Bayfield City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
Performance Standards
[Amended 10-18-2006 by Ord. No. 335]
§ 500-62 Intent; compliance required.
This chapter permits specific uses in specific districts, 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, site, and sanitary regulations, comply with the following performance standards.
§ 500-63 Air pollution; odors.
A.
No person or activity shall emit any fly ash, dust, fumes, vapors, mists, or gases in such quantities so as to substantially contribute to exceeding established state or federal air pollution standards.
B.
No activity shall emit any odorous matter of such nature or quantity as to be offensive, obnoxious, or unhealthful outside its premises. The guide for determining odor measurement and control shall be § NR 429.03, Wis. Adm. Code, and amendments thereto.
§ 500-64 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. All materials that range from active to intense burning shall be manufactured, utilized, processed and stored only in completely enclosed buildings which have incombustible exterior walls and an automatic fire extinguishing system. The above-ground storage capacity of materials that produce flammable or explosive vapors shall not exceed the following:
Closed Cup Flash Point | Gallons | |
|---|---|---|
Over 187° F. | 400,000 | |
105° F. to 187° F. | 200,000 | |
Below 105° F. | 100,000 |
§ 500-65 Glare and heat.
No activity shall emit glare or heat that is visible or measurable outside its premises except activities which may emit direct or sky-reflected glare which shall not be visible outside their district. 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.
§ 500-66 Water quality protection.
A.
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 might run off, seep, percolate, or wash into surface or subsurface waters so as to contaminate, pollute, or harm such waters or cause nuisances 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.
B.
In addition, no activity shall withdraw water or discharge any liquid or solid materials so as to violate, or contribute toward the violation of, the water quality standards for the surface waters of the City, including Lake Superior, and wetlands, as those standards are set forth in Chs. NR 102 to 105, Wis. Adm. Code.
§ 500-67 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.
§ 500-68 Vibrations.
No activity in any district shall emit vibrations which are discernible without instruments outside its premises. No activity shall emit vibrations which exceed the following displacement measured with a three-component measuring system:
Displacement (inches) | ||
|---|---|---|
Frequency (cycles per second) | Outside the Premises | Outside the District |
0 to 10 | .0020 | .0004 |
Over 10 to 20 | .0010 | .0002 |
Over 20 to 30 | .0006 | .0001 |
Over 30 to 40 | .0004 | .0001 |
Over 40 to 50 | .0003 | .0001 |
Over 50 | .0002 | .0001 |