No land or building in any district shall be used or occupied in any manner creating dangerous, injurious, obnoxious, or otherwise objectionable conditions which could adversely affect surrounding areas except that any use permitted by this Ordinance may be undertaken and maintained with acceptable measures and safeguards to reduce dangerous and objectionable conditions as established by the following performance standards:
(a) Fire Hazards: Any activity involving the use or storage of flammable or explosive materials shall be protected by adequate fire-fighting and fire prevention equipment and by such safety devices that are normally used in the handling of such material. These hazardous areas shall be kept from adjacent activities at a sufficiently safe distance.
(b) Radioactivity or Electrical Disturbance: No permitted activity shall emit dangerous radioactivity at any point or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation of any equipment at any point other than that of the source of such disturbance.
(c) Noise: Objectionable noise due to volume, frequency, or beat shall be muffled or otherwise controlled.
(d) Vibration: No vibration shall be permitted which is discernible without instruments on any adjoining lot or property.
(e) Air Pollution: No pollution of air by fly ash, dust, paper, odors, smoke, or other substance shall be permitted which is harmful to health, animals, vegetation, or other property or which can cause excessive soiling. Air pollution shall be subject to the regulations established by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(f) Glare: No direct or reflected glare shall be permitted which is visible from any property outside of an industrial district or from any street.
(g) Erosion: No erosion by either wind or water shall be permitted which will carry an objectionable substance onto neighboring properties.
(h) Water Pollution: Water pollution shall be subject to the requirements and regulations established by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and other federal and state regulatory agencies.
(Ord. 2001-35. Passed 7-17-01.)