No land or building in any district shall be used or occupied in any manner creating dangerous, injurious, noxious, or otherwise objectionable conditions which could adversely affect the surrounding areas or adjoining premises, except that any use permitted by this chapter may be undertaken and maintained if acceptable measures and safeguards are taken to reduce dangerous and objectionable conditions to acceptable limits, as established by this subsection.
(1) Standards
(a) Air pollution
Air pollution shall be subject to the requirements and regulations established by the county, state, federal government, or other authority having jurisdiction.
(b) Stormwater and Erosion
All development and earth movement shall be subject to all applicable stormwater controls of the city, county, and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA).
(c) Fire and Explosion Hazards
(i) Adequate safety devices shall be provided where there are activities involving burning or storage of flammable or explosive materials in accordance with all applicable city, county, state, and federal standards.
(ii) Adequate safety devices against the hazards of fire and explosion and adequate firefighting and fire suppression equipment and devices, standard in the industry, shall be provided in accordance with all applicable city, county, state, and federal standards.
(iii) Burning of waste materials in open fire is prohibited.
(d) Fissionable, Radioactivity or Electrical Disturbance
No activities shall be permitted which utilize fissionable or radioactive materials if their use results at any time in the release or emission of any fissionable or radioactive material into the atmosphere, the ground, or sewerage systems, and activities shall be permitted which emit electrical disturbance affecting the operation at any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbances.
(e) Glare and Heat
(i) Any operation producing intense light or heat, such as high temperature processes like combustion or welding, shall be performed within an enclosed building and shall not be visible beyond any lot line bounding the premises.
(ii) Welding that is required for exterior construction of a structure shall be exempt from these regulations.
(iii) Outdoor lighting shall be subject to the standards of § 154.07(B).
(f) Noise or Vibration
No noise or vibration, other than related to transportation activities and temporary construction work, shall be discernible without instruments at any point along a lot line.
(g) Liquid or Solid Wastes
(i) No discharge at any point into any public sewer, private sewerage disposal system, stream, or into the ground, of any materials of such nature or temperature as can contaminate any water supply, interfere with bacterial processes in sewage treatment, or otherwise cause the emission of dangerous or offensive elements, shall be permitted, except in accordance with minimum standards approved by the Miami County Health Department, the Ohio Department of Health, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, or such other governmental agency as shall have jurisdiction over such activities.
(ii) The use of dumpsters or other types of reasonably accessible waste containers for the disposal of potentially dangerous liquid or solid waste materials shall be prohibited.
(iii) The storage of large quantities of toxic material shall be prohibited.
(h) Vibration
No uses shall be located and no equipment shall be installed in such a way to produce intense, earth-shaking vibrations which are discernible without instruments at the lot lines of the subject premises. Farming, excavation activities and temporary construction activities conducted during the daytime are exempt from this requirement.
(2) Enforcement
(a) Enforcement Provisions
The Zoning Administrator prior to the approval of a site plan, zoning permit, or zoning compliance permit may require the submission of statements and plans indicating the manner in which dangerous and objectionable elements involved in processing and in equipment operations are to be eliminated or reduced to acceptable limits and tolerances.
(b) Standards and Measurement Procedure
Standards and measurement methods and procedures for the determination of the existence of any dangerous and objectionable elements shall conform to applicable standards and, measurement procedures published by the American Standards Association, Inc., New York, the Manufacturing Chemists Association, Inc., Washington, D.C., the United States Bureau of Mines, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Miami County Public Health, and other similarly recognized organizations.
(Ord. 5-14, passed 3-17-2014)