The following standards shall govern in all districts:
A. 
Along each side or rear property line of a commercial, industrial, or multifamily housing use which directly abuts a residential district in the Township or an adjoining municipality, a buffer yard shall be provided. The width of the buffer yard shall be established in accordance with the applicable commercial, industrial, or multifamily zoning district standards. The buffer yard shall be landscaped with a dense planting of evergreen trees, deciduous trees, shrubs and other plant materials to serve as a barrier to visibility, airborne particles, glare and noise. The following landscaping standards shall apply for the required buffer yards:
(1) 
The outer perimeter of the buffer yard shall be landscaped with a double row of evergreen trees. The evergreen trees shall be a minimum of 6.0 feet tall at the time of planting. The type of evergreen trees shall be chosen considering soil conditions, longevity, aesthetic quality, and resistance to deer impact. The spacing of the individual trees shall be 12 feet on center. Trees shall be planted no closer than 10 feet to the perimeter property line.
(2) 
In addition to the evergreen trees, medium-to-tall-growth deciduous trees shall be planted with an average spacing of one tree per 75 feet of the side and rear property lines. The deciduous trees shall be planted between the double row of evergreen trees and the inside limit of the required buffer yard.
(3) 
Shrubs, evergreen bushes, and small flowering trees shall also be planted at interspersed locations within the buffer yard at the density of 20 trees/bushes per 100 feet of side and rear property lines.
(4) 
For subdivision and land development applications, financial security shall be posted with the Township for the full value of the required landscaping. The landscaping shall be covered by an eighteen-month maintenance period following project completion acknowledged by the Township.
(5) 
The screen planting shall be maintained permanently by the owner of the property.
(6) 
A clear sight triangle shall be maintained at all street intersections and at all points where private vehicular accessways intersect public streets in accordance with § 480-135.
(7) 
Reduction of the required number of plantings may be allowed at the discretion of the Township Supervisors if a mature woods occupies the required buffer yard.
(8) 
Buffer plantings may be interrupted only by underground utility lines that cross the buffer yards at or near right angles, and for pedestrian or vehicular points of access.
(9) 
Berming (in addition to the required landscaping) shall be provided if topographically feasible and requested by the Township.
(10) 
Special conditions may warrant the installation of privacy fencing in addition to the required landscaping. Fencing shall be provided if requested by the Township.
(11) 
Landscape plans for buffer yards shall be submitted for review and approval.
A. 
No smoke shall be emitted from any chimney or other source a visible gray greater than No. 1 on the Ringelmann smoke chart as published by the United States Bureau of Mines.
B. 
Smoke of a shade not darker than No. 2 on the Ringelmann chart may be emitted for not more than four minutes in any 30 minutes.
C. 
These provisions, applicable to visible gray smoke, shall also apply to visible smoke of a different color, but with an equivalent apparent capacity.
At no point on the boundary of a residential, industrial, or commercial district shall the sound pressure level of any operation exceed the decibel levels in the designated octave band shown below for the districts indicated.
Octave Ban in Cycles per Second
Along Residential District Boundaries
Maximum Permitted Sound Level in Decibels
At Any Other Point on the Lot Boundary
Maximum Permitted Sound Level in Decibels
0 to 75
72
79
75 to 150
67
74
150 to 300
59
66
300 to 600
52
59
600 to 1,200
46
53
1,200 to 2,400
40
47
2,400 to 4,800
34
41
Above 4,800
32
39
There shall be no emission of odorous gases or other odorous matter in such quantities as to be offensive at lot boundary line. Any process, which may involve the creation or emission of any odors, shall be provided with a secondary safeguard system, so that control will be maintained if the primary safeguard system should fail. There is hereby established as a guide in determining such quantities of offensive odors Table III (Odor Threshold) in Chapter 4, Air Pollution Abatement Manual, copyright 1951, current edition by Manufacturing Chemists Association, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be performed within an enclosed building or behind a solid fence in such manner as to be completely imperceptible from any point on the lot lines.
No vibration which is discernible to the human sense of feeling and is perceptible at any point on the lot line shall be permitted.
There shall be no activities which emit dangerous radioactivity at any point. There shall be no electrical disturbance (except from domestic household appliances) adversely affecting the operation at any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance.
A. 
No flammable or explosive liquids, solids, or gases shall be stored in bulk above ground; provided, however, that tanks or drums of fuel directly connecting with energy devices, heating devices, or appliances located on the same lot as the tanks or drums of fuel are excluded from this provision.
B. 
All outdoor storage facilities for fuel, raw materials and products and all fuel and all raw materials and products stored outdoors shall be enclosed by a fence adequate to conceal the facilities from any adjacent properties.
C. 
No materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a lot in such form or manner that they may be transferred off the lot by natural causes or forces.
D. 
All materials or wastes which might cause fumes or dust or which constitute a fire hazard or which may be edible or otherwise be attractive to rodents or insects shall be stored outdoors only in closed containers.
Every use requiring power shall be so operated that the services lines, substation, etc., shall conform to the highest safety requirements known, shall be so constructed, installed, etc., to be an integral part of the architectural feature of the plant, or if visible from abutting residential properties shall be concealed by coniferous planting.
A. 
Waste disposal. No use shall be conducted in such a way as to discharge any treated or untreated sewage or industrial waste into any reservoir or lake, or discharge any untreated sewage or industrial waste into any stream. All methods of sewage, industrial waste treatment and disposal shall be approved by the Township Engineer.
B. 
Residential trash. Trash, including recyclables, must be stored behind the front of the house and put curbside 24 hours prior to pickup and no sooner.
C. 
All commercial trash must be enclosed by fencing or other material and kept no further forward than the front of the building.
Refer to Chapter 365, Solid Waste, Article II, Recycling (Ordinance No. 155, as amended), for current recycling regulations.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).