Fire hazards and protection. Any activity involving the use or storage of flammable or explosive materials shall be protected by adequate fire fighting and fire suppression equipment acceptable to the Board of Fire Underwriters and shall be readily available when any activity involving the handling or storage of flammable or explosive materials is carried on.

Radioactivity or electrical disturbances. No activity shall emit dangerous radioactivity at any point, or electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation at any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance.

Noise. Noise which is determined to be objectionable because of volume or frequency shall be muffled or otherwise controlled, except for fire sirens and related apparatus used solely for public safety purposes. Noise in excess of 90 decibels as measured on a decibel or sound level meter of standard quality and design operated on the A-weighting scale at a distance of 25 feet from any property line of the property on which the noise source is located shall not be permitted.

Vibration. No vibration shall be permitted which is discernible without instruments on any adjoining lot or property, except that the temporary vibration as a result of construction activity shall be permitted.

Smoke. The maximum amount of smoke emission permitted shall be determined by use of the Standard Ringelmann Chart issued by the United States Bureau of Mines. No smoke of a shade darker than No. 2 will be allowed.

Odors. In any district, no malodorous gas or matter shall be permitted which is discernible on any adjoining lot or property.

Air pollution. No pollution of air by fly-ash, dust, vapors, or other substances shall be permitted which is harmful to health, or to animals, vegetation or other property or which can cause soiling of property.

Glare. Lighting devices which produce objectionable direct or reflected glare on adjoining properties or thoroughfares shall not be permitted.

Erosion. No erosion by wind or water shall be permitted which will carry objectionable substances onto neighboring properties.

Water pollution. The method for discharging liquid and solid waste to public sewers, drains, or watercourses, shall be acceptable under the provisions of the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act, Act 537 of 1967, 35 P.S. § 750.1 et seq., as may be amended from time to time, and all applicable Borough ordinances.

The Borough Council of Pleasant Hills has determined that the storage, sale and/or distribution of pornography and pornographic materials is detrimental to the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Borough of Pleasant Hills and to that end hereby prohibits the storage, sale and/or distribution of pornography or pornographic materials from any building in any zoning district in the Borough of Pleasant Hills.

As the members of the Borough Council of Pleasant Hills are residents of the Borough of Pleasant Hills, all members of the Borough Council of Pleasant Hills are designated as the representative group who shall determine whether any material is pornographic so that its storage, sale and/or distribution is prohibited within the Borough of Pleasant Hills. The Borough Council shall afford a public hearing, after due notice, to any person storing, selling and/or distributing any alleged pornographic materials. After the public hearing has been concluded, a vote shall be taken of all members of Borough Council present at such hearing and the affirmative vote of at least 3/4 of such members voting shall be required in order to classify any material as pornographic. Upon such determination that any material is pornographic, the same shall not be stored, sold and/or distributed from any building within the Borough of Pleasant Hills.

In determining whether any material is pornographic, the members of the Pleasant Hills Borough Council shall apply such standards, guidelines, decisions and laws that may, from time to time, be established by the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme and Superior Courts of Pennsylvania and the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

There shall be no sign or other exterior evidence of the use.

No person other than residents of the dwelling shall be employed.

No more than 15% of the floor area of the dwelling shall be devoted to the conduct of a home occupation.

A home occupation shall not be permitted to be conducted in any accessory structure.

The use shall not create any additional environmental impact than those impacts normally resulting from residential use.

The use shall comply with the performance standards specified in § 374-56 of this chapter.

The use shall not cause an increase in the use of water, sewerage, garbage, public safety or any other municipal services beyond that which is normal for the residences in the neighborhood.

The use shall not require internal or external alterations or construction features which are not customary to a dwelling or which change the fire rating of the structure.

There shall be no use of materials or equipment except those of similar power and type normally used in a residential dwelling for domestic or household purposes.

There shall be no storage of materials or equipment outside an enclosed building.

The conduct of any home occupation, including, but not limited to, the storage of goods or equipment, shall not reduce or render unusable any area intended for enclosed parking for the dwelling unit.

The use shall not create greater vehicular or pedestrian traffic than that which is normal for the residences in the neighborhood.

The home occupation shall not involve the use of commercial vehicles for delivery of materials to or from the premises and commercial vehicles shall not be parked on the premises.

There shall be no display of merchandise, other than handcrafted items produced by residents of the dwelling, available for sale on the premises.

The home occupation shall not involve the use of advertising signs on or off the premises or the use of any other local advertising media which shall call attention to the fact that the home is being used for business purposes, other than a telephone listing or small classified ad briefly describing the service and providing only a phone number.

The following uses shall not be considered to be home occupations and shall be restricted to the zoning districts in which they are specifically authorized as permitted uses or conditional uses: