1143.01 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; ENFORCEMENT.

   (a)   Performance Requirements. 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 unless the following performance requirements are observed:

      (1)   Fire and explosive hazards. Any activity involving the use of or storage of flammable or explosive materials 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.

      (2)   Radioactivity or electrical disturbance. No activity shall emit dangerous radioactivity at any point, or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operations at any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance.

   (b)   Enforcement Provisions.

      (1)   All uses existing on the effective date of this Zoning Ordinance shall be exempt from the performance requirements of this section.

      (2)   The Administrative Officer shall refer any use or proposed use which may violate performance requirements to the Board of Zoning Appeals for review. (Ord. 40-63. Passed 12-12-63.)