[Ord. No. 1019, § 12, 11-13-1989]
Any activity or use in the applicable zoning districts shall comply with the following performance standards.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 12, 11-13-1989]
No activity shall be re-activated, established, modified, constructed or operated without having obtained valid permits and/or certificates from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources for airborne emissions. Such proof of compliance shall consist of duplicate copies of such permits and/or certificates for the current time period. In addition to the requirements of the Department of Environmental Resources, the following requirements shall apply:
A. 
Dust. Dust and other similar types of air pollution borne by the wind from storage areas, mining, quarrying, the removal of natural materials, yards, parking areas or other open area shall be minimized by landscaping, sealing or other acceptable means, but in no instance shall it exceed the standards for fugitive air emissions as contained in Title 25, Chapter 121, of the Pennsylvania Code, as it is amended and adopted.
B. 
Particulate Matter. No use shall exceed the national ambient air quality standards established in the Federal Clean Air Act or the requirements of Titles 25 and 35 of the Pennsylvania Code, as they are amended and adopted for particulate manner.
C. 
Odor. No operation shall release materials capable of becoming odorous, either by bacterial decomposition or chemical reaction, that cause or will cause odorous matter or vapor to be generated so as to be readily discernible without instruments from any point along the boundaries of each lot.
D. 
Smoke or Steam. No use or activity may emit visible emissions with an opacity of more than twenty (20) percent of the outdoor atmosphere for any period or periods totalling more than three (3) minutes in any one (1) hour or more than sixty (60) percent at any one (1) point in time. No use or activity may emit greater amounts of smoke or steam than that permitted by Title 25, Chapter 121 of the Pennsylvania Code, as it is amended and adopted.
E. 
Toxic Matter and Hazardous Material. Emissions of chemicals, gases, components or elements, listed as being toxic matter or hazardous material by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, shall not exceed any stated threshold limit value in any industrial district. No emission of toxic matter shall exceed fifty (50) percent of the threshold limit value in any adjacent residential or commercial district.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 12, 11-13-1989]
Electric or electronic equipment shall be shielded such that no interference of radio and television broadcasts shall be discerned beyond the operator's lot line.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 12, 11-13-1989]
No activity or use shall produce a strong, dazzling light or reflection of same beyond its lot lines. Exterior lighting shall be shielded, buffered and directed so that glare, direct light or reflection will not be a nuisance to adjoining properties, dwellings, streets or districts. In no event shall a lighting intensity greater than one (1) twenty-five hundredths (0.25) footcandle, measured at grade, be permitted beyond the lot lines.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 12, 11-13-1989]
No activity or use shall produce heat perceptible beyond its lot lines. Further, no use shall be permitted which would cause the ambient water temperature, as defined by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, to rise or fall more than five (5) degrees Fahrenheit during the ten (10) year, seven (7) day low flow in any natural pond, stream, river or other watercourse.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 12, 11-13-1989]
No activity or use shall produce a sound pressure level on adjacent property in excess of the level permitted in the following table:
Octave Band Frequency
(cycles per second)
Residential District
(decibels)
Nonresidential District
(decibels)
>
<
20
75
72
79
75
150
67
74
150
300
59
66
300
600
52
59
600
1200
46
53
1200
2400
40
47
2400
4800
34
41
4800
—
32
39
The maximum permitted sound levels for residential districts shall apply between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and shall be reduced by six (6) decibels in each octave band for any other time of day. For the purposes of the section, decibels shall mean "A"-weighted decibels.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 12, 11-12-1989]
All materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a site in such a form or manner that prevents contamination of surface or groundwater resources. All waste products shall be disposed of in accordance with regulations as they are adopted and amended by county, state, and federal agencies.
[Ord. No. 1019, § 12, 11-13-1989]
No activity or operation shall produce at any point along the lot line continuous earth-borne vibrations greater than the maximum displacement as permitted in the following table:
Frequency
(cycles per second)
Residential District Displacement
(in inches)
Nonresidential District Displacement
(in inches)
>
<
0
10
0.0004
0.0020
10
20
0.0002
0.0010
20
30
0.0001
0.0006
30
40
0.0001
0.0004
40
50
0.0001
0.0003
50
—
0.0001
0.0002
Discrete pulses that do not exceed one hundred (100) impulses per minute may not produce more than twice the displacement specified in the table.