The following standards are intended to ensure the compatibility of uses in a mixed-use project.
.010 Security. The residential units shall be designed to ensure the security of residents, through the provision of secured entrances and exits that are separate from the non-residential uses, and are directly accessible to parking areas. Non-residential and residential uses shall not have common entrance hallways or common balconies. These separations shall be shown on the development plan, and the separations shall be permanently maintained.
.020 Restriction on Activities. Commercial uses shall be designed and operated, and hours of operation limited, where appropriate, so that neighboring residents are not exposed to offensive noise, especially from traffic, trash collection, routine deliveries or late night activity. No use shall produce continual loading or unloading of heavy trucks at the site between the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.
.030 Noise Standards. Residential portions of the project shall be designed to limit the interior noise caused by the commercial and parking portions of the project, to a maximum of forty-five (45) decibels (db) Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) on an annual basis in any habitable room with windows closed. Proper design may include, but shall not be limited to, building orientation, double or extra-strength windows, wall and ceiling insulation, and orientation and insulation of vents. Where it is necessary that windows be closed in order to achieve the required level, means shall be provided for ventilation/cooling to provide a habitable environment.
.040 Vibrations and Odors. No use, activity or process shall produce continual vibrations or noxious odors that are perceptible, without instruments, by the average person at the property lines of the site, or within the interior of residential units on the site.
.050 Lighting. Outdoor lighting associated with commercial uses shall not adversely impact surrounding residential uses, but shall provide sufficient illumination for access and security purposes. Such lighting shall not blink, flash, oscillate, or be of unusually high intensity or brightness. (Ord. 5920 § 1 (part); June 8, 2004: Ord. 6287 § 5; October 8, 2013.)