Zoning ordinances are concerned with the impacts of an individual's
property use and seek to ensure that people use their property in
a manner that does not unreasonably interfere with other persons'
use of their property. The regulations contained in this article shall
be applicable to all land uses established in all zoning districts
of the Township. Subjective performance standards shall apply. Township
police officers and zoning and code enforcement officials, under local
and state laws, are empowered to determine those avenues of prosecution.
No operation or activity shall, at any time, cause ground-transmitted
vibrations that are detrimental to the public health, safety, comfort
or welfare. Vibration resulting from temporary construction activity
that occurs between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. shall be exempt from the
requirements of this section.
The emission of smoke or particulate matter in such manner or
quantity as to endanger or to be detrimental to the public health,
safety, comfort or welfare is not permitted.
For purposes of this section, the "odor threshold" is defined
as the minimum concentration in the air of a gas, vapor or particulate
matter that can be detected by the olfactory systems of a panel of
healthy observers. No use in any district, except where fertilizer
is used as part of a permitted agricultural use, may generate an odor
which is objectionable or noxious that reaches beyond the property
line of the enterprise generating the odor.
All on-site lighting of buildings, lawns and parking areas shall
be designed so as not to shine or cause glare in excess of 0.5 footcandle
at any point onto adjacent property or onto any public street or vehicle
thereon. No direct glare, whether from floodlights or high-temperature
processes, shall be visible from adjoining public streets or adjacent
lots when viewed by a person standing on ground level. Any operation
producing intense glare or heat shall be conducted within a completely
enclosed building in such a manner so as not to create a public nuisance
or hazard.
In all districts, no use, activity or process shall be conducted
which produces electric and/or magnetic fields which adversely affect
public health, safety and welfare, including, but not limited to,
interference with normal radio, telephone or television reception
from off the premises where the activity is conducted.
There shall be no discharge at any point into any public or
private sewerage system or stream or into the ground of any materials
in such a way or of such a nature or temperature as can contaminate
or otherwise cause the emission of hazardous materials except in accordance
with the standards of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection.
Storing of radioactive material is prohibited. All operations
using radioactive materials, whether or not licensed by the Atomic
Energy Commission, shall comply with the applicable regulations, as
adopted and thereafter amended by the Pennsylvania State Department
of Health, plus all regulations of any other local, state or federal
regulatory agency.
Where the property lines of a parcel on which loading operations
or refuse collection is conducted are located within 300 feet of a
residential dwelling, truck loading or unloading operations, as well
as refuse collection, shall not be conducted between the hours of
6:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., except where conducted entirely within an
enclosed structure.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, organization, contractor,
developer or property owner, including agents, employees, independent
contractors, or any other entity, to deposit, place, direct or otherwise
cause to be placed upon any street, road, highway, lane or alley within
the Township any liquid or particulate matter, including but not limited
to snow, ice, refuse, mud, debris, dirt or grass. Water is not restricted,
provided that it does not run across the street, pool along the street,
erode the street or berm, build up on or in a street, or in any way
create a danger to vehicular traffic or pedestrians. This section
shall apply not only in connection with new construction or development
activity but as it relates to any deposits on any vehicular rights-of-way
in the Township at any time.