(A) (1) It shall be unlawful to carry on or permit to be carried on any activity or operation or use of any land, building, or equipment that produces irritants to the sensory perceptions greater than the measures herein established which are hereby determined to be the minimum permissible hazards to humans or humans’ activities.
(2) Such measures may be supplemented by other means which are duly determined to be maximum permissible hazards to humans or human activity.
(B) The adoption of these standards is not intended to convey legal nonconforming status to any existing use or activity that may be in violation of these standards.
(1) Sound.
(a) The intensity level of sounds shall not exceed the following decibel levels when adjacent to the following types of uses.
In Decibels | Adjacent Uses | Where Measured |
55 | Residential dwellings | Common lot line |
60 | Commercial | Common lot line |
75 | Industrial and other | On lot line |
(b) The sound levels shall be measured with type of audio output meter approved by the Bureau of Standards. Objectionable noises due to intermittence, beat frequency, or shrillness, shall be muffled so as not to become a nuisance to adjacent uses.
(2) Vibration. All machinery shall be mounted and operated as to prevent transmission of ground vibration exceeding the displacement of three thousandths of one inch measured at any lot line of its source, or ground vibration which can be readily perceived by a person standing at any such lot line.
(3) Odor. The emission of noxious, odorous matter in such quantities as to be readily detectable at any point along lot lines, when diluted in the ratio of one volume of odorous air to four or more volumes of clean air or as to produce a public nuisance or hazard beyond lot lines, is prohibited.
(4) Gases. The escape of or emission of any gas which is injurious or destructive or explosive shall be unlawful and may be summarily caused to be abated, except as required in the delivery of essential service.
(5) Glare and heat. Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be performed within an enclosure so as to completely obscure and shield such operation from direct view from any point along the lot line, except during the period of construction of the facilities to be used and occupied.
(6) Light. Exterior lighting shall be 30 installed that the surface of the source of light shall not be visible from any bedroom window, and shall be so arranged as far a practical to reflect light away from any residential use, and in no case shall more than one footcandle power of light cross a lot line five feet above the ground in a residential district.
(7) Smoke, dust, dirt, and fly ash. It shall be unlawful to discharge into the atmosphere from any single source of emission whatsoever any air contaminator for a period or periods aggregating more than four minutes in any one half hour which is:
(a) As dark or darker in shade as that designated as No. 2 on the Ringelmarm Chart. The Ringelmann Chart, as published by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, is hereby made a part of this chapter, shall be the standard; however, the unbrascope readings of smoke densities may be used when correlated with the Ringelmann Chart. A Ringelmann Chart shall be on file in the office of the Zoning Official; or
(b) Of such opacity as to obscure an observer’s view to a degree equal to or greater than the smoke described in division (B)(7)(a) above, except when the emission consists only of water vapor. The quantity of gas-borne or airborne solids shall not exceed two-tenths grains per cubic foot of the carrying medium at a temperature of 500°F.
(8) Drifted air blown material. The drifting or airborne transmission beyond the lot line of dust, particles or debris from any open stockpile shall be unlawful and may be summarily caused to be abated.
(9) Radioactive materials. Radioactive materials shall not be emitted to exceed quantities, established as safe by the U.S. Bureau of Standards.
(10) Water and sewage. Every building used or intended to be used for human habitation or human occupancy, including, but not limited to, dwellings, industrial, commercial, office, and institutional uses, shall be furnished with water supply and sewage disposal as provided for in the Village’s Building Code. Accessory buildings, such as garages or storage buildings, intended and used for incidental or no human occupancy are excluded from this requirement, except that if water supply and/or sewage disposal is furnished to such building, it shall comply with the standards of the Building Code.
(Ord. 259, passed 10-24-1995; Ord. passed 2-1-2012) Penalty, see § 157.999