(a) In General. No land or building in any district shall be used or occupied in any manner so as to create any dangerous, injurious, noxious or otherwise objectionable element or condition so as to adversely affect the surrounding area or adjoining premises, provided that any use permitted by this Zoning Code may be undertaken and maintained if acceptable measures and safeguards are employed to limit dangerous and objectionable elements to acceptable limits as established by the following performance requirements:
(1) Fire hazards. Any activity involving the use or storage of flammable or explosive materials shall be protected by adequate fire-fighting and fire suppression 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.
(2) Radioactivity or electrical disturbances. No activity shall emit dangerous radioactivity at any point or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation at any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance.
(3) Noise. Noise which is objectionable, as determined by the Board of Zoning Appeals, because of intermittence, beat, frequency or shrillness, shall be muffled or otherwise controlled. Noises may equal but shall not exceed average street traffic noise during periods that traffic noise exceeds the following decibel readings as measured at the boundary or boundaries of the district or at any point in any adjacent "R" District.
M-1 M-2
75 decibels 80 decibels
(4) Vibration. No continuous vibration shall be permitted which will have the effect of destroying adjoining property and is found to be detrimental to the legal use of any adjoining lot or property.
(5) Smoke. Smoke shall not be emitted with a density greater than No. 3 on the Ringelmann Chart, as issued by the United States Bureau of Mines. Smoke of a density of No. 4 on the Ringelmann Chart shall be permitted for a period of up to eight minutes in each hour, provided that the following conditions exist:
A. Breakdown of equipment.
B. Starting new fires.
C. Clean-up time.
(6) Odors. No malodorous gas or matter shall be permitted which is offensive or which produces a public nuisance or hazard on any adjoining lot or property.
(7) Air pollution. No pollution of air by fly ash, dust vapors or other substance shall be permitted which is harmful to health, animals, vegetation or other property, or which can cause excessive soiling.
(8) Glare. No direct or reflected glare shall be permitted which is visible from any property outside an "M" District or from any public street, road or highway.
(9) Erosion. No erosion, by either wind or water, shall be permitted which will carry objectionable substances onto neighboring properties.
(10) Water pollution. Pollution of water shall be subject to the requirements and regulations established by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(b) Enforcement.
(1) Statements and plans. The Zoning Inspector or Board of Zoning Appeals, prior to the issuance of a zoning certificate, shall 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.
(2) 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, Inc., the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc., the United States Bureau of Mines, and their successor agencies, or to procedures established or designated by the Zoning Inspector.
(Ord. 1466. Passed 4-11-94; Am. Ord. 1905. Passed 12-13-11.)