[Ord. 738, 8/18/2009]
A. 
All uses shall comply with the requirements of this section. Compliance shall be determined by the applicable Zoning Officer with respect to permitted uses by the applicable Zoning Hearing Board with respect to special exceptions and by the applicable Borough Council with respect to conditional uses. In order to determine whether a proposed use will conform to the requirements of this Ordinance, the applicable Borough may obtain a qualified consultant's report, whose cost for services shall be borne by the applicant.
B. 
All projects that require the additional use of new facilities or essential services, such as sewers, storm drains, fire hydrants, potable water, public streets, street lighting and similar services, shall obtain such approval as required by the agency providing such service prior to project approval. Non availability of essential services shall be permitted to be grounds for denying permits for additional development until such services are available. The jurisdiction is not obligated to extend or supply essential services if capacity is not available. If capacity is available, the extension of services shall be by and at the cost of the developer, unless the jurisdiction agrees otherwise. All service extensions shall be designed and installed in full conformance with the jurisdiction's standards for such service, and shall be subject to review, permit and inspection as required by other policies or ordinances of the jurisdiction.
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Fire protection and firefighting equipment acceptable to the National Fire Protection Association shall be readily available where there is any activity involving the handling or storage of flammable or explosive material.
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Noise which is determined to be objectionable because of volume, frequency or beat shall be muffled or otherwise controlled, except that fire sirens and related apparatus used solely for public purposes shall be exempt from this requirement. Noise in excess of 90 decibels as measured on a decibel or sound level meter of standard quality and design operated on the A-weighted scale at a distance of 25 feet from any property line of the property on which the noise source is located shall not be permitted.
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Vibrations detectable without instruments on neighboring property in any district shall be prohibited, except that temporary vibration as a result of construction activity shall be permitted.
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No malodorous gas or matter shall be permitted which is discernible on any adjoining lot or property.
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The maximum amount of smoke emission permitted shall be determined by the use of the Standard Ringelmann Chart issued by the United States Bureau of Mines. No smoke of a shade darker than No. 2 shall be permitted.
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No pollution of air by fly ash, dust, vapors or other substance shall be permitted which is harmful to health, animals, vegetation or other property or which can cause soiling of property.
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Lighting devices which produce objectionable direct or reflected glare on adjoining properties or thoroughfares shall not be permitted.
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No erosion by wind or water shall be permitted which will carry objectionable substances onto neighboring properties.
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Water pollution shall be subject to the standards established by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
[Ord. 738, 8/18/2009]
A. 
All finished cut and fill slopes shall have a grade of not more than two feet horizontal for every one foot vertical. All cut and fill slopes greater than 20 feet in elevation or depression must be designed by a certified soils engineer or a certified geologist. The soils engineer or geologist who designs the slope must certify that it is stable upon completion. The Borough Engineer may require that a fence or other barrier be placed in a location which will prevent anyone from nearby properties access to a cut or fill slope.
B. 
All lands, regardless of their slope, from which structures or natural cover has been removed or otherwise destroyed shall be appropriately graded and seeded within a reasonable time of such clearance activity. The phrase "a reasonable time" shall be interpreted to be within two weeks after construction activities are completed, unless those activities are completed between a time period of November 1 and April 1. In such case, the required sodding or seeding shall occur within two weeks of April 1. This shall be rigidly applied to construction activities in order to accomplish the intent of keeping erosion to an absolute minimum. During non-growing seasons, appropriate measures shall be taken, such as, but not limited to, siltation dams, to prevent erosion by wind or water. In addition to the measures stated above, the developer/property owner shall provide assurances that all requirements will be complied with at the beginning of the next growing season.
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No development, cutting or filling of land or natural vegetation is permissible within a floodway, except as permitted by action of the applicable Borough Zoning Hearing Board and/or federal, state, county or municipal agencies having jurisdiction over such matters.
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No cutting, fill or other disturbing of land or natural vegetation is permissible within 50 feet of the edge of perennial and intermittent streams, except as permitted by action of the applicable Zoning Hearing Board and/or Federal, State, county or municipal agencies having jurisdiction over such matters. In cases where the applicable Zoning Hearing Board determines that a hardship running with the land exists as a result of this requirement, a variance may be granted, provided that special precautions can be and are ordered to be taken to ensure against continuing erosion or other circumstances which may be harmful to the immediate watercourse or in any way pollute the stream.