A. Performance Requirements: No land or building in any district shall be used or occupied in any manner creating dangerous, injurious, noxious or otherwise objectionable conditions which could adversely affect the surrounding areas or adjoining premises; except, that any case permitted by this title may be undertaken and maintained if acceptable measures and safeguards to reduce dangerous and objectionable conditions 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 prevention 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 as specified in the international fire code and the national safety foundation publications.
2. Radioactivity Or Electrical Disturbance: No activity shall emit harmful radioactivity at any point, or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation of any equipment at any point other than that of the creator of such disturbance.
3. Noise: Objectionable noise, as determined by the administrator, which is due to volume, frequency or beat shall be muffled or otherwise controlled. Air raid sirens and related apparatus used solely for public purposes are exempt from this requirement.
4. Vibration: No vibration shall be permitted which is discernible without instruments on any adjoining lot or property.
5. Air Pollution: Air pollution shall be subject to the requirements and regulations established by the health authority.
6. Glare: No direct or reflected glare shall be permitted which is visible from any property outside a manufacturing district or from any street.
7. Erosion: No erosion by man, wind or water shall be permitted which will carry objectionable substances onto neighboring properties.
8. Water Pollution: Water pollution shall be subject to the requirements and regulations established by the health authority.
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 published by the American Standards Institute, New York, the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc., Washington, D.C., the United States bureau of mines and the health authority.
C. Enforcement: The administrator, prior to the issuance of a zoning permit, 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 tolerances. (Ord. 710, 1-14-2014)