Within any M-2 or M-3 District, buildings and land for industrial purposes shall be used in accordance with, and buildings for industrial purposes shall be erected, altered, moved, maintained or reconstructed in such manner as to comply with the following performance standards.
(a) All industrial operations shall be carried on only in buildings meeting the design and construction requirements for fireproof buildings established by the Ohio Building Code. The front of the building must be masonry or equivalent.
(b) No emission is permitted at any point, from a chimney or otherwise, of visible grey smoke of a shade equal to or darker than No. 3 on the Standard Ringlemann Chart as issued by the United States Bureau of Mines, except that visible grey smoke of a shade equal to No. 3 on the Chart may be emitted for ten minutes in any hour and except that visible grey smoke of a shade equal to No. 4 on the Chart may be emitted for four minutes in any hour if any one of the following conditions exist:
(1) Breakdown of equipment;
(2) Starting new fires;
(3) Clean-up time.
These provisions applicable to visible grey smoke shall also apply to visible smoke of a different color, but with an apparently equivalent opacity.
(c) There shall be no emission from an industrial operation of odorous gases or other odorous matter in such quantities as to be offensive at any property line of the lot on which the industrial operation is located or at any point beyond such property line.
(d) There shall be no emission from an industrial operation which can cause any excessive soiling at any point, and in no event shall there be any emission, from any chimney or otherwise, of any solid or liquid particles in concentration exceeding .015 grams per cubic foot of the conveying gas or air at any point. No emission shall contain abnormally radioactive material. For measurement of the amount of particles in gases resulting from combustion, standard corrections shall be applied to a stack temperature of 500 degrees Fahrenheit and fifty percent excess air.
(e) No equipment shall be used in any industrial operation in such manner as to adversely affect, at any point beyond any property line of the lot on which such industrial operation is located, the operation or use of radio, television or other equipment.
(f) The regular use of explosives in an unsheltered area is not permitted. The storage of explosives not required for immediate operation is prohibited.
(g) The storage of equipment, raw materials, liquids, scrap and materials and waste material is not permitted in the required front yard.
(h) Treatment and disposal of sewage and industrial waste shall be in accordance with the requirements of the Board of Health and the Ohio Director of Environmental Protection. Waste material shall be stored so that it shall not be conducive to the breeding of rodents and insects. No burning is permitted.
(i) Toxic materials shall be so stored, handled and processed that in the event of any accident, such as an explosion or other unforeseen circumstances, the material will not be airborne in toxic concentrations beyond the property lines of the lot on which the industrial operation is located.
(Ord. 1966-79. Passed 3-22-66.)