(A) No noise, odors, vibration, smoke, air pollution, liquid or solid wastes, heat glare, dust, or other adverse influences, shall be permitted in any district that will, in any way, have an objectionable effect upon adjacent, or nearby, property. All wastes in all districts shall be disposed of in a manner that is not dangerous to the public health and safety, nor will damage public waste transmission or disposal facilities.
(B) The following standards apply.
(1) Noise prohibited. It shall be unlawful to make, continue, or cause to be made, or continued, any noise in excess of the noise levels set forth, unless noise is reasonably to the preservation of life, health, safety, or property.
(2) Measure of noise. Any activity not expressly exempted by this section which creates, or produces, sound regardless of frequency exceeding the ambient noise levels at the property lines of any property by more than six decibels above the ambient noise levels, as designated in the following table, at the time, and place, and for the duration then mentioned, shall be deemed to be a violation of this chapter.
(a) Residential District standards:
Duration of Sound
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From 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
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Less than ten minutes | 40 db |
Ten minutes to two hours | 45 db |
Two hours or more | 40 db |
(b) Industrial District standards:
Frequency Band Cycles per Second
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Maximum Permitted Sound Level
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Frequency Band Cycles per Second
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Maximum Permitted Sound Level
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20 to 75 | 72 db |
75 to 150 | 67 db |
150 to 300 | 59 db |
300 to 600 | 52 db |
600 to 1,200 | 46 db |
1,200 to 2,400 | 40 db |
2,400 to 4,800 | 34 db |
4,800 or higher | 32 db |
(C) Odors. In an industrial district, no odors shall be detectable beyond the limits of the property.
(D) Vibration. In an industrial district, no vibration shall be discernible at any property line to the human sense of feeling for an accumulated total of three, or more, minutes during any hour.
(E) Toxic, or noxious, matter. Any use shall be so operated so as not to discharge across the boundaries of any lot, or through percolation into the atmosphere of the subsoil beyond the boundaries of the lot wherein the use is located, toxic, or noxious, matter in such concentration as to be detrimental to, or endanger, the public health, safety, comfort, or welfare, or cause injury, or damage, to the property or business. All MPCA regulations relating to toxic, or noxious, matter shall be followed.
(F) Air pollution. Any use shall be so operated as to control the emission of smoke or particulate matter to the degree that it is not detrimental to, or shall endanger, the public health, safety, comfort, or general welfare of the public. For the purpose of this chapter, the regulations and standards adopted by the State Pollution Control Agency shall be employed.
(G) Glare. In all districts, any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area, sign, or other structure, shall be arranged so as to deflect light away from any adjoining residential zone, or from the public streets. Direct, or sky-reflected, glare, whether from flood lights or from high temperature processes, such as combustion or welding, shall be hooded, or controlled in some manner, so as not to light adjacent property. Bare incandescent light bulbs shall not be permitted in view of adjacent property, or public right-of-way. Any light, or combination of lights, which cast light on a public street shall not exceed one foot-candle (meter reading), as measured from the centerline of the street. Any light, or combination of lights, which cast light on a residential property shall not exceed 0.4 foot-candles (meter reading) as measured from the property.
(H) Miscellaneous nuisances.
(1) Inoperative passenger vehicles and trucks. Passenger vehicles and trucks in an inoperative state shall not be parked in residential districts for a period exceeding 14 days, unless they are completely enclosed within a building.
(2) Junkyard. No person may create, or maintain, a junkyard, or a vehicle dismantling yard, except as provided in this chapter.
(3) Nuisances affecting public health or safety. The following are declared to be nuisances affecting public health or safety:
(a) The effluence from any cesspool, septic tank, drainfield, or human sewage disposal system discharging upon the surface of the ground, or dumping the contents thereof at any place except as authorized;
(b) The pollution of any public well or cistern, stream or lake, or body of water by sewage, industrial waste, or other substances; and
(c) The ownership, possession, or control of any unused refrigerator, or other container, with doors which fasten automatically when closed, or sufficient size to retain any person, to be exposed and accessible to the public without providing locks to prevent access by the public.
(Prior Code, § 11.70) Penalty, see § 156.999