313 Limerick Center Rd, Pottstown, PA 19464

Office/Limited Industrial District

It is the intent of this article to: Provide standards and criteria for office and limited industrial development in appropriate areas of the Township in accord with the Township's Comprehensive Plan.; Provide sufficient land area to meet the Township's anticipated future needs for office and limited industrial development, allow for a range of choices of sites and strengthen the Township's economic base.; Provide employment centers with ease of access from interchanges of the Pottstown Expressway, Route 422, and to encourage interconnection of office and limited industrial development between those interchanges.; Locate employment centers with convenient access from the Township's population centers.; Protect adjacent residential areas from adverse visual and traffic impacts of office and limited industrial development.; Encourage development of unified, integrated office and limited industrial parks to accommodate a variety of individual uses.; Ensure adequate buffering of adjacent districts and land uses; Protect against development congestion by limiting the bulk of buildings in relation to each other and to the land area around them.; Protect against offensive noise, vibrations, odors and other nuisances through use of strict performance standards.; Provide for ancillary service-oriented and commercial uses which complement the office and limited industrial development in the district, without giving the district a predominantly commercial character.; Provide for aviation facilities of importance to the Township and the region, in such a manner as to ensure safe operations and avoid conflicts with adjacent uses.; Encourage an attractive visual environment along the Route 422, Pottstown Expressway, corridor.; Encourage preservation of areas needed for future interchange improvements.; Encourage development in an efficient, environmentally sensitive, mutually supportive manner.