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Hillsdale City Zoning Code

ARTICLE VII

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Sec. 36-531.- Performance standards.

No use otherwise allowed shall be permitted within any district which does not conform to the following standards of use, occupancy, and operations, which standards are hereby established as the minimum requirements to be maintained within said area.

(Code 1979, § 17.30.010)

Sec. 36-532. - Smoke emission.

Smoke emission shall comply with state rules and regulations as established by the state.

(Code 1979, § 17.30.020)

Sec. 36-533. - Dust, dirt and fly ash.

(a)

No person shall operate or cause to be operated, maintain or cause to be maintained any process for any purpose, or furnace or combustion device for the burning of coal or other natural or synthetic fuels, without maintaining and operating, while using the process or furnace or combustion device, recognized and approved equipment, means, method, device, or contrivance to reduce the quantity of gasborne or airborne solids or fumes emitted into the open air, which is operated in conjunction with the process, furnace or combustion device, so that the quantity of gasborne or airborne solids shall not exceed 0.20 grains per cubic foot of the carrying medium at a temperature of 500 degrees Fahrenheit.

(b)

For the purpose of determining the adequacy of such devices, these conditions are to be conformed to when the percentage of excess air in the stack does not exceed 50 percent at full load. The foregoing requirement shall be measured by the A.S.M.E. Test Code for dust-separating apparatus. All other forms of dust, dirt and fly ash shall be completely eliminated insofar as escape or emission into the open air is concerned. The building inspector may require such additional data as is deemed necessary to show that adequate and approved provisions for the prevention and elimination of dust, dirt and fly ash have been made.

(Code 1979, § 17.30.030)

Sec. 36-534. - Open storage.

The open storage of any industrial equipment, vehicles and all materials, including wastes, shall be screened from public view, from a public street and from adjoining properties by an enclosure consisting of a wall not less than six feet in height, which may, depending on land usage, be required to be eight feet in height. Whenever such open storage is adjacent to a residential zone in either a front, side or rear lot line relationship, whether immediately abutting or across a right-of-way from such zone, there shall be provided an obscuring masonry wall or wood fence of at least six feet in height.

(Code 1979, § 17.30.040)

Sec. 36-535. - Glare and radioactive materials.

Glare from any process, such as or similar to arc welding, or acetylene torch cutting, which emits harmful ultraviolet rays shall be performed in such a manner as not to be seen from any point beyond the property line, and as not to create a public nuisance or hazard along lot lines. Radioactive materials and wastes, including electromagnetic radiation such as from X-ray machine operations, shall not be emitted to exceed quantities established as safe by the U.S. Bureau of Standards, when measured at the property line.

(Code 1979, § 17.30.050)

Sec. 36-536. - Fire and explosive hazards.

The storage and handling of flammable liquids, liquefied petroleum, gases and explosives shall comply with the state rules and regulations as established by MCL 29.1—29.25.

(Code 1979, § 17.30.060)

Sec. 36-537. - Noise.

Objectionable sounds, including those of an intermittent nature, shall be controlled so as not to become a nuisance to adjacent uses.

(Code 1979, § 17.30.070)

Sec. 36-538. - Odors.

Creation of offensive odors shall be prohibited.

(Code 1979, § 17.30.080)