Prairie View City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 6
Performance Standards
§ 6.01 Purpose.
The purpose of this Article is to set forth regulations that protect the public from the potential negative effects of industrial and intense commercial development. This Article regulates smoke and particulate matter, odors, fire or explosive materials, toxic and noxious matter, vibration, open storage, glare, and fuel supply in the vicinity of such sites. These regulations are aimed specifically at achieving the environmental goals of the City of Prairie View.
(Ordinance adopted 3/8/04)
§ 6.02 Application and Effect.
All permitted land uses shall conform in operation, location, and construction to the performance standards as specified in this Article. In addition, such standards or some portion of them may reasonably be appended to certain other Conditional Use Permits as may be determined to require these protective standards.
(Ordinance adopted 3/8/04)
§ 6.03 Noise.
At no point at the boundary property line of any land use shall the sound pressure level of any operation of a facility exceed eighty-five (85) decibels, at one hundred and twenty five (125) cycles. Measurement of noise shall be made with a sound level meter that has a calibration certificate meeting the standards prescribed by the American National Standards Institute.
(Ordinance adopted 3/8/04)
§ 6.04 Smoke and Particulate Matter.
6.04.01
State Regulations Control:
The emission of particulate matter from all sources in a district subject to this Article shall not exceed the level specified by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission or the regulations specified by the Texas Department of Health.
6.04.02
Fugitive Dust-Particulate Control:
All land use activities shall be conducted so that dust and other particulate matter are not transported across the boundary property line of the tract on which the land use is located.
(Ordinance adopted 3/8/04)
§ 6.05 Odors.
6.05.01
No land use shall be located or operated which involves the emission of odors from a source of operation where the odors exceed the odor threshold at the bounding property line or any point beyond the tract on which such land use is located.
6.05.02
The odor threshold shall be determined by observation. The method and procedures specified by American Society for Testing Materials (ASTMD 1391-57 entitled “Standard Method for Measuring Odor in Atmospheres”) shall be used in any case where the operator or owner of an odor emitting land use disagrees with the Zoning Enforcement Officer.
(Ordinance adopted 3/8/04)
§ 6.06 Toxic and Noxious Matter.
No commercial or industrial land use permitted under the terms of this Ordinance shall emit toxic or noxious matter in concentrations across the boundary property line of the tract on which such land use is located.
(Ordinance adopted 3/8/04)
§ 6.07 Vibration.
No land use permitted under the terms of this Ordinance shall at any time create earth borne vibration which when measured at the boundary property line of the source operation exceeds the limits of the displacement set forth in Table 6-A, below:
TABLE 6-A Displacement Limits For Vibration | |
|---|---|
Frequency Cycles Per Second | Displacement in Inches |
0 to 10 | .0010 |
10 to 20 | .0007 |
20 to 30 | .0005 |
30 to 40 | .0004 |
40 and over | .0003 |
(Ordinance adopted 3/8/04)
§ 6.08 Glare.
No land use shall be conducted so as to produce intense glare or direct illumination across the boundary property line from a visible source of illumination, nor shall any such light be of such intensity as to create a nuisance or detract from the use and enjoyment of adjacent property.
(Ordinance adopted 3/8/04)
§ 6.09 Storm Water Management.
6.09.01
Detention of Excess Stormwater Runoff:
Each property owner shall provide for the on-site or off-site detention of excess stormwater runoff resulting from development. For the purpose of this Article, “excess stormwater runoff” includes all increases in stormwater resulting from an increase in the impervious surface of the site. This shall include all additions of buildings, roads, parking lots; changes in soil absorption caused by compaction, modifications in contours, including the filling or draining of small depressed areas, alteration of drainage ways, or re-grading of slopes; destruction of forest; alteration of drainage ways or installation of collection systems to intercept street flows or to replace swales or other drainage ways; or the alteration of subsurface flows, including any groundwater removal or diversion practices compared with the site in its natural state.
6.09.02
Limitation on Stormwater Runoff:
No land use shall cause downstream property owners, water courses, channels, or conduits to receive more stormwater runoff than would result from the same storm event occurring over the site of the proposed land use with the site in its natural, undeveloped condition.
(Ordinance adopted 3/8/04)
§ 6.10 Water Pollution.
No emission of pollutants into a source water from any land use in Prairie View shall be permitted to violate the laws of the State of Texas or of the United States.
(Ordinance adopted 3/8/04)
§ 6.11 Underground Burying of Building Materials or Related Refuse.
No building materials or refuse from a structure that has been demolished may be buried underground.
(Ordinance adopted 3/8/04)