[Ord. No. 516 §20(20.01), 6-21-2001]
No parcel, lot, building or structure in any district shall
be used or occupied in any manner so as to create any dangerous, injurious,
noxious or otherwise objectionable element or condition so as to adversely
affect the surrounding area or adjoining premises provided that 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 acceptable limits as established by
the following performance requirements. Environmental comparability
shall be of primary concern.
[Ord. No. 516 §20(20.02), 6-21-2001]
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 devices as are normally used in the handling
of any such material. Such hazards shall be kept removed from adjacent
activities to a distance that is compatible with the potential danger
involved.
[Ord. No. 516 §20(20.03), 6-21-2001]
No activity shall emit dangerous radioactivity at any point
or unreasonable electrical or radioelectrical disturbance adversely
affecting the operation at any point of any equipment other than that
of the creator of such disturbance.
[Ord. No. 516 §20(20.04), 6-21-2001]
No vibration shall be permitted which is discernible without
instruments on any adjoining lot or property.
[Ord. No. 516 §20(20.05), 6-21-2001]
Smoke shall not be emitted with a density greater than No. 1
on the Ringleman 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.
[Ord. No. 516 §20(20.06), 6-21-2001]
No malodorous gas or matter shall be permitted which is offensive
so as to produce a public nuisance or hazard on any adjoining lot
or property.
[Ord. No. 516 §20(20.07), 6-21-2001]
No pollution of air by fly-ash, dust, vapors or other substances
shall be permitted which is harmful to health, animals, vegetation
or other property or which causes soiling of exposed property. In
addition, all State and Federal requirements shall be addressed.
[Ord. No. 516 §20.(20.08), 6-21-2001]
No direct or reflected glare shall be permitted which is visible
from any property or from any public street, road or highway.
[Ord. No. 516 §20(20.09), 6-21-2001]
Noise which is objectionable due to volume, frequency or beat
shall be muffled or otherwise controlled so that there is no productions
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 are 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 past the property line of the lot on which the noise
is generated.
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Octave Band Decibels
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0 — 75 CPS (Cycles Per Second)
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55 dB
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75 — 1200 CPS
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40 dB
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1200 — 4800 CPS
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25 dB
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4800 CPS and above
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22 dB
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[Ord. No. 516 §20(20.10), 6-21-2001]
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 Standard — 10
CSR 20 — 7.031) and the City of Dardenne Prairie.
[Ord. No. 516 §20(20.11), 6-21-2001]
Dust shall not be permitted from gravel driveways or parking
areas that create a nuisance as deemed by the Board of Aldermen.
