The intent of the site development and environmental standards in this article is to preserve the quality and character of the village's environment by regulating manmade development and by conserving natural resources. The requirements of this article are promulgated pursuant to the following objectives:

1. Screen and buffer incompatible views and activities within and between uses.
2. Define the limits of site functions and areas.
3. Reduce or eliminate glare into and from adjacent sites and activities.
4. Reduce dust and other pollutants from the air.
5. Control noise and provide acoustical modification into and from adjacent sites.
6. Contain odors and minimize their passage into and from adjacent sites.
7. Control the direction and velocity of surface water runoff and minimize soil erosion.
8. Moderate interior and exterior temperatures by controlling solar radiation on buildings and paved surfaces.
9. Maintain aesthetic quality of property and preserve its value.
10. Maintain and enhance the visual quality of the village.

(Ord. No. 482, § 6.00, 7-17-2000)

1. The planning commission may require screening whenever construction or development in a commercial or industrial district abuts a residential zoning district. Screening may also be required where multiple-family or mobile home developments abut single-family districts or uses. The planning commission shall evaluate the need for screening between adjacent uses based on the following standards:
   1. The compatibility of adjoining uses.
   2. The distance between structures, parking lots, access drives, service areas, and other applicable development features on the abutting sites.
   3. Dimensional conditions unique to the parcel.
   4. Existing and proposed building placement.
   5. The presence of existing natural vegetation.
   6. Topographic conditions between the sites.
2. In those locations where the planning commission determines that screening between dissimilar uses or districts is required, the screening shall consist of a decorative masonry wall, greenbelt, berm, or combination thereof, meeting the following standards:
   1. Standards for walls shall be as follows:
      1. Walls shall be constructed of decorative poured reinforced concrete, reinforced protective face brick, or similar decorative building material acceptable to the planning commission. The brick or facing shall be compatible with brick used on the site and shall be durable, weather-resistant and easy to maintain.
      2. Walls shall be placed on the lot line and shall have no openings for vehicular traffic or other purposes, except as otherwise provided in this chapter and except such openings and the arrangement of such as may be approved by the planning commission for the purposes of public safety. Where walls are pierced, the openings shall be so spaced as to maintain the overall obscuring character required and shall not reduce the minimum height requirement.
      3. The foundation of any wall shall be constructed to meet the requirements of the building department.
      4. Whenever a wall abuts a parking lot, the wall shall be placed on the property line with a five-foot-wide landscaped greenbelt provided between the wall and the surface of the parking lot. This greenbelt shall be planted with decorative shrubs and grass, ground cover, or other landscape materials acceptable to the planning commission. The wall shall not be permitted to extend into the required front yard setback or the parking lot setback, whichever is less.
      5. The height of a required screen wall shall be between four and six feet in height.
   2. Standards for greenbelts shall be as follows:
      1. The minimum required greenbelt width shall be ten feet.
      2. Five-foot-high evergreen trees shall be planted 15 feet on center and/or two-inch-caliper deciduous trees shall be planted 20 feet on center. Not more than 50 percent of planting shall consist of deciduous trees.
      3. Shrubs and ground cover or mulch shall be provided so as to cover the ground at the time of planting. All such plantings shall meet the following height and spacing requirements:
         1. Plant material shall not be placed closer than four feet from the fence line or property line.
         2. Where plant materials are planted in two or more rows, planting shall be staggered in rows.
         3. Narrow evergreens shall be planted not more than three feet on center.
         4. Tree-like shrubs shall be planted not more than ten feet on center.
         5. Large deciduous shrubs shall be planted not more than four feet on center.
   3. Whenever a berm is to be used to supplement a greenbelt, it shall be constructed to the following standards:
      1. In lieu of the wall, the planning commission may allow the development of a three-foot-high landscaped earthen berm with a 20-foot-wide greenbelt, meeting the requirements of this section. The landscaped earthen berm shall be planted with a single row of six-foot-high evergreens, planted 15 feet on center. Shrubs a minimum of 30 inches in height and/or other ground cover and mulches so as to cover the ground upon planting shall also be required.
      2. Berms shall consist of landscaped earth mounds possessing a maximum slope ratio of three feet horizontal to one foot vertical, except where retaining walls are used. Side slopes shall be designed and planted with sod or hydro seeded to prevent erosion.
      3. When a berm is included as part of a greenbelt, a detailed drawing and cross section of the proposed berm shall be provided as part of the landscape plan.
3. Unless otherwise expressly directed by the provisions of this chapter, all protective walls or greenbelts shall be provided when required along and immediately joining the zoning district boundary line and/or property line and shall be installed so as to lie wholly on the land of the applicant seeking site plan approval. When drains, trees or other obstacles preclude such location, the planning commission shall determine the most appropriate alternative location.
4. All walls or greenbelts required by this chapter shall be completely installed prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit for the use of the premises, except as provided.
5. Maintenance of the wall or any other substituted screening device shall be the responsibility of the property owner on whose property such wall or screen is located and shall thereafter be reasonably maintained to provide a screen to abutting properties.

