No land or building in any district shall be used or occupied in any manner so as to create a 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 Zoning Code 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:
(a) 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 materials. Such hazards shall be kept removed from adjacent activities to a distance which is compatible with the potential danger involved.
(b) Radioactivity; Electrical Disturbances. No activity shall emit dangerous radioactivity at any point, or electrical disturbances adversely affecting the operation at any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance.
(c) Noise. Noise which is objectionable, as determined by the Zoning Inspector, due to volume, frequency or beat, shall be muffled or otherwise controlled. Air raid sirens and related apparatus used solely for public purposes are exempt from this section. All noise shall meet the standards of the Noise Ordinance(Ord. 12-27, adopted 6-7-12 or succeeding ordinance).
(d) Vibration. No vibration shall be permitted which is discernible, without instruments, on any adjoining lot or property.
(e) Smoke. Smoke shall not be emitted with a density greater than No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart, as issued by the U. S. Bureau of Mines, except for one blow-off period per hour of 10 minutes duration, when a density of not more than No. 2 is permitted.
(f) Odors. No malodorous gas or matter shall be permitted which is offensive or which produces a public nuisance or hazard on any adjoining lot or property.
(g) 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.
(h) Glare. No direct or reflected glare shall be permitted which is visible from any property outside a Manufacturing District or from any public street or highway.
(i) Erosion. No erosion, by either wind or water, shall be permitted which will carry objectionable substances onto neighboring properties.
(j) Water Pollution. The pollution of water shall be subject to the requirements and regulations established by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(Ord. 0-15-4. Passed 2-19-15.)