All uses hereafter established in any zoning district shall
comply with the performance standards contained in this section. These
standards shall also apply to an existing use or structure when it
is extended, enlarged, moved, structurally altered or reconstructed.
1.
Fire and explosive hazards. All activities and all storage of flammable
and explosive material at any point shall be provided with adequate
safety devices against the hazards of fire and explosion, and adequate
fire-fighting equipment as specified by the Pennsylvania Department
of Labor and Industry, and the laws and regulations of Allegheny County.
All buildings and structures and activities within such buildings
and structures shall conform to all other applicable codes and ordinances
of the Borough.
2.
Liquid and solid wastes. There shall be no discharge at any point
into any public or private sewerage system, or watercourse, or into
the ground, of any materials in such a way or such a nature as will
contaminate or otherwise cause the emission of hazardous materials
in violation of the laws and regulations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and Allegheny County. All required discharge and disposal permits
shall be obtained.
3.
Smoke, ash, dust, fumes, vapors and gases. There shall be no emission
of smoke, ash, dust, fumes, vapors or gases which violate applicable
federal, state and/or county laws and regulations.
4.
Radioactivity or electrical disturbances. There shall be no activities
which emit radioactivity at any point beyond the most recent background
limits established by federal and state regulations. There shall be
no radio or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation
of equipment belonging to someone other than the creator of the disturbance.
5.
Glare. No direct reflected glare, whether from any lighting source
or production operation, shall be visible from adjoining public streets
or adjacent lots when viewed by a person standing on ground level.
6.
Outdoor illumination.
a.
All outdoor lighting shall be directed to avoid glare outside the
property line or boundary.
b.
All outdoor lighting which is designed and intended to illuminate
buildings or yards shall be arranged so that the lights will not shine
into the eyes of any person external to the premises, or cause a nuisance
or hazard from glare.
c.
Light standards shall be located so as not to interfere or conflict
with traffic movement or parking and shall be shown on the site plan.
7.
Odor. There shall be no emission of odorous gases or other matter
in such quantities as to be offensive on adjoining streets or adjacent
lots.
8.
Storage. All garbage, trash, and rubbish shall be stored in covered vermin-proof containers. (See Chapter 93, Solid Waste, of the Heidelberg Borough Code of Ordinances.)
9.
Noise. As to unnecessary or excessive noise, no noises or sounds
shall be permitted which are annoying to the comfort of any reasonable
person or which are so harsh, prolonged, unnatural or unusual in their
use, time and place as to occasion physical discomfort or cause unreasonable
distraction from normal business operations, quiet enjoyment activities
and/or sleep of inhabitants of the Borough.
b.
No person shall operate or cause to be operated on private or public
property any source of continuous sound (any sound which is static,
fluctuating or intermittent with a recurrence greater than one time
in any fifteen-second interval) in such a manner that the sound level
exceeds the limits set forth below when measured at any boundary of
the property:
i.
All uses in the Borough shall not produce noises that exceed
55 dBA when measured at the property line between the hours of 7:00
a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
ii.
All uses in the Borough shall not produce noises that exceed
45 dBA when measured at the property line between the hours of 9:00
p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
c.
Noise levels may be measured according to American National Standards
Institute Methods for the Measurement of Sound Pressure levels, ANSI
SI.4-1971, or other equivalent method.
d.
The following uses shall be exempted from the noise regulations:
i.
The emission of sound for the purpose of alerting persons to
the existence of an emergency.
ii.
Emergency work to provide electricity, water or other public
utilities when public health or safety are involved and other emergency
related activities or uses.
iii.
Domestic power tools, including power lawn mowers and snowblowers,
when operated between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Mondays
through Fridays and between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays or
Sundays.
iv.
Construction or maintenance noises between the hours of 7:00
a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
v.
Agricultural uses when permitted by zoning ordinances enacted
by the Borough.
vi.
Public celebrations, specifically authorized by the Borough.
vii.
Surface carriers engaged in commerce by railroad.
viii.
The unamplified human voice.
