A. Purpose: The guiding of urban development so as to develop a compatible relationship of uses depends upon certain standards being maintained. Uses permitted in the various districts, conditional uses and accessory uses shall conform to the following standards. These standards shall apply in all districts.
B. Glare Or Heat: Any use requiring an operation producing an intense heat or light transmission shall be performed with the necessary shielding to prevent such heat or light from being detectable at the lot line of the site on which the use is located. Lighting in all instances shall be diffused or directed away from residential R districts and public streets.
C. Explosives: Any use requiring the storage, utilization or manufacturing of products which could decompose by detonation shall be located not less than four hundred feet (400') from any residential R district lines; provided, that this subsection shall not apply to the storage or usage of liquified petroleum or natural gas for normal residential or business purposes.
D. Screening:
1. Where any business or industrial use (structure, parking or storage) is adjacent to property zoned or developed for residential use, that business or industry shall provide screening along the boundary of the residential property. Screening shall also be provided where a business or industry is across the street from a residential zone, but not on that side of a business or industry considered to be the front as determined by the Zoning Administrator.
2. The screening required herein shall consist of a solid fence or wall at least fifty percent (50%) opaque not less than five feet (5') nor more than six feet (6') in height, but shall not extend within fifteen feet (15') of any street or driveway opening onto a street. The screening shall be placed along the property lines or in case of screening along a street, fifteen feet (15') from the street right-of-way, with landscaping (trees, shrubs, grass and other planting) between the screening and the pavement. A louvered fence shall be considered solid if it blocks direct vision.
E. Exterior Storage: In all residential R districts, all materials and equipment shall be stored within a building or fully screened so as not to be visible from adjoining properties, except for the following: laundry drying and recreational equipment, construction and landscaping materials and equipment currently being used or intended for use on the premises and off-street parking, except as otherwise regulated herein. Boats and unoccupied trailers, less than twenty feet (20') in length, are permissible if stored in the rear yard more than ten feet (10') from any property line. Existing uses shall comply with this provision within twelve (12) months following the effective date hereof.
F. Waste Material: Waste material shall not be washed into the public storm sewer system, nor the sanitary sewer system, without first having received a permit to do so from the City. If said permit is not granted, a method of disposal shall be devised which will not require continuous land acquisition for permanent operation and will not cause a detrimental effect to the adjacent land. Should the waste be of a solid form rather than fluid, the storage area shall be so located and fenced as to be removed from public view. In all districts, waste materials, debris, refuse, garbage and materials not currently in use for construction or otherwise regulated herein shall be kept in an enclosed building or properly contained in a closed container for such purposes. The owner of vacant land shall be responsible for keeping such vacant land free of waste material and noxious weeds. Existing uses shall comply with this provision within six (6) months following the effective date hereof.
G. Drainage: No land shall be developed and no use shall be permitted that results in water runoff causing flooding, or erosion on adjacent properties. Such runoff shall be properly channeled into a storm drain, watercourse, ponding area or other suitable facility.
H. Traffic Control: The traffic generated by any use shall be channelized and controlled in a manner that will avoid congestion on public streets, safety hazards or excessive traffic through residential areas. Traffic into and out of all business and industrial uses or areas shall in all cases be forward moving with no backing onto streets or pedestrian ways. No access drive to any lot shall be located within forty feet (40') of any two (2) intersecting major thoroughfare street right-of-way lines.
I. Off Street Loading: Off street parking shall be provided for delivery or distribution of materials in connection with construction of any building or structure. Off street parking so provided shall be in accordance with this chapter. No deliveries or unloading of materials for construction shall occur between the hours of nine o'clock (9:00) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M., if that noise is audible in a residential district. Any variations from this standard shall be by conditional use.
J. Radiation And Electrical Emissions: No activities shall be permitted that emit dangerous radioactivity beyond enclosed areas. There shall be no electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation, at any point, of any equipment, including, but not limited to, radio and television reception, other than that of the creator of the disturbance.
K. Other Nuisance Characteristics: No noise, odors, vibration, smoke, air pollution, liquid or solid wastes, heat, glare, dust or other such adverse influences shall be permitted in any district that will in any way have an objectionable effect upon adjacent or nearby property or violate any State Statutes, codes or City ordinances. All wastes in all districts shall be disposed of in a manner that is not dangerous to public health and safety, nor will damage public waste transmission or disposal facilities. (Ord. 96, 6th Series, eff. 9-5-2017)