Belleville Village City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 16
080 Performance Standards
§ 16.081 Exterior lighting standards.
(1)
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to regulate the spill-over of light and glare on operators of motor vehicles, pedestrians, and land uses in the vicinity of a light source to promote transportation safety and to prevent the creation of nuisances.
(2)
Applicability. The requirements of this section apply to all private exterior lighting within the jurisdiction of this chapter, except for lighting within public rights-of-way and/or lighting located on public property.
(3)
Requirements.
(a)
Fixtures. Light sources shall be full cutoff fixtures with the light source fully shielded and directed downwards.
(b)
Intensity of illumination. In no instance shall the amount of illumination attributable to exterior lighting, as measured at the property line, exceed zero and four tenths (0.40) footcandles above ambient lighting conditions on a cloudless night.
(c)
Location. Light fixtures shall not be located within required landscape areas.
(d)
Flashing, flickering and other distracting lighting. Flashing, flickering, and/or lighting which may distract motorists are prohibited.
(e)
Minimum and maximum lighting standards. All areas designated on required site plans for pedestrian circulation, vehicular or bicycle parking, loading, or circulation and used for any such purpose after sunset shall provide artificial illumination in such areas at a minimum intensity of zero and four tenths (0.4) footcandles and at a maximum intensity of ten (10) footcandles during hours of operation. Lighting shall be dimmed to fifty percent (50%) after hours of operation. Dimming can be provided by timer or motion sensors.
(f)
Special events lighting. Any temporary use using exterior lighting which is not in complete compliance with the requirements of this subsection shall secure a temporary use permit (see Section 16.126).
(g)
Wall mounted accent lighting. Wall mounted accent lighting shall be integrated with the architectural character of the building and shall use low-luminosity lamps, with two thousand (2,000) source lumens or less. The illumination on any vertical surface shall not exceed one-half (0.5) maintained footcandle and shall not spill over roof lines or building edges.
§ 16.082 Air pollution.
No person or activity shall emit any fly ash, dust, particulate matter, fumes, vapors, mists, or gases in such quantities that would constitute a nuisance to surrounding property owners. Dust and other types of pollution borne by the wind from such sources as storage areas, yards, and roads within lot boundaries shall be kept to a minimum by appropriate landscaping, paving, fencing, or other acceptable means.
§ 16.083 Fire and explosive hazards.
All activities involving the manufacturing, utilization, processing, or storage of flammable or explosive materials shall be provided with adequate safety devices against the hazard of fire and explosion and with adequate firefighting and fire-suppression equipment and devices that are standard in the industry and approved by the Belleville Fire District Chief. All materials that range from active to intense burning shall be manufactured, utilized, processed, or stored only within completely enclosed buildings which have incombustible exterior walls and an automatic fire extinguishing systems. Storage of flammable and explosive material shall be in accordance with the requirement of Chapter IHLR 10 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code and the requirements of NFPA 30 of the National Fire Protection Act.
§ 16.084 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.
§ 16.085 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 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. In addition, no activity shall withdraw water or discharge any liquid or solid materials so as to exceed, or contribute toward the exceeding of, the minimum standards set forth in Chapter NR 102 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
§ 16.086 Radioactivity and electrical disturbances.
No activity shall emit radioactivity or electrical disturbances outside its premises that affect the use of neighboring premises.
§ 16.087 Vibration.
No activity in any district shall emit vibrations, which are discernible by the Zoning Administrator without instruments outside its premises.
§ 16.088 Noise.
At no point on the boundary of a Residence or Business district shall the sound intensity level of any individual operation (other than the operation of motor vehicles or other mobile equipment) exceed fifty-eight (58) and sixty-two (62) dBA, respectively, during normal operations.
§ 16.089 Odor.
No operation or activity outside of the A-1 and A-2 Agricultural districts shall emit any substance or combination of substances in such quantities that create an objectionable odor as defined in standards set by the Department of Natural Resources.
§ 16.090 Refuse.
All waste material, debris, refuse or garbage not disposed of through the public sanitary sewerage system shall be kept in an enclosed building or properly contained in a closed container designed for such purposes. The owner of vacant land shall be responsible for keeping such land free of refuse.
