No land and/or structure shall be used in any manner that creates and/or contributes to the existence of conditions that are dangerous, injurious, harmful, noxious and/or objectionable and/or that might adversely affect surrounding areas or adjoining premises, except that any use permitted by this Zoning Code may be undertaken or maintained if, prior to undertaking or maintaining such use, acceptable measures and safeguards are implemented to reduce such conditions to acceptable limits, as established in this section. Specifically, the use of any land and/or structure in any district shall be in violation of this Zoning Code if one or more of the following conditions are found to exist at any time:
(a) The use and/or storage of flammable and/or explosive materials is not adequately protected by fire-resistant, fire-fighting and fire-protection equipment, or by such safety devices as are required for such activities;
(b) Activities involving the use and/or storage of flammable and/or explosive materials are not separated or distanced from adjacent facilities or activities to a distance compatible with the potential danger involved;
(c) Radioactivity, air pollution, hazardous wastes, water pollution and/or contamination are present in violation of the regulations of the USEPA and/or the OEPA (or their successors), or are found beyond any lot line of the use generating such environmental impacts;
(d) Objectionable noise is present due to volume (exceeding sixty-five decibels), frequency or beat, as determined by the Zoning Administrator.
(e) Vibration (discernible by the Zoning Administrator without instruments) is present on an adjoining lot;
(f) Direct or reflected glare is present that is visible from any street in any district or from property not within a Manufacturing District; and/or
(g) Erosion is carrying objectionable substances onto any adjacent lot.
(Ord. 186-91. Passed 10-15-92.)