(a) General Standards.
(1) 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 Code 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 performance requirements contained herein.
(2) All development and activity within the city is subject to the regulations of the General Offenses Code of the Codified Ordinances.
(3) All development activity is subject to the regulations of Chapter 1174 Storm Water Management Regulations.
(b) Hazardous Materials.
(1) General. The storage, utilization, and manufacture of solid, liquid, and gaseous chemicals and other materials shall be permitted subject to the standards of any local, state, or federal agency having jurisdiction in said matter.
(2) Fire Hazards. Any activity involving the use or storage of flammable or explosive material shall be protected by adequate fire-fighting 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.
(c) Radioactive 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 the disturbance.
(d) Noise.
(1) Noise which is objectionable, as determined by the BZBA, due to volume, frequency or beat, shall be muffled or otherwise controlled.
(2) Emergency notification sirens and related apparatus used solely for public purposes are exempt from this requirement.
(e) Vibration. No vibration shall be permitted which is disruptive or injurious to any property outside of an industrial district.
(f) Odors. No use shall cause or allow the emission of odorous air contaminants from any source sufficient to result in detectable odors beyond any lot line on which the use occurs.
(g) Air Pollution. The emission of air pollutants shall not violate the standards and regulations of any local, state, or federal agency having jurisdiction in said matter.
(h) Glare. No direct or reflected glare incident to an industrial operation shall be permitted which is disruptive or injurious to any property outside an industrial district.
(i) Erosion.
(1) No erosion, by either wind or water, shall be permitted which will carry objectionable substances onto neighboring properties.
(2) Development activity is subject to the regulations of Chapter 1174 Storm Water Management Regulations and those of the Storm Water Management Program.
(j) Water Pollution.
(1) The emission of water pollutants shall not violate the standards and regulations of any local, state, or federal agency having jurisdiction in said matter.
(2) Development activity is subject to the regulations of Chapter 1174 Storm Water Management Regulations and those of the Storm Water Management Program.
(k) Smoke. The emission of smoke or dust by any land use in an amount sufficient to create a general nuisance to adjoining properties shall be prohibited.
(l) Enforcement Provisions.
(1) Prior to the issuance of a zoning permit, the Zoning Commissioner or the BZBA may require the submission of statements and plans indicating the manner in which dangerous and objectionable elements involved in processing and in equipment operations are to be eliminated or reduced to acceptable limits and tolerance.
(2) Methods and procedures for the determination of the existence of any dangerous and objectionable elements shall conform to applicable standard measurement procedures published by the American Standards Association, Inc., New York, N.Y.; the Manufacturing Chemists Association, Inc., Washington, D.C.; and the United States Bureau of Mines or other applicable standards.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the performance requirements shall not apply to operation of any industry existing at the time of enactment of this Code or any expansion thereof at the same location or adjoining properties.
(Ord. 7675. Passed 11-11-14.)