All applications for industrial uses must be accompanied by
a certification from a registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania that the proposed use can meet the performance standards
of the appropriate district. Further, the Zoning Officer may employ
consultants to evaluate the environmental effects with respect to
performance standards.
For the purposes of this ordinance, "heat" is defined as thermal
energy of a radioactive, conductive, or convective nature. Heat emitted
at any or all points shall not at any time cause a temperature increase
on any adjacent property in excess of 10° F.; whether such change
be in the air or in the ground, in a natural stream or lake, or in
any structure on such adjacent property.
No activities shall be permitted which emit dangerous radioactivity
at any point beyond the property line. The handling of radioactive
materials, the discharge of such materials into air and water, and
the disposal of radioactive materials, the discharge of such materials
into air and water, and the disposal of radioactive wastes, shall
be in conformance with the regulations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
as set forth in Title 10, Chapter One, Part 20, Standards for Protection
Against Radiation, as amended; and all applicable regulations of the
State of Pennsylvania.
No discharge shall be permitted at any point into any sewage
disposal system, or watercourse, or lake, or into the ground, except
in accord with standards approved by the Department of Environmental
Resources or other regulating department or agency, of any materials
of such nature or temperature as can contaminate any water supply
or otherwise cause the emission of dangerous or offensive elements.
There shall be no accumulation of solid wastes conducive to the breeding
of rodents or insects.
It shall be unlawful to operate, or cause to be operated, any
planned or intentional source of electromagnetic radiation for such
purposes as communication, experimentation, entertainment, broadcasting,
heating, navigation, therapy, vehicle velocity measurement, weather
survey, aircraft detection, topographical survey, personal pleasure,
for any other use directly or indirectly associated with these purposes
which does not comply with the then-current regulations of the Federal
Communications Commission regarding such sources of electromagnetic
radiation, except that for all governmental communications facilities,
governmental agencies and government-owned plants, the regulations
of the Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee shall take precedence
over the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, regarding
such sources of electromagnetic radiation. Further, said operation
in compliance with the Federal Communications Commission or the Interdepartment
Radio Advisory Committee regulations shall be unlawful if such radiation
causes an abnormal degradation in performance of other electromagnetic
radiators or electromagnetic receptors of quality and proper design
because of proximity, primary field, blanketing, spurious re-radiation,
harmonic content, modulation or energy conducted by power or telephone
lines. The determination of "abnormal degradation in performance"
and "of quality and proper design" shall be made in accordance with
good engineering practices as defined in the latest principles and
standards of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Institute
of Radio Engineers, and the Electronic Industries Association. In
case of any inflict between the latest standards and principles of
the above groups, the following precedence in the interpretation of
the standards and principles shall apply: 1) American Institute of
Electrical Engineers, 2) Institute of Radio Engineers, and 3) Electronic
Industries Association.