No person shall cause or allow the emission into the atmosphere from any air contaminant source or control equipment that will cause the outdoor air to become odorous, beyond the property line of the air contaminant source or control equipment, as measured by the use of scentometer, odor panel, equivalent instrumentation or methodology used separately or in union therewith.
No restaurant, store, person or property owner shall allow an outdoor odor beyond the property line of such restaurant, store, person or property owner to an adjacent property, unless the odorous air has an odor strength equal to or weaker than a No. 8 scale, and is detectable for more than two measurements, at intervals of not less than ten minutes, in any one hour period or when the odorous air has an odor strength stronger than a No.8 scale and is detectable for more than two measurements, at intervals of not less than fifteen minutes, in any eight hour period.
The emission or escape into the open air from any source or sources, whatever, from any such restaurant, store, person or property owner, of smoke, ashes, dust, dirt, grime, acids, fumes, gases, vapors, odors or any other substance or combination of substances, in any such manner or in such amounts as to endanger or intend to endanger the health, comfort, safety or welfare of the public, or is unreasonably offensive and objectionable to the public, or shall cause unreasonable injury or damage to property or interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of property or normal conduct of business, is found to be a public nuisance and unlawful.
(Ord. 1980-50. Passed 11-19-80.)