425 Arcola Rd, Collegeville, PA 19426

Interchange Office Support District

In expansion of the community development objectives contained in Article I, see section 182-2 of this chapter, it is hereby declared to be the intent of this article with respect to IO-2 Interchange Office Support Districts to provide standards for office uses and developments which will provide complementary services for nearby Interchange Office District developments. To encourage the development of office and related services in locations at or near interchanges of State Route 422 the Pottstown Expressway that are convenient to the larger-scale corporate headquarters and office developments in IO Districts.; To provide such areas either immediately abutting or surrounded by existing IO Districts.; to function as a service district to the IO District, IO-2 Districts should only be applied to the Township Zoning Map subsequent to the development of a sufficient amount of nearby development in an IO District, or alternatively, upon final approval of a sufficient amount of such development, so as to provide demonstrated need for such support services as would be provided in the IO-2 Districts.; To provide ancillary commercial uses, as conditional uses, which provide retail goods and/or services for the employees in this district.; To provide for a limited array of freestanding commercial uses, also as conditional uses, which will provide certain essential services for employees of the broader employment centers around the Route 422 interchanges, including developments in both IO and IO-2 Districts.; To be applied in locations so as to reduce conflicts and traffic congestion on major arterial highways which traverse these areas, by minimizing travel outside the interchange area.; To provide certain development flexibility afforded by permitting a limited amount of land subdivision for tracts of land whose physical characteristics discourage creation of a singular development site, and to ensure that when such subdivision is permitted, it is done in strict