Zoning
§ 209-30. MPM Materials Processing and Manufacturing District regulations.
[Amended 12-15-1994 by Ord. No. 94-6 EN]
A. Purpose
The purpose and intent of the Materials Processing and Manufacturing District is to provide and protect the existing areas in the Township to be devoted to integrated,
large-scale industrial iron and steel production, processing and fabrication and related activities which utilize massive or heavy equipment, manufacture products from primary material sources, require larger areas for indoor and outdoor storage of equipment or machinery for manufacturing, production, processing or storage purposes, massive uses of highway, rail or water transportation, including port facilities, or exceptionally large uses of water or waste disposal facilities, all on a tract which is physically isolated from the principal residential districts of the Township. Theretofore, the following regulations are hereby established in lieu of specific provisions of §§ 209-34, 209-37, 209-40, 209-42, 209-43F, 209-48 and 209-54A (2).
B. Principal permitted uses
 Any use permitted as a principal use under §§ 209-26B, 209-27B, 209-28B, and
209-29B.
Power generation and transmission facilities including substations.
Yards, buildings and structures used for the conveyance, distribution, processing, manufacture and storage of raw, semifinished or finished materials, fuels, products or by-products.
Blast furnaces, coke ovens, open-hearth facilities, steel production, rolling or processing mills and related facilities.
Marine port and terminal facilities.
ENRemanufacturing, which shall be limited to production processes which may use presorted post consumer materials and remanufacture or process them into usable raw materials or products which then are exported from the site in their new form(s). Remanufacturing specifically excludes the permanent storage, collection, sorting or disposal of mixed municipal solid waste on site and specifically excludes automobile or other vehicle salvage operations.
[Added 12-15-1994 by Ord. No. 94-6]
Employee recreation and eating facilities.
Any use or the same general character as any of the above permitted uses, including accessory uses, which are customarily incidental to said uses.
C. Maximum building and structure
height: none, except as provided in §
209-50.2B (14). [Amended 6-24-1998 by Ord. No. 98-13].
D. Area and yard requirements. See Table.EN
E. Minimum off-street parking. One space for each one employee on any shift, but in any event sufficient parking shall be provided so that no employees or visitors shall be required to park on any public road or highway abutting or adjacent to any facility in this district, and all parking lots shall be adequately illuminated.
F. Minimum off-street loading. All activities in this district shall provide for loading and unloading of materials in locations, which are removed from public streets and
highways.
G. Interior streets and highways.
All streets and highways, which are within the interior of the development and, which are not owned by the Township or state at the effective date of this chapter shall be constructed and maintained at the expense of the property owner.
H. Fence. Electric fence is prohibited.
I. Vibration, fumes, vapors, gases, storage and disposal of wastes.
Any and all operations shall meet the standards set by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, O.S.H.A. and any other appropriate federal, state, or county agency.
J. Accessory uses permitted. [Added 4-6-1982 by Ord. No. 82-3; amended 5-13-1982 by Ord. No. 82-5].
Vending machines
Machines or devices for amusement, entertainment and/or the rendition of music, provided that they comply with the standards set forth in § 209-50.1.
Water treatment and sanitary and industrial waste treatment facilities accessory
to or servicing principal permitted uses located in the MPM or HI Districts.
[Added 11-10-1987 by Ord. No. 87-14].
K. Conditional uses. [Added 8-23-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-9].
Uses permitted as conditional uses when authorized by the Board of Supervisors in accordance with § 209-50.
Activities involving the storage, utilization or the manufacture of explosives as
defined in this chapter. |
