20.50.660 PF-01 – Performance standards.
This performance standards (PF) section applies to the following zoning districts:
CO PR A1 A2 A3 A4 R1 R2 VR M1 M2 MP IS LB GC HC CP I1 I2 HI
The following standards shall apply:
A. Obnoxious Characteristics. No use shall exhibit obnoxious characteristics to the extent that it constitutes a public nuisance. No use in existence on the effective date of this Unified Development Code shall be so altered or modified to conflict with these standards.
B. Fire Protection. Fire fighting equipment and prevention measures acceptable to the Fire Department and any Federal, State, County, city, and/or local authorities that may also have jurisdiction shall be readily available and apparent when any activity involving the handling or storage of flammable or explosive materials is conducted.
C. Electrical Disturbance. No use shall cause electrical disturbance adversely affecting radio, television, or other equipment in the vicinity.
D. 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. However, public safety sirens and related apparatus used solely for public purposes shall be exempt from this standard. This provision does not apply to A1, A2, A3 or A4 zoning districts.
E. Vibration. No use shall cause vibrations or concussions detectable beyond the lot lines without the aid of instruments.
F. Odor. No use shall emit across the lot lines malodorous gas or matter in such quantity as to be detectable at any point along the lot lines. This provision does not apply to A1, A2, A3 or A4 zoning districts.
G. 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. Outdoor furnaces, corn burners, and the like are not permitted. This provision does not apply to A1, A2, A3 or A4 zoning districts.
H. 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.
I. Water and Solid Waste Pollution.
1. Production. No use shall produce erosion or pollutants in such quantity as to be detrimental to adjacent properties or conflict with public water quality standards.
2. Discharge. No authorization of a use under this Unified Development Code includes the authority to discharge liquid or solid wastes into public waters except as permitted under the Stream Pollution Control Law (Acts 1943, Chapter 214, as amended). Plans and specifications for proposed sewage and other waste treatment and disposal facilities shall be approved by any Federal, State, County, city, and/or local authorities that may also have jurisdiction.
3. Limitations. No use shall accumulate 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. 12-27-11 § 5.66.]