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 use permitted by this Zoning Ordinance may be undertaken and maintained if acceptable measures or safeguards to reduce dangerous and objectionable conditions to acceptable limits are established by the performance requirements in subsections (a) to (j) hereof.
(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 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.
(b) Radioactivity or Electrical Disturbance. No 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 creator of such disturbance.
(c) Noise. Objectionable noise as determined by the Board of Zoning and Building Appeals 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.
(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, vapors, odors, smoke or other substances shall be permitted which are harmful to health, animals, vegetation or other property, or which can cause excessive soiling.
(f) Glare. No direct or reflected glare shall be permitted which is visible from any property outside an industrial district or from any street.
(g) Erosion. No erosion, by either wind or water, shall be permitted which will carry objectionable substances onto neighboring properties.
(h) Water Pollution. Water pollution shall be subject to the requirements and regulations established by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(i) Enforcement Provisions. The Village Manager or Planning Commission 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.
(j) 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 National Standards Institute, Washington, D.C., the United States Bureau of Mines, and the Ohio EPA.
(k) Abatable Nuisance. Upon determination by the Village Manager or his/her designee or as sustained by appeal of such a decision to Council, subsections (a) to (h) hereof shall be considered abatable nuisances and are a violation of the provisions of this Zoning Ordinance.