Richmond Heights City Zoning Code
ARTICLE VII
Development Standards
Section 405.360 Stormwater Runoff Design.
[Ord. No. 4238 §2(502.0), 10-3-1988]
A.
Intent And Purpose. The intent of these regulations is to prevent the worsening of existing flooding problems. The requirements set forth will not mitigate existing flooding problems but will contribute to preventing higher flood levels resulting from identical storm events.
B.
Applicability. The requirements set forth in this Section shall apply to all non-single family residential uses.
C.
Stormwater Discharge Design Criteria.
1.
A stormwater drainage system for proposed developments shall be designed to incorporate whatever on-site detention features are necessary to maintain or lessen the rate of stormwater runoff existing on site prior to such development (e.g., existing rate prior to proposed development). The City Engineer or his/her designee shall be consulted to verify compliance of a stormwater plan with the specifications for stormwater drainage specified herein.
2.
Examples of detention approaches are: rooftop detention, parking lot detention, dry ponds, etc.
Section 405.370 Anti-Pollution Standards.
[Ord. No. 4238 §2(503.0), 10-3-1988; Ord. No. 4383 §1, 2-4-1991]
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Applicability. All uses shall be constructed, maintained and operated so as to not be injurious or offensive to the occupants of adjacent premises by reason of the emission or creation of noise, vibration, smoke, dirt, or other particulate matter, toxic or noxious waste materials, odors, fire, and explosive hazard or glare.
B.
Administration And Enforcement.
1.
Whenever, in the opinion of the Zoning Administrator, there is a reasonable probability that any use or occupancy violates these standards, he/she shall give written notice of at least seven (7) days' duration that said use or occupancy must be corrected. In case of an emergency, he/she may take immediate action deemed appropriate to correct the violations. He/she is hereby authorized to employ a qualified technician or technicians to perform whatever investigations and analyses are necessary to determine whether they are in fact being violated.
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In the event that a violation is found to exist, the violator shall be liable for the reasonable fee of the technician employed to perform such investigations and analyses. Such fees may be recovered as a penalty in the same manner as, and in addition to, the penalties specified in Section 405.620 of this Chapter.
3.
If a complaint is received regarding an alleged violation of any of the provisions of this Section and the Zoning Administrator does not believe that there is a reasonable probability that such a violation actually exists, the Zoning Administrator may, as a condition precedent to further investigation, require that the complainant post an escrow deposit in the amount of two hundred dollars ($200.00) to defray the cost of employing a qualified technician or technicians to perform such investigations and analyses as may be necessary to determine whether such violation exists.
a.
In the event that the complaint is substantiated, the escrow deposit shall be refunded to the depositor, and the reasonable fees associated with the investigation and analyses shall be recovered in the manner provided above.
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If the complaint proves unfounded, such fees shall be paid from the complainant's escrow deposit. Any remainder of such deposit shall be refunded to the complainant upon completion of the investigation.
4.
Noise. Every use shall be so operated in compliance with Section 215.380 concerning Noise Regulations.
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Vibration. A use shall be so operated that ground vibration inherently and recurrently generated is not perceptible without instruments at any point on the property line of the property on which the use is located.
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Dust, dirt and other matter. Every use shall be so operated as to prevent the emission into the air of dust, dirt, noxious acids, fumes, gases, and other particulate matter, whatever its source, which may cause damage to property and health of persons at or beyond the lot line of the property on which the use is located.
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Smoke and particulate matter. No operation or use in the City of Richmond Heights shall cause, create or allow the emission for more than three (3) minutes in any one (1) hour of air contaminants which at the emission point or within the property are:
a.
As dark or darker in shade as that designated No. 2 on the Ringleman Chart as published by the United States Bureau of Mines Information Circular No. 7118.
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Of such opacity as to obscure an observer's view to a degree equal to or greater than the smoke or contaminants in the standard prescribed in No. 1 above except that when the presence of uncombined water is the only reason for failure to comply or when such contaminants are emitted inside a building which prevents their escape into the outside atmosphere, the standards set forth in No. 1 and No. 2 shall not apply.
c.
The emission of particulate matter from all sources shall not exceed 0.5 pounds per acre of property within the plant site per any one (1) hour.
d.
Allowable open storage and open processing operations, including on-site transportation movements, shall be so conducted that dust and other particulate matter so generated are not transported across the boundary line of the property on which the use is located in concentrations exceeding four (4) grains per one thousand (1,000) cubic feet of air.
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Fire and explosion hazard. Applicable standards and enforcement provisions contained in Chapter 205, Fire Prevention and Protection and Title V, Building and Construction, of this Code covering "Fire Safety" shall apply.
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Odors. Every use shall be so operated as to prevent the emission of objectionable or offensive odors in such concentration as to be readily perceptible at any point at or beyond the lot line of the property on which the use is located.
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Radiation. Every use shall be so operated that there is no dangerous amount of radioactive emissions in accordance with the standards of the Federal Radiation Council.
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Glare and heat. Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be performed in an enclosure in such a manner as to be imperceptible without instruments along any lot line.