The Planning Board may require such studies
and preventative measures as it deems necessary to ascertain the degree
of, and to remedy the presence of, noxious factors, such as, but not
limited to, noise, odor, air pollutants and glare, which may be present
at any point on the boundary of the lot. Such studies and remedies
will be required as part of the submittal for a zoning permit, site
plan review and/or building permit and will be the financial responsibility
of the applicant.
This chapter permits specific uses in industrial
districts (LI and HI), and these performance standards are designed
to limit, restrict and prohibit the effects of those uses outside
their premises or district. All structures, lands, air and waters
shall hereafter, in addition to their use and site regulations, comply
with the following performance standards:
A. Air pollution. No activity shall emit any fly ash,
dust, fumes, vapors, mists or gases in such quantities as to cause
soiling or danger to the health of persons, animals, vegetation or
other forms of property. No activity shall emit any liquid or solid
particles in concentrations exceeding 0.3 grain per cubic foot of
the conveying gas or any color visible smoke equal to or darker than
No. 2 on the Ringlemann Smoke Chart.
B. Fire and explosive hazards. All activities involving
the manufacturing, utilization, processing or storage of flammable
and explosive materials shall be provided with adequate safety devices
against the hazard of fire and explosion and with adequate fire-fighting
and fire-suppression equipment and devices that are standard in the
industry and shall comply with the federal, state and Village of Waterloo
fire and safety codes.
C. Glare and heat. No activity shall emit glare or heat
that is visible or measurable at the boundaries of the lot on which
the principal use is located. All operations producing intense glare
or heat shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.
Exposed sources of light shall be shielded so as not to be visible
outside their premises.
D. Water quality protection. No activity shall locate,
store, discharge or permit the discharge of any treated, untreated
or inadequately treated liquid, gaseous or solid materials of such
nature, quantity, obnoxiousness, toxicity or temperature that would
be likely to runoff, seep, percolate or wash into surface or subsurface
waters so as to contaminate, pollute or harm such waters or cause
nuisance, such as objectionable shore deposits, floating or submerged
debris, oil or scum, color, odor, taste or unsightliness, or be harmful
to human, animal, plant or aquatic life.
E. Noise.
(1) No activity in any district shall produce a sound
level outside the district boundary that exceeds the following sound
level measured by a sound-level meter and associated octave band filter:
Octave Band Frequency
(cycles per second)
|
Sound Level
(decibels)
|
---|
0 to 74
|
72
|
75 to 149
|
67
|
150 to 299
|
59
|
300 to 599
|
52
|
600 to 1,199
|
46
|
1,200 to 2,399
|
40
|
2,400 to 4,799
|
34
|
4,800 and above
|
32
|
(2) All noise shall be so muffled or otherwise controlled
as not to become objectionable due to intermittence, duration, beat
frequency, impulse character, periodic character or shrillness. For
impact sounds measured with an impact noise analyzer, the sound-pressure
levels set forth above may be increased by six decibels in each octave
band.
(3) Exemptions. The following uses and activities shall
be exempt from the noise level regulations:
(a)
Noises not directly under the control of the
property user.
(b)
Noises emanating from construction and maintenance
activities between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
(c)
The noises of safety signals, warning devices
and emergency pressure-relief valves.
(d)
Transient noises of moving sources, such as
automobiles, trucks, airplanes and railroads.
F. Odors. No activity shall emit any odorous matter of
such nature or quantity as to be offensive, obnoxious or unhealthful
outside its premises.
G. Radioactivity and electrical disturbances. No activity
shall emit radioactivity or electrical disturbances outside its premises
that are dangerous or adversely affect the use of neighboring premises.
H. Vibration. No activity in any district except the
HI District shall emit vibrations which are discernible without instruments
outside its premises. No activity in the LI District shall emit vibrations
which exceed the following displacement measured with a three-component
measuring system:
|
Displacements
|
---|
Frequency
(cycles per second)
|
Outside the Premises
(inches)
|
Outside the District
(inches)
|
---|
0 to 10
|
0.0020
|
0.0004
|
11 to 20
|
0.0010
|
0.0002
|
21 to 30
|
0.0006
|
0.0001
|
31 to 40
|
0.0004
|
0.0001
|
41 to 50
|
0.0003
|
0.0001
|
51 and over
|
0.0002
|
0.0001
|