(a) Review of Application for Building Permit or Certificate of Occupancy. Applications for building permits or zoning certificates, together with plans and specifications for the manufacture or processing of materials listed in subsection (b) hereof and for such other uses which may be of similar characteristics in the opinion of the Zoning Inspector, shall be referred by him to the Board. The Board, in cases where indicated, shall cause such plans and specifications to be examined by a competent specialist or laboratory in the manner prescribed in Section 1280.02.
(b) Uses Subject to Review. The following uses shall be subject to such performance standard review:
(1) Manufacturing. Involving primary production of the following products from raw materials: asphalt, cement, charcoal and fuel briquettes, aniline dyes, ammonia, carbide, caustic soda, cellulose, chlorine, carbonblack, boneblack, creosote, hydrogen, oxygen, industrial alcohol, nitrates of explosive nature, potash, plastic materials, synthetic resins, pyroxyline, rayon yarn, hydrochloric, nitric, phosphoric, picric and sulphuric acids, coal, coke and tar products, explosives, fertilizers, gelatin, animal glue and size, gas, unless incidental to a principal use, turpentine, matches, rubber, soaps and fat rendering.
(2) Processing. Involving the following: nitration of cotton or other materials; magnesium foundry; reduction, refining, smelting of metal or metal ores; refining of petroleum products, such as gasoline, kerosene, naphtha and lubricating oil; distillation of wood or bones; storage, curing or tanning of raw, green or salted hides or skins; melting and alloying of metals; stockyards and slaughter houses, except for poultry; slag piles; and storage of fireworks or explosives, except where incidental to a permitted principal use.
(c) Continual Compliance. Any use authorized under the provisions of this chapter shall comply continually therewith and shall remedy any additional dangerous or objectionable elements which may develop in the course of its operation.
(d) Costs of Review. The applicant shall bear the actual costs of all tests and investigations required under this section which shall be in addition to the usual building and zoning permit fees prescribed by this Zoning Code.
(Ord. 1420. Passed 2-28-66.)