Any use established in a Research-Development, Commercial Service or General Industrial District, or General Industrial-A, after the effective date of this Zoning Code (Ordinance 1978-165, passed October 16, 1978), shall comply with the performance standards set forth hereinafter for the district in which such use is located as a condition precedent to occupancy and use. Any use already established in such Districts shall not be altered, added to or otherwise modified so as to conflict with, or to further conflict with, the performance standards set forth hereinafter for the district in which such use is located as a condition precedent to further use. Statements that such uses comply or will comply may be required, in writing, by the Planning Commission from the owner. In cases of doubt, the city shall select and arrange for an independent survey by a professional engineer qualified in the particular field and the costs for the services shall be paid by the owner.
(a) Enclosure. All permitted main and accessory uses and operations, except off-street parking, shall be performed wholly within an enclosed building or buildings. All raw materials, finished products and mobile and other equipment shall be stored within enclosed buildings.
(b) Fire and Explosive Hazards. The storage, handling and use of flammable or explosive materials shall be permitted only in structures having incombustible exterior walls, and all operations in connection therewith shall be provided with adequate safety and protective devices against hazards of fire and explosion as well as with adequate fire-fighting and suppression equipment and devices standard to the operation involved.
(c) Dust; Smoke. The emission of smoke, soot, fly ash, fumes, dust and other types of air pollution borne by the wind shall be controlled so that the rate of emission and the quantity deposited at any other district shall not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, comfort or welfare or adversely affect property values.
(d) Odorous Matter. The emission of odorous matter in such quantities as to produce a public nuisance or hazard beyond the lot occupied by the use shall not be permitted.
(e) Toxic or Noxious Matter. The emission of toxic, noxious or corrosive fumes or gases which would be demonstrably injurious to property, vegetation, animals or human health at or beyond the boundaries of the lot occupied by the use shall not be permitted.
(f) Noise. The sound pressure level of any operation on a lot, other than the operation of auto calls, bells, motor vehicles, sirens or whistles, shall not exceed the average intensity of the street traffic noise at the nearest Residential District, and no sound shall be objectionable due to intermittence, beat frequency or shrillness.
(g) Vibration. Vibrations shall not be permitted beyond the lot line occupied by the use which would be perceptible without the aid of instruments.
(h) Radioactive or Electrical Disturbances. Radioactive or electrical disturbances shall not be created which would adversely affect any form of life or equipment at or beyond the boundaries of the lot occupied by the use.
(i) Incineration Facilities. Incineration facilities emitting neither smoke nor odor shall be provided, located within the main building. No garbage, rubbish, waste matter or empty containers shall be permitted outside of buildings.
(j) Waste Materials. Liquid wastes shall not be discharged into an open reservoir, stream or other open body of water, or into a sewer, unless treated or controlled so that the amount of solid substances, oils, grease, acids, alkalines and other chemicals shall not exceed the amount permitted by other codes of the State, County or City.
(1) Waste sampling. Industrial wastes discharged into the public sewers shall be subject to periodic inspection and a determination of character and concentration of such wastes. The determinations shall be made in the manner and as often as may be deemed necessary by the approving authority. Samples shall be collected by the approving authority in such a manner as to be representative of the composition of the wastes. Access to sampling locations shall be granted to the approving authority or its duly authorized representatives at all reasonable times.
(2) Analysis. Laboratory procedures used in the examination of industrial wastes shall be those set forth in Chapter 1050. However, alternate methods for certain analysis of industrial wastes may be used subject to mutual agreement between the approving authority and the person.
Determination of the character and concentration of the industrial wastes shall be made by any qualified person or testing laboratory designated by the approving authority. The person whose wastes are being tested shall promptly reimburse the City, for the taking of samples, the sum of thirty dollars ($30.00) for each day or part thereof that such samples are taken. The person or testing laboratory designated by the approving authority for the testing of the samples shall submit its invoices for the costs of such testing directly to the person whose samples were tested, and such invoices shall be promptly paid thereafter directly to the tester.
(Ord. 2001-150. Passed 4-8-02.)