[R.O. 2006 §405.345; Ord. No. 503A, 7-17-2000]
It is the purpose of these standards to assure that all lots,
parcels, buildings or structures in all districts are used or occupied
in a manner so as not to create any dangerous, injurious, noxious
or otherwise objectionable elements or conditions so as to adversely
affect adjacent properties or the surrounding area. Any use permitted
by this Chapter may be undertaken and maintained if acceptable measures
and safeguards are employed to limit dangerous and objectionable elements
to accepted limits as established by the following performance requirements.
If the operations of any lawful existing use at the date of adoption
of this Chapter violates these environmental performance standards,
such operations shall not be varied or changed in any way as to increase
the degree of such violations.
[R.O. 2006 §405.350; Ord. No. 503A, 7-17-2000]
Any activity involving the use or storage of flammable or explosive
materials shall be protected by adequate fire-fighting and fire suppression
equipment and by such safety measures and devices as are normally
used in the handling of any such material. Such hazards shall be kept
removed from adjacent activities to a distance which is compatible
with the potential danger involved.
[R.O. 2006 §405.355; Ord. No. 503A, 7-17-2000]
No activity shall emit dangerous radioactivity at any point,
or unreasonable electrical or radio-electrical disturbance adversely
affecting the operation of any equipment, other than that of the creator
of such disturbance.
[R.O. 2006 §405.360; Ord. No. 503A, 7-17-2000]
No vibration shall be permitted which is perceptible without
instrument on any lot line of the lot on which the use is located.
[R.O. 2006 §405.365; Ord. No. 503A, 7-17-2000]
Smoke shall not be emitted with a density greater than on the
Ringlemen Chart as issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines except for blow-off
periods of ten (10) minutes duration of one (1) per hour when a density
of not more than No. 2 is permitted.
[R.O. 2006 §405.370; Ord. No. 503A, 7-17-2000]
Every use shall be so operated that no offensive or objectionable
odor is emitted which is offensive so as to produce a public nuisance
or hazard on any adjoining lot or property. Odors emitted from any
operations shall comply with all applicable standards of the State
of Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
[R.O. 2006 §405.375; Ord. No. 503A, 7-17-2000]
No pollution of air by fly-ash, dust, vapors, or other forms
of particulate matter shall be permitted which is harmful to health,
animals, vegetation or other property or which causes soiling of exposed
property. Air emissions from any operation shall comply with the State
of Missouri Department of Natural Resources Air Quality Standards
and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air quality standards.
[R.O. 2006 §405.380; Ord. No. 503A, 7-17-2000]
No direct or reflected glare shall be permitted which is visible
from any property or from any public street, road or highway. Any
operation producing intense glare or heat shall be performed in an
enclosure in such a manner as to be imperceptible without instruments
along any lot line of the lot upon which the building is constructed.
[R.O. 2006 §405.385; Ord. No. 503A, 7-17-2000]
Noise which is objectionable due to volume, frequency or heat
shall be muffled or otherwise controlled so that there is no production
of sound discernible at lot lines in excess of the average intensity
of street and traffic noise at the lot lines. Air raid sirens and
related apparatus used solely for public purposes shall be exempt
from this requirement. The L-10 noise level (that level which is exceeded
ten percent (10%) of the time) shall not exceed the following measurements
at any point at the property line of the lot on which the noise is
generated.
|
Octave Band
|
Decibels
|
|---|---|
|
0 — 75 CPS (cycles per second)
|
55 dB
|
|
75 — 1,200 CPS
|
40 dB
|
|
1,200 — 4,800 CPS
|
25 dB
|
|
4,800 CPS and above
|
22 dB
|
[R.O. 2006 §405.390; Ord. No. 503A, 7-17-2000]
Pollution of streams and other bodies of water shall be subject
to such requirements and regulations established by the State of Missouri,
Department of Natural Resources (Water Quality Standards — 10CSR
20-7.031) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA).
