[Ord. No. 111808 §1(400-801), 11-18-2008; Ord. No.
05022016 § IV, 5-2-2016]
The purpose of establishing and applying environmental performance
standards in the "C-1" General Business, "C-2" Central Business, "I-1"
Light Industrial and "I-2" Heavy Industrial Districts (hereinafter
referred to as the "districts") is to allow potential environmental
nuisances to be measured factually and objectively and thus to ensure
uses in the district will not cause hazards and nuisances to the adjacent
areas by processes of control and nuisance elimination.
[Ord. No. 111808 §1(400-801.1), 11-18-2008]
After the effective date of this code, any uses established
in these districts shall comply with all environmental performance
standards. If any existing uses are extended, enlarged, moved, structurally
altered or reconstructed, these standards shall apply with respect
to such extended, enlarged, moved, structurally altered or reconstructed
uses.
[Ord. No. 111808 §1(400-801.2), 11-18-2008]
A. The
City Planner shall have the overall responsibility in enforcing all
environmental performance standards herein set forth, including periodic
conformance check of the uses, acting upon complaints and making a
determination as to compliance or non-compliance with such standards
within these districts.
B. Within
thirty (30) days following a periodic performance check or receipt
of the reports of expert consultants, the City Planner shall make
a determination as to compliance or non-compliance with the performance
standards. If the uses are found to be in non-compliance, the City
Planner shall give written notice to the owner of said uses of such
determination.
C. Within
sixty (60) days following receipt of the City Planner's written notice,
the owner of said uses shall take necessary steps, such as modification
or alterations in the existing construction or the operational procedures,
to bring the uses into compliance with the performance standards.
However, the City Planner may grant an extension of time, if such
extension is warranted in the circumstances of the case and if such
extension will not cause eminent peril to life, health or property.
[Ord. No. 111808 §1(400-801.3), 11-18-2008]
A. No
person shall operate, cause to operate or allow to operate any source
of sound in such a manner as to create a sound level which exceeds
the limits set forth for the receiving land use category in the following
Table. All measurements shall be taken at or within the property boundary
of the receiving land use with a sound level meter which meets the
specifications of the American National Standards Institute for a
Type II general purpose sound level meter, its equivalent or better.
The A-weighted, slow response shall be used.
B. The
following uses and activities shall be exempt from the above noise
level regulations:
1. Noises not directly under the control of the property owner;
2. Noises emanating from construction and maintenance activities between
7:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M. during the week and between 9:00 A.M. and
6:00 P.M. during the weekend; and
3. The noises of safety signals, warning devices and emergency pressure
relief valves.
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Sound Levels by Receiving Land Use
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Receiving Land Use Category
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Time Period
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Maximum One Hour Leq (dB)
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Residential
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7:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M.
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65
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10:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M.
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55
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Commercial/business
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At all times
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70
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Industry/manufacturing
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At all times
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75
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C. Definition Of Equivalent A-Weighted Sound Level (Leq). The
constant sound level that, in a given situation and time period, conveys
the same sound energy as the actual time-varying A-weighted sound.
It is the average sound level and it accurately portrays the sound
the human ear actually hears.
D. When
required by the City Planner, a noise study shall be provided that
demonstrates compliance with this Section.
[Ord. No. 111808 §1(400-801.4), 11-18-2008]
A. Lighting
in areas such as parking lots, outdoor storage facilities and the
general landscape shall be conducted so that the light source is directed
away from residential use areas and public streets or shall be controlled
so that the candlepower per one thousand (1,000) lamp lumens does
not numerically exceed fifty (50) lamp lumens, or five percent (5%),
above vertical angle at seventy-eight degrees (78°) above nadir
or emit more than five hundred (500) foot-lamberts per unit projected
surface area of the luminaire above seventy-eight (78) vertical angle.
B. Luminous
element signs shall not exceed three hundred (300) foot-lamberts.
Luminous building fronts on facades shall not exceed one hundred (100)
foot-lamberts in average surface luminance. Flood lighted signs shall
not exceed seventy-five (75) foot-lamberts in average surface luminance.
Exposed lamp signs and luminous tube signs shall not exceed four hundred
(400) foot-lamberts in average surface luminance.
C. If
street and walkways used by the public for nighttime transit are lighted,
they shall be lighted in conformance with City standards for residential
street lighting.
D. Illumination
contributable to any outdoor lighting shall be conducted in such a
manner that direct or indirect illumination from the source shall
not exceed one-half (½) horizontal foot-candle at the property
boundary line of these districts if they abut a residential district.
E. Illumination
(foot-candles) and luminance (foot-lamberts) measurements shall be
made with a cosine corrected photoelectric photometer having a spectral
response corrected to the luminous efficiency curve established by
the International Commission on Illumination. The meter shall be calibrated
in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications and shall be
operated according to the manufacturer's directions. Luminance meters
shall be operated at an aperture setting of two degrees (2°) in
diameter.
F. When
required by the City Planner, a photometric study shall be provided
that demonstrates compliance with this Section.
[Ord. No. 111808 §1(400-801.5), 11-18-2008]
Any operation producing intense heat shall be conducted within
an enclosed building or with other effective screening in such a manner
as to be completely imperceptible from any point along or outside
the lot lines.
[Ord. No. 111808 §1(400-801.6), 11-18-2008]
The emission or escape into the open air from any source or
sources whatsoever of smoke, ashes, dust, dirt, grime, acids, fumes,
gases, vapors, odors or any other substances or combinations of substances,
in such manner or in such amounts as to endanger or tend to endanger
the health, comfort, safety or welfare of the public or is unreasonably
offensive and objectionable to the public or shall cause unreasonable
injury or damage to property or interfere with the comfortable enjoyment
of property or normal conduct of business, is hereby declared to be
a public nuisance. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause, permit
or maintain any such public nuisance.