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 subsections (a) to (j). Such conditions shall be brought to the attention of the Zoning Commissioner. If necessary he shall call upon the proper County, State, or Federal Regulatory Agencies for assessment of the problem situation.
(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 removed from adjacent activities to a distance which is compatible with the potential danger involved.
(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: All mechanical noise shall be muffled so as not to become objectionable due to intermittence, beat, frequency or shrillness. Noises may be equal to but shall not exceed the average street traffic noise during such periods that traffic noise exceeds 75 decibels.
(d) Vibration: No vibration shall be permitted which is discernible without instruments on any adjoining lot or property.
(e) Air Pollution: No pollution of air by fly-ash, dust, vapors, odors, smoke, or other substances defined as hazardous by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency shall be permitted which may be harmful to health, animals, vegetation, or other property, or which can cause excessive soiling.
(f) Glare: No direct or reflected glare shall be permitted which is visible from any property outside an industrial 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 Ohio Water Pollution Control Board.
(i) Enforcement Provisions: The Zoning Commissioner or Board of Zoning Appeals, 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.
(j) 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, the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc., Washington, D.C., the United States Bureau of Mines, and the Ohio Water and Air Pollution Control Boards.
(Ord. 2015-09. Passed 7-13-15.)