[Amended 12-30-2015 by Ord. No. 15-2015]
See state erosion and sedimentation control regulations and Chapter 477, Stormwater Management. Compliance with state erosion and sedimentation control regulations shall be an automatic condition of any zoning permit for work that involves earth disturbance. The Zoning Officer may require that evidence of compliance with such regulations be submitted to the City.
A. 
No landowner, tenant or lessee shall use or allow to be used any land or structures in a way that results or threatens to result in any of the following conditions:
(1) 
Transmission of communicable disease, including conditions that may encourage the breeding of insects or rodents.
(2) 
A physical hazard to the public, or a physical hazard that could be an attractive nuisance that would be accessible by children.
(3) 
Significant risks to public health and safety, such as but not limited to, explosion, fire or biological hazards.
B. 
Additional information. If the Zoning Officer has reason to believe that the proposed use may have difficulty complying with the standards of this chapter, then the Zoning Officer may require an applicant to provide written descriptions of proposed machinery, hazardous substances, operations and safeguards.
The land adjacent to a proposed or existing building shall not be re-graded in such a way that makes it difficult to reach each side of a building with a fire ladder.
See also Chapter 363, Noise.
A. 
No principal or accessory use, or operations or activities on its lot, shall generate a sound level exceeding the limits established in the table below, when measured at the specified locations:
Sound Level Limits by Receiving Land Use/District
Land Use or Zoning District Receiving the Noise
Hours/Days
Maximum Sound Level
At a lot line of a residential use in a residential district
7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. other than Sundays, Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day, New Years Day, Labor Day and Memorial Day
9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. plus all of the following days: Sundays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Years, Easter Sunday, Labor Day and Memorial Day
62 dBA
55 dBA
Lot line of a principal residential use that is not in a residential district
Same as above
Same as above
65 dBA
62 dBA
Any other lot line
All times and days
70 dBA
Note: "dBA" means A-weighted decibel.
B. 
The maximum permissible sound level limits set forth in the above table shall not apply to any of the following noise sources:
(1) 
Sound needed to alert people about an emergency.
(2) 
Repair or installation of utilities or construction of structures, sidewalks or streets between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., except for clearly emergency repairs which are not restricted by time.
(3) 
Lawn mowers, snowblowers, leaf blowers and similar equipment.
(4) 
Household power tools between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
(5) 
Agricultural activities, livestock and other animals.
(6) 
Public celebrations authorized by City Council, a City government agency, or a county, state or federal government agency or body.
(7) 
Unamplified human voices.
(8) 
Routine ringing of bells and chimes by a place of worship or municipal clock.
(9) 
Vehicles lawfully operating on a public street, railroads and aircraft.
No use shall generate odors or dust that are offensive to persons of average sensitivities beyond the boundaries of the subject lot.
This section shall only regulate exterior lighting that spills across lot lines or onto public streets.
A. 
Streetlighting exempted. This section shall not apply to:
(1) 
Streetlighting that is owned, financed or maintained by the City or the state; or
(2) 
An individual light of less than 10 feet total height in a front yard or attached to the front of a building.
B. 
Height of lights. No luminaire that is within 150 feet of a lot line of an existing dwelling shall be placed at a height exceeding 35 feet above the average surrounding ground level. This limitation shall not apply to lights needed for air safety nor to lights intended solely to illuminate an architectural feature of a building, or lighting of outdoor public recreation facilities.
C. 
Diffused. All light sources, including signs, shall be properly diffused as needed with a translucent or similar cover and/or shielded to prevent exposed lighting elements from being directly visible from streets, public sidewalks, dwellings or adjacent lots.
D. 
Shielding. All light sources, including signs, shall be shielded around the light source and carefully directed and placed to prevent the lighting from creating a nuisance to reasonable persons in adjacent dwellings, and to prevent the lighting from shining into the eyes of passing motorists.
E. 
Flickering. Flashing, flickering or strobe lighting are prohibited, except for non-advertising seasonal lights between October 25th and January 10th.
F. 
Gasoline sales canopies. Any canopy over gasoline pumps shall have light fixtures recessed into the canopy or screened by the canopy or enclosures or otherwise controlled so that lighting elements are not directly visible from another lot or street.
G. 
Lighting of horizontal surfaces. For the lighting of predominantly horizontal surfaces (such as parking areas and vehicle sales areas), lighting fixtures shall be aimed downward and shall include cutoff measures as needed to properly direct the light.
H. 
Off-premises signs (billboards). Any new exterior lighting of an off-premises sign shall be attached to the top of the off-premises sign and project downward.