Section 175-70 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.
The
following performance standards shall apply to all uses
within the I-2 Industrial Employment District:
A.
Vibration:
1. No
continuous, frequent or
repetitive vibrations shall be produced which are discernible to a
person of
normal sensitivities, without instruments, on land that is
not zoned for
industrial uses.
2. Vibrations
from
temporary construction and vehicles leaving the property (such as
trucks
or trains) are excluded. Vibrations from on-site equipment or
vehicles
that remain primarily on-site are included.
3. Vibrations
of
no more than five (5) minutes in any one (1) day between the hours of
7:00
a.m. and 7:00 p.m. shall not be deemed continuous, frequent or
repetitive.
B.
Glare: Any operation or activity producing
intense light or glare shall be performed in such a manner as not to
create a
glare effect across lot lines. Direct illumination from any
source shall
be screened from adjoining properties.
C.
Heat:
1. Heat
from an industrial use
shall not at any time cause a temperature increase in the air on any
adjacent property in excess of ten degrees Fahrenheit (10 F.).
2. Heat
from an industrial use
shall not at any time cause a temperature increase in a stream,
wetland,
lake or any other body of water, at or beyond the property line of the
lot on
which it is located, that would have an adverse effect on any aquatic
life.
D.
Liquid or solid wastes:
1. No
industrial use shall result
in the discharge of liquid or solid waste into any public sewer,
private sewage
system, public waters or into the ground except in compliance with
applicable
federal, state or local laws governing such discharge.
2. There
shall be no accumulation
outdoors of solid wastes conducive to the breeding of rodents or
insects.
3. All
discharges into any public
sewer shall comply with the provisions of Section 134-2, et seq.
E.
Smoke and particulate matter:
1. Open
storage and open processing
operations, including on-site transportation movements which are the
source of
windborne dust or other particulate matter or which involve dust
or other
particulate air contaminant generating equipment (such as used in
paint spraying,
grain handling, sand or gravel processing or sandblasting) shall
be
conducted so that dust and other particulate air contaminants are
not
transported in visible quantities across the boundary line of the tract
on
which the industrial use is located.
2. All industrial uses shall comply with state and
federal
air pollution control regulations.
F.
Toxic and hazardous materials:
1. All
toxic and hazardous
materials used in industrial operations shall be registered with the
Front
Royal Fire Department for purposes of safety.
2. Activities
involving
the storage or use of materials or products which decompose by
detonation shall be registered with the Front Royal Fire Department.
3. Explosives
shall
be stored, used and manufactured in accordance with applicable state
and
federal regulations.
G.
Odor:
1. No
continuous, frequent or
repetitive emission of odors or odor-causing substances of such
intensity
and character as to be detrimental to the health and welfare of the
public or
neighboring landowners or to interfere with the comfort of the
public or
neighboring landowners at or beyond the property line shall be
permitted. Any
such odor or odor causing activity or substance shall be removed,
stopped
or so modified as to remove the odor.
2. An
odor
which is evident no more than once in any one
(1) day
for a period not exceeding five minutes shall not be deemed as
continuous,
frequent or repetitive within the meaning of these regulations.
H.
Noise:
1. No
industrial activity shall generate
noise that tends to have an annoying or disruptive effect upon
uses
located beyond the property boundary.
2. Where
technical
evidence of violation is warranted, sound levels shall be
measured at locations specified in Section 175-71 with a sound level
meter and
associated octave band filter, manufactured in accordance with the
American
Standards Association. Measurements shall be made using the flat
network
of the sound level meter. No sound pressure level shall exceed
the
decibel levels in the octave bands shown herein.
3. Maximum permitted sound levels (in decibels):
Octave Band
Cycles
Maximum
Permitted
Per
Second
Sound Level
in Decibels
0 to
75
72
75 to
150
67
150 to
300
59
300
to
600
52
600 to
1200
46
1200
to
2400
41
2400
to
4800
38
Above
4800
35
4. Noise
resulting from temporary
construction activity between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
shall be
exempt from this section.
I.
Screening:
1. All
processing, manufacturing,
fabrication, production and similar activities shall be conducted
wholly within
a completely enclosed building or within an area enclosed on all
sides by
a solid masonry wall or a uniformly-colored solid fence that
provides
adequate screening from public view. All exterior storage shall
be
similarly screened on a perpetual basis from public view or screened by
dense
evergreen planting at least six (6) feet in height beginning at the
time of
planting.
2. All
sites
and parking areas shall be landscaped in accordance with the provisions
of Sections 148-46, 148-47 and 148-48.
3. Automobile
graveyards
and junkyards, including those in existence at the time of the
adoption of this chapter, shall completely screen, on any side open to
view
from a public road, the operation or use by a solid masonry wall, a
uniformly-colored
solid fence or dense evergreen plantings at least six (6) feet in
height
at the time of planting.
(Ord.
No.
Z-2-95 Added Entire Section 1-23-95-Effective Upon Passage)