(a) Requirements. No land or building in any district shall be used or occupied in any manner so as to create any dangerous, injurious, noxious or otherwise objectionable element or condition so as to adversely affect the surrounding area or adjoining premises provided that any use permitted by this Zoning Ordinance may be undertaken and maintained if acceptable measures and safeguards are employed to limit dangerous and objectionable elements to acceptable limits as established by the following performance requirements:
(1) Fire hazards. Any activity involving the use or storage of flammable or explosive materials shall be protected by adequate firefighting and fire suppression equipment and by such safety devices that are normally used in the handling of any such material. Such hazards shall be kept removed from adjacent activities to a distance which is compatible with the potential danger involved.
(2) Radioactivity or electrical disturbances. No activity shall emit dangerous radioactivity at any point, or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation at any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance.
(3) Noise. Noise which is objectionable as determined by the Board because of intermittence, beat, frequency or shrillness, shall be muffled or otherwise controlled. Noises may equal but shall not exceed average street traffic noise during such periods that traffic noise exceeds the following decibel readings as measured at the boundary or boundaries of the district or at any point in any adjacent A-R or R District.
M-1 District | M-2 District | M-3 District |
80 decibels | 75 decibels | 85 decibels |
(4) Vibration. No continuous vibration shall be permitted which will have the effect of destroying adjoining property and which is found to be detrimental to the legal use of any adjoining lot or property.
(5) Smoke. Smoke shall not be emitted with a density greater than No. 2 on the Ringlemann chart as issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Smoke of a density of No. 4 on the Ringlemann chart shall be permitted for a period of up to eight minutes in each hour, provided the following conditions exist:
A. Breakdown of equipment.
B. Starting new fires.
C. Clean-up time.
(6) Odors. No malodorous gas or matter shall be permitted which produces a public nuisance or hazard on any adjoining lot or property.
(7) Air pollution. No pollution of air by flyash, dust, vapor or other substances shall be permitted which can cause damage to health, animals, vegetation or other property, or which can cause damaging soiling.
(8) Glare. No direct or reflected glare shall be permitted which is visible from property outside an M district or from any public street, road or highway.
(9) Erosion. No erosion, by either wind or water, shall be permitted which will carry objectionable substances onto neighboring properties.
(10) Water pollution. Pollution of water shall be subject to the requirements and regulations established by the State Water Pollution Control Board.
(11) Screening and landscaping. Screening shall be erected on each side which adjoins or faces premises situated in any A-R or R District, or institutional premises, by a fence of acceptable design. Such fence shall be not less than four feet or more than six feet in height and shall be maintained in good condition without any advertising thereon. The space between such wall or fence and the lot line of the adjoining premises in any A-R or R District shall be landscaped with grass, hardy shrubs or evergreen ground cover and maintained in good condition.
(b) Enforcement Provisions. The Zoning Inspector or Board of Zoning Appeals, prior to the issuance of a zoning certificate, 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.
(c) Measurement Procedure. Methods and procedures for the determination of the existence of any dangerous and objectionable elements shall conform to applicable standard measurement procedures published by the American Standards Association, Inc., New York, N.Y.; the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc., Washington, D. C.; and the United States Bureau of Mines.
(Ord. 13-87. Passed 7-27-87; Ord. 29-01. Passed 8-20-01.)