(A) No land or building in any district shall be used or occupied in any manner so as to create any dangerous, injurious, noxious or otherwise objectionable element or condition so as to adversely affect the surrounding area or adjoining premises provided that any use permitted by this chapter may be undertaken and maintained if acceptable measures and safeguards are employed to limit dangerous and objectionable elements to acceptable limits as established by the following performance requirements:
(1) Fire hazards. Any activity involving the use or storage of flammable or explosive materials shall be protected by adequate firefighting and fire suppression equipment and by such safety devices as are normally used in the handling of any such material. Such hazards shall be kept removed from adjacent activities to a distance, which is compatible with the potential danger involved. The Fire Inspector shall have final enforcement authority of this provision.
(2) Radioactivity or electrical disturbance. No activity shall emit dangerous radioactivity at any point, or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation at any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance.
(3) Noise. Noise which is objectionable as determined by the Zoning Inspector due to volume, frequency or beat shall be muffled or otherwise controlled.
(4) Vibration. No vibration shall be permitted which is discernible without instruments on any adjoining lot or property.
(5) Smoke. Smoke requirements shall be under Ohio E.P.A. jurisdiction.
(6) Odors. No malodorous gas or matter shall be permitted which is offensive or as to produce a public nuisance or hazard on any adjoining lot or property.
(7) Air pollution. No pollution of air by fly ash, dust, vapors, or other substances shall be permitted which is harmful to health, animals, vegetation, or other property, or which can cause excessive soiling. Air requirements shall be under Ohio E.P.A. jurisdiction.
(8) Glare. No direct or reflected glare shall be permitted which is visible from any property outside an "M" District or from any public street, road, or highway.
(9) Erosion. No erosion, by either wind or water, shall be permitted which will carry objectionable substances onto neighboring properties.
(10) Water pollution. Pollution of water shall be subject to the requirements and regulations established by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(B) Measurement procedures. Methods and procedures for the determination of the existence of any dangerous and objectionable elements shall conform to applicable standard measurement procedures established by E.P.A. or other agencies.
(Ord. 2022-25, passed 3-21-2022)