission and recommendations made to the Board of Supervisors.
I. 
One shade tree of a minimum of two-and-one-half-inch caliper shall be planted within any parking area per each 10 parking spaces.
J. 
Trees may be planted within 15 feet from property line in side yards when yard abuts another building.

§ 210-75 Waste disposal.

A. 
All refuse stored outside shall be kept in containers which are totally enclosed and screened from view from streets and adjoining properties.
B. 
No burial of waste materials is permitted on site.

§ 210-76 Signs.

See § 210-126.

§ 210-77 Development standards.

In addition to the regulations established in this section, all uses in this district shall be required to address the requirements of § 210-153 of this chapter.
A. 
No lighting on any special use property shall produce a glare upon adjacent properties. Lighting shall meet the provisions of this chapter.
B. 
No noise, as measured along the boundary separating residential or commercial districts or uses from an Industrial District, shall exceed 50 decibels, whether or not such noise is intermittent or steady. Noise may also be regulated by other Township regulations, the most restrictive shall govern.
C. 
No waste material of any kind may be burned in the open air on any industrial property for heating or any other use.
D. 
In no case shall smoke emitted from any heating or manufacturing process exceed a density equivalent to number two on the Ringelmann type smoke detection chart.
E. 
Manufacturing process producing dust and dirt shall be confined within a completely enclosed area.
F. 
Dust, dirt, gases, and odors shall be gathered within the building housing the manufacturing process producing such by-products or within equipment designed for collecting or processing such products.
G. 
Vibration from any operation within the Special use District shall not be discernible outside the property in which the vibration producing equipment is located.
H. 
Construction materials. In the Special use District, the architectural character should attempt to compliment the neighboring development. All exterior walls or buildings are to be finished with face brick, synthetic stucco, including "dryvit," stone and/or architectural metal. Metal cladding of warehouse structures shall not exceed 60% of the total wall surface. Exterior glass and metal enclosure (curtain) walls may be used for office portions of a building. Concrete block or poured concrete wall treatments (when used in an architectural fashion) shall be subject to Planning Commission approval. If an addition is added to an existing building that does not meet the construction materials standard the owner may choose to improve the front facade of the existing building in lieu of the addition subject to Planning Commission approval.
I. 
Waste disposal. All refuse, if stored outside the building, is to be kept in containers stacked in a purposeful, organized and safe manner, and shall be removed at least once a week, or as scheduled by the waste disposal company, and is to be totally enclosed and screened from view from streets and from adjoining properties. No burial of waste material is permitted on the site.
J. 
Buildings shall be screened in accordance with § 210-153A(3)(a).
K. 
Site lighting shall be reduced to zero foot-candle at the perimeter property line.
L. 
For new development and/or redevelopment, street trees shall be provided along the entire length of the street right-of-way. Street trees shall be provided on both sides of any street which is within a development. Street trees shall be planted at fifty-foot intervals within 10 to 15 feet of the street right-of-way. Street trees shall be located to enable utility maintenance, required sight distances and visibility of street and traffic signs. Species selection and location of street trees shall take into account maturity height and width in regards to firetruck and snow removal equipment ingress and egress as well as sidewalk obstructions.