The following regulations shall be observed in all districts, as applicable:
(a) Fire and Explosive Hazards and Radioactivity. All activities and all storage of flammable and explosive material at any point shall be provided with adequate safety devices against the hazards of fire and explosion and adequate fire-fighting and fire-suppression equipment and devices as detailed and specified by the Department of Labor and Industry and the laws of the State of Ohio. There shall be no activities which emit radioactivity at any point.
(b) Electrical Disturbances. There shall be no electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation at any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of the disturbance.
(c) Smoke, Ash, Dust, Fumes, Vapor, and Other Forms of Air Pollution.
(1) There shall be no emission at any point at any chimney or other source, which can cause any damage to health, to animals or vegetation or to other forms of property; or which will cause excessive soiling at any point.
(2) There shall be no emission at any point from any chimney or other source for longer than five (5) minutes in any hour of visible smoke or any color with a shade darker than No. 3 of the Standard Ringleman Chart as issued by the U. S. Bureau of Mines.
(d) Odor. The emission of odorous gases or other odorous matter in such quantities as to produce a public nuisance or hazard beyond the lot occupied by the use shall not be permitted.
(e) Noise and Vibration. No use shall emit continuous-type noise or vibration which exceeds the average intensity of street traffic noise and vibration on the nearest street bordering a residential or institutional district. No noise perceptible in such districts shall be objectionable due to intermittence, beat frequency or shrillness.
(f) Glare. No direct or sky-reflected glare, whether from floodlights or from any high temperature process, shall be visible from adjoining public streets or adjacent lots when viewed by a person standing at ground level.
(g) Liquid and Solid Wastes. No use shall discharge any treated or untreated sewage or industrial waste into any reservoir or lake, or discharge any untreated sewage or industrial waste into any stream. All methods of sewage and industrial waste treatment and disposal shall be approved by the State Department of Health and all effluent from a treatment plant shall, at all times, comply with the requirements of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(h) Storage.
(1) No permanent storage or display for sale of merchandise, articles, or equipment shall be permitted outside a building.
(2) Any article or material stored or displayed for sale temporarily outside an enclosed building as an incidental part of a permitted main use shall be so screened by opaque ornamental fencing, wall or evergreen planting that it cannot be seen from adjoining public streets or adjacent lots when viewed by a person standing at ground level. All organic rubbish or storage shall be contained in air-tight vermin-proof containers which shall also be screened from public view.
(i) Soil Removal. No mining, extracting, filling or soil-stripping operations shall be conducted in such a manner as to leave unsightly or dangerous excavations or soil banks, or in such a manner as to increase erosion.
(j) Soil Erosion. No earth disturbing construction activities shall be conducted in a manner as to create unnecessary soil erosion or sedimentation of surface water features or storm sewers. To this end, no Zoning Permit shall be granted to permit any use requiring construction related site filling, site clearing, grading, or soil stripping operations unless, in the opinion of the Zoning Administrator, adequate provisions have been made to control soil erosion and sedimentation resulting from said activities. The Zoning Administrator shall require an erosion control plan for any use involving the above activities. Said erosion control plan shall illustrate erosion control measures to be utilized by the owner or developer. The erosion control plan shall be in general conformance with guidelines provided in "Water Management and Sedimentation Control in Urbanizing Areas," which is available, at no charge, from the Cuyahoga County Soil and Water Conservation District Office or from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service.
(Ord. 92-21. Passed 3-11-92.)
(k) In order to encourage and preserve adequate soil moisture, groundwater recharge and to discourage excessive storm water runoff, impervious surfaces on any developed lot shall not exceed eighty percent (80%) of the gross lot area.
(Ord. 1999-22. Passed 11-10-99.)