Any use in the M-1 and M-2 Zoning Districts, and any conditional use established as a Business Park Development in the B-2 Zoning District, shall comply with the following specific standards and conditions:
(a) Compliance and Enforcement.
(1) The determination of the existence of any dangerous and objectionable elements shall be made at the location of the use creating same, and/or at any point where the existence of such elements may be more apparent, provided however, that measurements necessary for enforcement of performance standards set forth in this section shall be taken at the boundary of the industrial district and at any point within the adjacent residential district.
(2) In certain instances where the determination of compliance with the performance standards, in the opinion of the Administrator, is not possible without additional expertise and analysis, such determination shall be made by the Planning Commission before a certificate of compliance is issued. The applicant shall make application to the Planning Commission for determination that the proposed machinery, processes or products are in compliance with the performance standards regulations. The Commission shall review the application in conformance with Section 1111.09.
(b) Performance Standards Regulation.
(1) Fire and explosive hazards. All activities involving, storage of flammable and explosive materials shall be provided at any point with adequate safety devices against fire and explosion as required by the Building Code, Fire Prevention Code and such other regulations as the City of Painesville shall adopt. Processes and materials that have a potential for explosion shall not be permitted in close proximity to residential areas.
(2) Radioactivity. No activities shall be permitted which emit dangerous radioactivity or which shall store, transfer or use radioactive material in a manner hazardous to human health.
(3) Electrical disturbances. No establishment shall produce electrical or electronic disturbances perceptible beyond the property line of the establishment.
(4) Noise shall be muffled or otherwise controlled, as not to become objectionable due to intermittence, beat frequency, impulsive character, periodic character or shrillness. All uses shall conform to the requirements of Chapter 539 Noise Control of the Painesville Code of Ordinances.
(5) Vibration. No vibration shall be permitted which is discernible without instruments at the property line of the establishment creating the vibration or beyond any boundary of the district in which the establishment is located.
(6) Smoke, fly ash, dust, fumes, vapors, gases and other forms of air pollution. No establishment shall be permitted to emit into the air smoke, fly ash, dust, fumes, vapors, gases and other forms of air pollution except as permitted and approved by the Ohio EPA Division of Air Pollution Control.
(7) Odors. No emission shall be permitted of odorous gasses or other odorous materials in such quantities as to be offensive at the property line of the establishment emitting the odor.
(8) Glare. No direct or sky-reflected glare, whether from flood lights or from high temperature processes such as combustion or welding or otherwise, so as to be visible at the property line of the establishment shall be permitted.
(9) Liquid and solid waste. No discharge of liquid or solid waste matter including junk, debris or miscellaneous rubbish or refuse into any public or private sewage system, lake, stream, ditch or other body of water; floodway, swale, dry retention pond or other intermittent facility for water storage or management; or onto or into the ground shall be permitted except as approved by the City Division of Water Pollution Control and/or the Lake County Health Department.
(10) Heat. No establishment shall produce heated or cooled air, water or other matter in such quantity or in such manner as to adversely alter the natural temperature of the air, water, or other matter beyond the property line of the establishment.
(11) Miscellaneous hazards. Miscellaneous hazards not specifically addressed by the performance standards established herein shall be made known to the Administrator by any establishment proposing to locate in an industrial district. Regulations for such hazards shall be as determined by the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 16-19. Passed 9-16-19; Ord. 18-20. Passed 12-21-20.)