The purpose of this article is to permit a broad range of uses in certain commercial and industrial districts by establishing standards of performance for commercial and industrial activities, to protect residential districts from certain adverse effects of commercial and industrial activities, and to promote a safe and healthful environment in and near commercial and industrial districts.

(P & Z Res., art. XVIII, § 1)

See Chapter 15, Article III of the Orange County Code ("Air Quality Control").

(P & Z Res., art. XVIII, § 2; Ord. No. 2023-46, § 69, 12-12-23)

See Chapter 15, Article III, of the Orange County Code ("Air Quality Control").

(P & Z Res., art. XVIII, § 3; Ord. No. 2023-46, § 70, 12-12-23)

(a)

No operation or use in the C-3 or any of the industrial districts shall, at any time, create earthborne vibrations which, when measured at the bounding property line of the source of operation, exceed the limits set forth in the following tables:

MAXIMUM PERMITTED VIBRATION IN THE C-3 COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, OR THE I-1A, I-1/I-5, OR I-2/I-3 DISTRICT

MAXIMUM PERMITTED VIBRATION IN I-4 DISTRICT

(b)

Vibration shall be measured by normal vibration analysis equipment with associated transducer mounted vertically on two-inch pipe driven into the ground at least three (3) feet.

(P & Z Res., art. XVIII, § 4; Ord. No. 2023-46, § 71, 12-12-23)

See Chapter 15, Article V, of the Orange County Code (Noise Control Ordinance).

(Ord. No. 2023-46, § 72, 12-12-23)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 95-31, § 2, adopted Sept. 26, 1995, set out provisions repealing all "references in Chapter 38 of the Orange County Code to noise level requirements." Thus, at the editor's discretion, § 38-1455, which pertained to noise and derived from P & Z Res., art. XVIII, § 5, has been repealed.

Each use and activity within any C-3 commercial district, or I-1A, I-1/I-5, I-2/I-3, or I-4 industrial district shall be so designed and operated as to prevent the emission of glare and heat of such intensity as to be readily perceptible at any point on the lot line of the property on which the use or activity is located.

(P & Z Res., art. XVIII, § 6; Ord. No. 2023-46, § 73, 12-12-23)

See Chapter 37, Article XX (Public and Private Sewer System Use Requirements).

(P & Z Res., art. XVIII, § 7; Ord. No. 2023-46, § 74, 12-12-23)