Cedarburg Town City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
Performance Standards for Industrial Development
§ 320-94 Intent.
It is the intent of this article to use performance standards for the regulation of industrial uses to facilitate a more objective and equitable basis for control and to ensure that the community is adequately protected from potential hazardous and nuisance-like effects.
§ 320-95 Noise.
A.
M-2 District. No activity in an M-2 Industrial 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 75 | 79 | |
76 to 150 | 74 | |
151 to 300 | 66 | |
301 to 600 | 59 | |
601 to 1,200 | 53 | |
1,201 to 2,400 | 47 | |
2,401 to 4,800 | 41 | |
Above 4,800 | 39 |
B.
Other districts.
(1)
No other activity in any other district shall produce a sound level outside its premises that exceeds the following:
Octave Band Frequency (cycles per second) | Sound Level (decibels) | |
|---|---|---|
0 to 75 | 72 | |
76 to 150 | 67 | |
151 to 300 | 59 | |
301 to 600 | 52 | |
601 to 1,200 | 46 | |
1,201 to 2,400 | 40 | |
2,401 to 4,800 | 34 | |
Above 4,800 | 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.
§ 320-96 Vibration.
A.
Vibration prohibited. No activity in any district except the M-2 Industrial District shall emit vibrations which are discernible without instruments outside its premises. No activity in an M-2 Industrial District 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 | 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 | |
B.
Vibrations exempt. Vibrations not directly under the control of the property user and vibrations from temporary construction or maintenance activities shall be exempt from the above standard.
§ 320-97 External lighting.
No operation or activity shall produce any intense glare or lighting with the source directly visible beyond the M-1 and M-2 Industrial District boundaries.
§ 320-98 Odor.
No operation or activity shall emit any substance or combination of substances in such quantities that create an objectionable odor as defined in the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
§ 320-99 Particulate emissions.
No operation or activity shall emit into the ambient air from any direct or portable source any matter that will affect visibility in excess of the limitations established in the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
§ 320-100 Visible emissions.
No operation or activity shall emit into the ambient air from any direct or portable source any matter that will affect visibility in excess of the limitations established in the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
§ 320-101 Hazardous pollutants.
No operation or activity shall emit any hazardous substances in such a quantity, concentration or duration as to be injurious to human health or property, and all emissions of hazardous substances shall not exceed the limitations established in the Wisconsin Administrative Code.