There is hereby created a special zoning district, the boundaries of which shall be congruent with those areas identified as Special Flood Hazard Areas on the Flood Hazard Boundary Maps for the Village of Woodridge, as issued by the Federal Insurance Administration or its successor. This district shall be an overlay zone, within which the normal provisions of the zoning districts as mapped on the Official Zoning Map shall apply, except that no development shall be permitted which does not comply with the provisions of Chapter
205, Flood Damage Prevention, of the Code of the Village of Woodridge, as amended.
Wherever commercial, manufacturing or other nonresidential uses
or improvements and changes to such uses, with the exception of agricultural
activities and home occupations, are proposed, the following performance
standards shall apply. The Building Inspector shall ensure these standards
are met prior to issuing certificates of occupancy for such uses and
may require the applicant(s) to provide documentation of compliance.
A. Where a commercial or manufacturing use is contiguous to an existing
residential use in any district (including those situated on the opposite
side of a highway) or any approved residential lot in a residential
district, the Planning Board may require that the minimum front, side
and rear yards be increased by up to 50%. The Board may also require,
for purposes of separating incompatible activities or shielding the
residence from negative impacts, that a buffer consisting of a solid
fence of wood and/or a twenty-foot-wide dense evergreen planting not
less than six feet high be maintained, unless the properties are in
the same ownership or the full width of the yard is already wooded.
See also the landscaping standards contained herein.
B. All activities involving the manufacturing, production, storage,
transfer or disposal of inflammable and explosive materials shall
be provided with adequate safety devices against the hazard of fire
and explosion. Fire-fighting and fire suppression equipment and devices
shall be provided pursuant to National Fire Protection Association
guidelines. Burning of waste materials in open fires is prohibited.
Details of the potential hazards and planned safety and accident response
actions shall be provided by the applicant, and the Planning Board
may require greater front, side and rear yards and/or fencing.
C. No activities shall be permitted which emit dangerous radioactivity
or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation of any
equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance.
D. Noise associated with any new use permitted under this chapter and
hereafter established shall not exceed an intensity of 65 decibels
as measured 100 feet from the boundaries of the lot where such use
is situated. The use of outdoor public address systems is strictly
prohibited except for emergency purposes.
E. No vibration shall be permitted on a regular or continuing basis
which is detectable without instruments at the property line.
F. All lighting and use of mirrors shall be designed so as to avoid
unnecessary or unsafe spillover of light and glare onto operators
of motor vehicles, pedestrians and land uses in proximity to the light
source. Light sources shall comply with the following standards:
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Type of Light Source
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Maximum Illumination Permitted at Property Line
(footcandles)
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Maximum Permitted Height of Light
(feet)
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Globe light
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0.20
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15
|
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Greater than 90% cutoff
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0.75
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25
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Less than 90% cutoff
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2.00
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30
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(1) No direct or sky-reflected glare, whether from floodlights or from
high-temperature processes such as combustion or welding or other
sources, so as to be visible at the property line on a regular or
continuing basis, shall be permitted.
G. No emission shall be permitted on a regular or continuing basis from
any chimney or otherwise, of visible gray smoke of a shade equal to
or darker than No. 2 on the Power's Micro-Ringlemann Chart, published
by McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc., and copyrighted 1954.
H. No emission of fly ash, dust, fumes, vapors, gases and other forms
of air pollution shall be permitted on a regular or continuing basis
which can cause any damage to health, to animals, vegetation, or other
forms of property, or which can cause any excessive soiling.
I. All activities involving the possible contamination of surface or
ground water shall be provided with adequate safety devices to prevent
such contamination. Details of the potential hazards (including the
groundwater characteristics of the area in which the use is proposed)
and planned safety devices and contamination response actions shall
be provided by the developer.
J. Whenever a vehicle and equipment sales, mechanical and body repair
use is proposed as a special use, or as an expansion of an existing
nonconforming use, the following additional performance standards
shall apply:
(1) All mechanical and body repair work shall be performed within buildings.
(2) All automobile or vehicle parts, new or used, shall be stored within
buildings.
(3) Vehicles which are temporarily on the property awaiting repair shall
be stored in an area which meets the minimum yard and buffer requirements
applicable for the district and the use.
K. All industrial uses, processing and storage shall be within fully
enclosed structures, and no tanks, cupolas, vents or other apparatus
peculiar to the processing shall be visible outside the approved buildings.
The facade of buildings and structures in industrial uses shall be
compatible with adjacent development and shall be fully landscaped
in accordance with the requirements therefor that are contained herein.