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Township of West Manheim, PA Commercial/Industrial District
Ch 270 Pt 4 Art VII Commercial/Industrial District
§ 270-36 Purpose.
§ 270-37 Permitted uses.
§ 270-38 Special exception uses.
§ 270-39 Conditional uses.
§ 270-40 Area regulations.
§ 270-41 General requirement for all uses.
Part 4 Designated Growth Area Zoning Districts
Article VII: Commercial/Industrial District
Chapter 270 : Zoning Part 4 Designated Growth Area Zoning Districts Article VII Commercial/Industrial District
The purpose of this zoning district is to encourage and provide for a mix of commercial and industrial businesses and development in a harmonious and appropriate manner in order to contribute to the soundness of the economic base of the Township. This district establishes reasonable and coordinated performance standards regarding landscaping, buffering, open space, lighting, signage, joint access and traffic control devices. Any negative impacts such as air pollution, noise, glare, heat, vibration and fire and safety hazards on the adjacent residential community can be minimized and mitigated, thus helping maintain a high quality of life.
Permitted uses are as follows:
Agricultural and forestry uses.
Forestry (§ 270-135); and
Greenhouse or horticultural nursery (§ 270-138); and
Nature preserve and wildlife sanctuary.
Club room, club grounds and meeting hall (§ 270-124);
Hospital (§ 270-142);
Nursing, rest or retirement homes (§ 270-156); and
Place of worship (§ 270-161).
Public and semipublic uses.
Essential services (§ 270-132);
Government facility or use other than Township-owned;
School, private (§ 270-171);
School, public (§ 270-171); and
School, vocational-mechanical trade (§ 270-172).
Animal hospital (§ 270-116);
Automobile or gasoline service station (§ 270-117);
Automobile, heavy equipment and similar motor vehicle repair/service (§ 270-118);
Automobile, heavy equipment and similar motor vehicle sales;
Automobile washing (car wash) (§ 270-119);
Convenience store (§ 270-126);
Day care, commercial (§ 270-127);
Farm-related business (§ 270-133);
Financial institution (§ 270-134);
Funeral home (§ 270-136);
Health and fitness club (§ 270-140);
Hotel (§ 270-143);
Indoor commercial recreation (§ 270-144);
Indoor shooting range (§ 270-145);
Kennel (§ 270-147);
Medical or dental clinical facilities (§ 270-149);
Motel (§ 270-154);
Office (§ 270-157);
Outdoor commercial recreation (§ 270-158);
Personal service business (§ 270-160);
Restaurant (§ 270-164);
Restaurant, drive-in (§ 270-165);
Restaurant, fast-food (§ 270-166);
Retail store or shop (§ 270-167);
School, commercial (§ 270-170);
Veterinarian's office (§ 270-175); and
Wholesale sales (§ 270-177).
Light industrial uses, including the following:
Manufacturing, assembling, converting, finishing, and processing activities of a light industrial nature, including:
Agricultural, food and kindred products;
Furniture and fixtures;
Printing, publishing and allied industries;
Pharmaceutical, medicinal, drug and biological products;
Textile mill and apparel products;
Professional, scientific and controlling instruments; photographic and optical goods;
Canvas products made of purchased canvas;
Fabricated metal products and metal working;
Woodworking, cabinets and handicraft products;
Electronics and small parts assembly;
Mills and lumberyards;
Plastics molding;
Tool and die;
Mini storage/self-storage facility (§ 270-152);
Outdoor storage;
Sawmill (§ 270-169);
Warehousing (§ 270-176); and
Wholesale sale, storage, and auctions of automobiles, trucks, buses, and other heavy equipment (§ 270-177).
Uses customarily incidental to the above permitted uses;
Roadside stand (§ 270-105); and
Alternative energy facilities (§ 270-107).
Special exception uses are as follows:
Heavy industrial uses including the following (§ 270-141):
Manufacturing uses involving primary production of the following products from raw materials:
Asphalt, cement, charcoal and fuel briquettes;
Chemicals, aniline dyes, ammonia, carbide, caustic soda, cellulose, chlorine, carbon black and bone black, creosote, hydrogen and oxygen, industrial alcohol, nitrates (manufactured and natural of an explosive nature), potash, plastic materials and synthetic resins, pyroxylin, rayon, and hydrochloric, nitric, phosphoric, picric and sulfuric acids;
Coal, coke, and tar products, including gas manufacturing;
Explosives, fertilizers, gelatin, glue and animal size;
Linoleum and oilcloth;
Matches, paint, varnishes and turpentine;
Rubber (natural or synthetic), soaps (including fat rendering);
Starch; and
Glass manufacturing.
The following processes:
Foundry;
Reduction, refinishing;
Smelting and alloying of metal or metal ores;
Refining secondary aluminum; and
Refining petroleum products, such as gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, lubricating oil, distillation of wood or bones.
Conditional uses are as follows:
Adult-related uses (§ 270-112);
Airport/heliport (§ 270-115);
Billboard (§ 270-120);
Communications antenna, tower, and equipment building (§ 270-125);
Methadone treatment facility (§ 270-150);
Nightclub (§ 270-155);
Shopping center (§ 270-173); and
Tavern (§ 270-155).
Junkyard (§ 270-146); and
Solid waste disposal and/or processing facility (§ 270-174).
The following area regulations shall apply in this district:
Both Utilities
(Centralized Water and Centralized Sewer)
(Centralized Water or Centralized Sewer)
(No Centralized Water or Sewer)
Front setback (feet)
50 arterial, 40 collector and local
Side setback (feet)
Rear setback (feet)
Maximum building height (stories/feet)
3.5 stories or 45 feet
Maximum lot coverage (percent)
Thirty feet if abutting any property in the Residential and Suburban Residential Zoning Districts or existing residential use.
Water and sewage facilities required. All principal, nonagricultural and nonforestry uses or developments within this zoning district shall be served by centralized water and centralized sewer; all other uses and developments shall be in accordance with Parts 7 and 11 of this chapter.
Zoning overlay districts. If located within or affected by the following zoning overlay districts, development or uses shall meet the requirements of Part 6 of this chapter in accordance with:
Article X, Natural Features Overlay District; and
Article XI, Floodplain Protection Overlay District.
Article XIII, Historic Preservation Overlay District.
Standards for uses. In addition to other applicable sections of Part 7, Standards for Uses, all development or uses permitted within this zoning district shall also comply with:
Article XV, Accessory Buildings and Uses;
Article XVII, Specific Use Standards;
Part 8, Signs;
Part 9, Off-Street Parking and Loading;
Article XXII, Driveways and Access Drives; and
Part 10, Buffering, Landscaping, Screening and Lighting.