A. Dimensional requirements.
Uses | Minimum Lot Size (square feet) | Maximum Building Coverage | Maximum Impervious Coverage | Maximum Height | Minimum Lot Width | Minimum Front Yard Setback | Minimum Rear Yard Setback | Minimum Side Yard Setback (each) |
All uses allowed, unless otherwise noted | 40,000 | 50% | 80% | 70 | 100 | 201 | 202 | 202 |
NOTES:
2 Except thirty-foot rear and twenty-foot side setback shall apply for an industrial use or tractor-trailer loading dock adjacent to a lot of a principally residential use.
B. Allowed uses.
(1) Permitted-by-right uses:
(a) Manufacturing or industrial processing involving the following: (as listed in the North American Industrial Classification System, where applicable)
[1] Assembly and packaging.
[2] Electronic and electrical equipment.
[3] Fabricated metals products.
[4] Food and beverage products.
[5] Instruments and related products.
[6] Leather and leather products.
[7] Machinery.
[8] Paper and allied products.
[9] Petroleum and coal products, other than asphalt.
[10] Primary metals industries.
[11] Railroad transportation.
[12] Rubber, synthetic rubber, resins and miscellaneous products.
[13] Stone, clay and glass products.
[14] Textile and apparel products.
[15] Tobacco products.
[16] Transportation equipment.
[17] Transportation and public utilities.
[18] Wood products and furniture.
(b) Banks and financial institutions.
(c) College or university, not including residential uses.
(d) Exercise clubs.
(e) Fire and ambulance station.
(f) Flex space buildings, including two or more permitted business uses.
(g) Gardens, crop farming and forestry.
(h) Landing area for a helicopter, provided it meets requirements of State and Federal Aviation Agencies.
(i) Municipal uses.
(j) Offices.
(k) Radio and television stations.
(l) Recreation facilities, public parks and nonmotorized recreation trails.
(m) Research and development facilities.
(n) Self-storage facilities.
(o) Non-tower based WCF if co-located on a municipal facility or a tower-based WCF that existed prior to the approval of this part and pursuant to Part 21 of this chapter that are not located within 500 feet of a residential property or located within a setback area. See § 600-2106. [Amended 3-27-2017 by Ord. No. 21-2017]
(p) Small Wireless Communications Facilities, pursuant to Part 21 of this Chapter. [Added 4-24-2023 by Ord. No. 41-2023]
(q) Trade, vocational and hobby schools, not including residential uses.
(r) Warehousing, storage, distribution, trucking or intermodal transfer facilities.12
(2) Conditional uses. See § 600-1203.
(a) Group institution.
(b) Junkyard.
(c) Manufactured home parks.
(d) Massage parlor (not including "massage therapy"), which shall meet the same regulations as a sexually oriented business, in addition to the City of Reading Code requirements.
(e) Sexually oriented business: pursuant to § 600-1203.
(f) Temporary shelter.
(g) Treatment center.
(3) Special exception uses:
(a) Manufacture of plastics and polymers.
(b) Manufacture and industrial processing of chemicals and allied products.
(c) Manufacture of asphalt.
(d) Solid waste transfer facility.
(e) Such other manufacturing and industrial uses as the applicant proves to the satisfaction of the Zoning Hearing Board will be similar to allowed uses and will not create hazards to public health and safety.
(4) Accessory uses. See Part 10, unless otherwise noted. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(a) Freestanding or roof-mounted wind turbines. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(b) Geothermal heat pumps. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(c) Solar energy systems. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(d) Water-powered energy systems. [Added 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015]
(e) Non-Tower WCFs, pursuant to Part 21 of this Chapter. [Added 3-27-2017 by Ord. No. 21-2017; amended 4-24-2023 by Ord. No. 41-2023]
C. Additional requirements. Section 600-811C shall also apply to the H-M District.
12. Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(1)(s), regarding wind turbines, which immediately followed this subsection, was repealed 10-26-2015 by Ord. No. 58-2015.