The provisions of this article are intended
to ensure adequate protection for the residents of the Borough against
the possible negative effects of certain uses, processes or activities,
particularly those carried out in the Industrial District, but not
limited to that district.
The performance standards contained in this
article shall be the minimum standards to be met and maintained by
all uses established after the effective date of this chapter (Ordinance
No. 1115, passed July 12, 1984). Standards established by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection or the United States Environmental
Protection Agency shall apply where those standards are more restrictive
than the standards set forth in this article.
The total emission rate of dust and particulate
matter from all vents, stacks, chimneys, flues or other openings for
any process, operation or activity shall not exceed the following
levels:
A. The emission rate of particulate matter in pounds
per hour from any single stack, vent, chimney or flue shall be determined
by selecting a continuous four-hour period which will result in the
highest average emission rate.
B. Particulate matter emission from materials or products
subject to becoming windborne shall be kept to a minimum by paving,
oiling, wetting, covering or other means so as to render the surface
wind-resistant. Such sources include vacant lots, unpaved roads, yards
and storage piles of bulk material, such as coal, sand, cinders, slag,
sulfur, etc.
C. In the IND Industrial District, the maximum emission
rate of dust and particulate matter from all stacks, vents, chimneys
or flues combined shall be 0.5 pound per hour per acre of lot area.
All activities or storage involving flammable
and explosive materials shall be provided with adequate safety and
firefighting devices in accordance with the fire prevention code of
the Borough.
No use shall cause direct or sky-reflected glare,
whether from floodlights, high-temperature processes such as combustion
or welding, or any other similar source, so as to be visible at the
lot line and create a nuisance.