(A) Requirements. No land or building in any business 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 chapter 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 firefighting 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 disturbance. 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 or vibration shall be so controlled that at the property line on which such noise or vibration is produced it will not be at a level above that normally perceptible from other development in the area or from the usual street traffic observed at the street right-of-way line of the lot, except occasional blast or shock required in normal operation and produced in such manner as not to create a hazard. Air raid sirens and related apparatus used solely for public purposes are exempt from this requirement.
(4) Vibration. No vibration shall be permitted which is discernible without instruments on any adjoining lot or property.
(5) Odors. No malodorous gas or matter shall be permitted which is offensive or as to produce a public nuisance or hazard on any adjoining lot or property.
(6) Air pollution. No pollution of air by fly ash, dust, vapors, or other substances shall be permitted which is harmful to health, animals, vegetation or other property, or which can cause excessive soiling.
(7) Glare. No direct or reflected glare shall be permitted which is visible from any property outside a Business District or from any public street, road or highway.
(8) Erosion. No erosion, by either wind or water, shall be permitted which will carry objectionable substances onto neighboring properties.
(9) Water pollution. Pollution of water shall be subject to the requirements and regulations established by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(B) Enforcement provisions.
(1) Submission of statements and plans. The Village Engineer, prior to the issuance of a zoning certificate, may 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 Standards Association, Inc., New York, N.Y., the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc., Washington D.C., and the United States Bureau of Mines.
(C) Application requirements. With each filing of an application for a nonresidential site improvement, the Village shall require the submission of a preliminary plan, site development plan, and all necessary details and calculations, together with all fees as stipulated in § 154.997.
(Ord. O-1847-01, passed 12-17-01; Am. Ord. O-1963-03, passed 9-15-03) Penalty, see § 154.999