351 Bair Rd, Abbottstown, PA 17301

Employment Center District

The intent of the Employment Center District EC is to: Provide areas in the Berwick Township, which are suitable locations for the development of industrial and business activities.; Provide local and regional employment centers thus increasing the tax base of the community.; Encourage the primary land use activity to be light manufacturing, warehousing and business parks; however, accommodate higher intensity industrial activities providing safeguards and buffering from less intense uses and understanding that few locations in the Township are suitable for the higher intensity industrial uses due to the environmental features of the Pigeon Hills, groundwater quantity limitations, the lack of public water and public sewer and inadequate roadway systems to carrying heavy loads and higher volumes of truck traffic.; Locate these areas with direct access to arterial roadways as classified in the Berwick Township Comprehensive Plan.; Locate these areas, generally, within or with reasonable expectation of being within the public water and sewer service area.; Locate these areas away from sensitive natural resources; that is, wetlands, Prohibit any use, which would substantially interfere with the development, continuation or expansion of the employment center in the District.; Establish reasonable standards for the provision of facilities and operation of industries to minimize air pollution, noise, glare, heat, vibration and fire and safety standards.; Implement the employment center land use goals, objectives and policies of the Berwick Township Comprehensive Plan.