1260.06 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
A. General Requirement. All uses shall comply with the performance standards established in this Section unless any federal, state, county or city law, ordinance or regulation establishes a more restrictive standard, in which event the more restrictive standard shall apply.
B. Nuisance. No use shall be operated or maintained which creates an environmental detriment or public nuisance, including but not limited to visual clutter created by excessive signage, lighting, or outdoor storage noise or odors as defined herein or other noise and odors such as those created by pets or garbage.
C. Noise. Any activity or operation of any use producing noise (other than ordinary vehicular noise) shall be as regulated by the noise standards in Chapter 755 of the City of Shaker Heights Municipal Code.
D. Lighting. All on-site lighting of buildings, lawns, and parking areas shall be designed so as not to shine or cause glare onto any adjacent property or building, or to cause glare onto any public street or vehicle thereon.
E. Glare And Heat. Principal and accessory uses producing glare or heat shall be conducted so that no glare or heat from the activities or operations shall be detectable at any point off the zoning lot on which the use is located. Flickering or intense sources of light shall be controlled or shielded so as not to cause a nuisance across lot lines.
F. Vibration. No earthborne vibration from any operations of any use shall be detectable at any point off the zoning lot on which the use is located.
G. Dust And Air Pollution. Dust and other types of air pollution borne by the wind from sources such as storage areas and the like within lot boundaries shall be kept to a minimum by appropriate landscaping, screening, sheltering, paving, oiling, fencing, wetting, collecting or other acceptable means.
H. Fluid Discharge Of Radioactive And Hazardous Waste. The discharge of fluid and the disposal of radioactive and hazardous waste materials shall be in compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations governing such materials or waste and with the Shaker Heights Health Code. No operation which produces radioactive or hazardous waste material shall commence without prior notice to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Zoning Administrator, the Fire Chief, the Chief of Police and the Building Commissioner. Notice shall be given at least three (3) weeks before the operation is commenced.
Radioactive and hazardous material shall be transported, stored and used only in conformance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.
I. Electromagnetic Interference. Electromagnetic interference from any operations of any use in any district shall not adversely affect the operation of any equipment located off the zoning lot on which such interference originates.
J. Odors. The release of materials intrinsically odorous or capable of being odorous, either by bacterial decomposition or chemical reaction, which renders it perceptible from beyond the zoning lot, shall be prohibited.
K. Toxic Substances. The storage, handling or transport of toxic substances shall comply with State of Ohio rules and regulations, as applicable relative to the prevention of water pollution.
L. Water Pollution. All uses shall comply with the State of Ohio rules and regulations, as applicable regarding the prevention of water pollution.
M. Fire And Explosion Hazards. Materials that present potential fire and explosive hazards shall be transported, stored and used only in conformance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
N. Outdoor Storage. All outdoor storage for fuel, raw materials and products shall be enclosed by a solid fence, wall or plant materials adequate to conceal such facilities from adjacent properties and public right-of-way, pursuant to Section 1253.09, Landscape Buffers and Screening.
O. Drainage. No use shall adversely affect the natural drainage pattern on its own or any other lot.