All uses established or placed into operation after the effective date of the ordinance comprising this chapter shall comply with the following performance standards, except as otherwise set forth in this chapter for enclosed industrial uses, in the interest of protecting the public health, safety, and welfare, and to lessen injury to property. No use shall exhibit obnoxious characteristics to the extent that it constitutes a public nuisance as further prescribed hereinafter. No use in existence on the effective date of the said ordinance shall be so altered or modified to conflict with these standards.
(A) Fire protection. Firefighting equipment and prevention measures acceptable to the applicable Fire Department shall be readily available and apparent when any activity involving the handling or storage of flammable or explosive materials is conducted.
(B) Electrical disturbance. No use shall cause electrical disturbance adversely affecting radios, televisions, or other equipment in the vicinity.
(C) Noise. No use shall produce noise in such a manner as to be objectionable because of volume, frequency, intermittence, beat, shrillness, or vibration. Said noise shall be muffled or otherwise controlled so as not to become detrimental; provided, however, public safety sirens and related apparatus used solely for public purposes shall be exempt from this standard.
(D) Vibration. No use shall cause vibrations or concussions detectable beyond the lot lines without the aid of instruments.
(E) Odor. No use shall emit across the lot lines malodorous gas or matter in such quantity as to be readily detectable at any point along the lot lines.
(F) Air pollution. No use shall discharge across the lot lines fly ash, dust, smoke, vapors, noxious, toxic, or corrosive matter, or other air pollutants in such concentration as to be detrimental to health, animals, vegetation, or property, or conflict with public air quality standards.
(G) Heat and glare. No use shall produce heat or glare in such a manner as to be a nuisance or create a hazard perceptible from any point beyond the lot lines.
(H) Water pollution. No use shall cause erosion or produce pollutants in such quantity as to be detrimental to adjacent properties or conflict with public water quality standards.
(I) Waste matter. No use shall amass within the lot or discharge beyond the lot lines any waste matter, whether liquid or solid, in conflict with applicable public health, safety, and welfare standards and regulations.
(Ord. passed - -1996) Penalty, see § 10.99