The purposes of this chapter are to:
A. Establish
permissible limits and permit objective measurement of nuisances,
hazards, and objectionable conditions;
B. Ensure
that all uses will provide necessary control measures to protect the
community from nuisances, hazards, and objectionable conditions; and
C. Protect
industry from arbitrary exclusion from areas of the City.
Land or buildings shall not be used or occupied in a manner
creating any dangerous, injurious, or noxious fire, explosive or other
hazard that would adversely affect the surrounding area.
Measurements necessary for determining compliance with the standards
of this chapter shall be taken at the lot line of the establishment
or use that is the source of a potentially objectionable condition,
hazard, or nuisance.
Uses, activities, and processes shall not operate in a manner
that emits excessive dust, fumes, smoke, or particulate matter, unless
authorized under federal, State, or local law. Sources of air emissions
shall comply with all rules established by the Environmental Protection
Agency (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40), the California Air
Resources Board, and the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control
District.
No use, activity or process shall cause electromagnetic interference
with normal radio and television reception, or with the function of
other electronic equipment beyond the lot line of the site in which
it is situated. All uses, activities and processes shall comply with
applicable Federal Communications Commission regulations.
All activities, processes and uses involving the use of, or
storage of, flammable and explosive materials shall be provided with
adequate safety devices against the hazard of fire and explosion.
Firefighting and fire suppression equipment and devices standard in
industry shall be approved by the Fire Department. All incineration
is prohibited with the exception of those substances such as, but
not limited to, chemicals, insecticides, hospital materials and waste
products, required by law to be disposed of by burning, and those
instances wherein the Fire Department deems it a practical necessity.
No use shall be operated such that significant, direct glare,
incidental to the operation of the use is visible beyond the boundaries
of the lot where the use is located.
The use, handling, storage and transportation of hazardous and
extremely hazardous materials shall comply with the provisions of
the California Hazardous Materials Regulations and the California
Fire and Building Codes, as well as the laws and regulations of the
California Department of Toxic Substances Control and the County Environmental
Health Agency. Activities, processes, and uses shall not generate
or emit any fissionable or radioactive materials into the atmosphere,
a sewage system or onto the ground.
Uses, activities, and processes shall not produce any emissions
of heat or humidity that cause distress, physical discomfort, or injury
to a reasonable person, or interfere with ability to perform work
tasks or conduct other customary activities. In no case shall heat
emitted by a use cause a temperature increase in excess of five degrees
Fahrenheit on another property.
A. Discharges to Water or Sewers. Liquids and solids of any kind
shall not be discharged, either directly or indirectly, into a public
or private body of water, sewage system, watercourse, or into the
ground, except in compliance with applicable regulations of the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board.
B. Containment. Wastes shall be handled and stored so as to prevent
nuisances, health, safety and fire hazards, and to facilitate recycling.
Closed containers shall be provided and used for the storage of any
materials which by their nature are combustible, volatile, dust, or
odor producing or edible or attractive to rodents, vermin, or insects.
C. Incineration. There shall be no rubbish or refuse incineration
on the premises.
No use or activity shall create noise levels that exceed the standards set forth in Chapter
9.16, Noise, of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code. If any noise source is permitted and later determined to exceed the limits set forth in Chapter
9.16, Noise, of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code, the noise source must be relocated, replaced, or otherwise modified to achieve compliance with Chapter
9.16.
No person or business shall cause or allow the emission of offensive,
noxious, or foul odors in concentrations which are offensive to a
reasonable person, which produce a public nuisance or hazard on adjoining
property, or which could be detrimental to human, plant, or animal
life.
Outdoor lighting shall conform to the Outdoor Lighting and Streetlight Ordinance and Design Guidelines set forth in Chapter
22.75 of the Santa Barbara Municipal Code.
No vibration shall be produced that is transmitted through the
ground and is discernible without the aid of instruments by a reasonable
person at the lot lines of the site. Vibrations from temporary construction,
demolition, or vehicles that enter and leave the subject parcel (e.g.,
construction equipment, trains, trucks, etc.) are exempt from this
standard.