No land or building in any district shall be used or occupied in any manner creating dangerous, injurious, noxious or otherwise objectionable conditions which could adversely affect the surrounding areas or adjoining premises, except that any use permitted by this Zoning Ordinance may be undertaken and maintained if acceptable measures and safeguards to reduce dangerous and objectionable conditions to acceptable limits as established by the performance requirements in this section are met.
(a) Fire Hazards. Any activity involving the use or storage of flammable or explosive materials shall be protected by adequate fire fighting and fire prevention equipment and by such safety devices as are normally used in the handling of any such material. Such hazards shall be kept at a minimum distance from adjacent activities compatible with the potential danger involved in accordance with the authority having jurisdiction.
(b) Radioactivity or Electrical Disturbance. No activity shall emit dangerous radioactivity at any point, or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation of any equipment at any point other than that of the creator of such disturbance.
(c) Noise.
(1) No activity on private property shall emit noise or sound levels that create a nuisance to surrounding properties.
(2) The following noise levels shall be exempt from the noise provisions during the daytime only:
A. Legal blasting.
B. Temporary construction activity and equipment.
C. Installation of utility equipment.
D. Lawn mowers, chain saws and garden equipment.
(3) The following noise sources shall be exempt from the noise provision at all times:
A. Aircraft.
B. Railroads.
C. Emergency vehicles and equipment.
D. Warning devices operating continuously for not more than five (5) minutes.
E. Bells, chimes or carillons operating continuously for not more than five (5) minutes.
F. The repair of essential utility services.
G. Officially sanctioned parades or other events.
(d) Vibration. No vibration shall be permitted which is discernible without instruments on any adjoining lot or property.
(e) Air Pollution. Air pollution shall be subject to the requirements and regulations established by the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency or other applicable agencies.
(f) Glare. No direct or reflected glare shall be permitted which is visible from any property outside a manufacturing district or from any street.
(g) Erosion. No erosion, by either wind or water, shall be permitted which will carry objectionable substances onto neighboring properties.
(h) Water Pollution. Water pollution shall be subject to the requirements and regulations established by the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency or other applicable agencies.
(i) Smoke or Dust. The emission of smoke or dusts by any land use in an amount sufficient to create a general nuisance to adjoining properties shall be prohibited.
(j) Odors. No use shall cause or allow the emission of odorous air contaminants from any source sufficient to result in detectable odors beyond any lot line on which the use occurs.
(k) Enforcement Provisions. The Zoning Inspector, prior to the issuance of a zoning permit, 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. In cases that involve the manufacturing, processing, research, development or the handling and storage of highly hazardous, biologically, radioactive or highly explosive materials, chemicals or substances, special permits may be required, except that X ray, cobalt and/or other medically administered radioactive materials, shall be exempt from this requirement.
(l) Measurement Procedures. Methods and procedures for the determination of the existence of any dangerous or objectionable elements shall conform to applicable standard measurement procedures published by the American Standards Association, Inc., New York, the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc., Washington, D.C., the United States Bureau of Mines, or the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. (Ord. 99-1966. Passed 5-4-99.)