(Ord. No. 482, § 6.01, 7-17-2000)

Whenever a landscaping plan is required by this chapter, the following general requirements and standards shall apply:

1. Whenever any front, side or rear yard is not designated for building, parking, storage or other approved purpose, it shall be landscaped with either approved natural materials or living plant materials which shall be maintained in an aesthetically pleasing condition.
2. A detailed landscape plan for all yard areas shall be submitted to the planning commission showing the common names, location, spacing, starting size and planting and staking details of all plantings to be installed and the location and types of all natural materials proposed to be included in the landscape treatment of the yard areas.
3. Existing trees and natural vegetation shall be integrated into the site landscape plan whenever possible. Undeveloped portions and subsequent phases of the site shall be seeded, mowed and maintained.
4. The planning commission may approve constructed features of other materials, such as masonry walls or brick, stone and cobblestone pavement, as a supplement or substitute upon a showing by the applicant that general plantings will not prosper at the intended location.
5. Landscaping shall be planted, landscape elements shall be installed, and earth moving or grading performed in a sound workmanlike manner and according to accepted planting and grading procedures.
6. All landscaping shall be maintained in good condition so as to present a healthy, neat and orderly appearance, free from refuse and debris. All plant materials shall be continuously maintained in a sound, weed-free, healthy and vigorous growing condition and shall be kept free of plant diseases and insect pests. All unhealthy and dead material shall be replaced within one year or the next appropriate planting period, whichever comes first.
7. All proposed landscaped plantings shall meet the minimum size requirements specified in the following table:

PLANT MATERIAL SIZE

(Ord. No. 482, § 6.02, 7-17-2000)

1. Intent. The intent of the parking lot landscaping requirements in this section is to:
   1. Enhance the visual environment of the village;
   2. Promote public safety;
   3. Moderate heat, wind and other local climatic effects produced by parking lots; and
   4. Minimize nuisances, particularly noise and glare.
2. Frontage landscaping. Street landscaping shall be required along any public right-of-way line of any street, road or highway equal in depth to the required front yard setback. One tree shall be planted each 30 linear feet of the landscaping strip and shall be located within the required front yard setback.
3. Vision clearance. To ensure that landscape materials do not constitute a driving hazard, clear vision sight triangles shall be established at all street intersections and at the intersection of site driveways and streets, as provided and regulated in section 46-438.

(Ord. No. 482, § 6.03, 7-17-2000)

Lighting in all zoning use districts shall conform to the following requirements as to type, location and intensity:

1. All outdoor lighting used to light the general area of a specific site shall be shielded downward or below horizontal to reduce glare and shall be so arranged as to reflect light away from all adjacent residential districts or adjacent residences and public rights-of-way.
2. Artificial light shall be maintained stationary and constant in intensity and color at all times when in use. There shall be no flashing, oscillating, moving or intermittent type of lighting or illumination. In addition, there shall be no bare bulb illumination of any kind exposed to public view.
3. There shall be no lights which tend to be harmful to natural forms of vegetation in any use district.
4. The lighting source shall not be visible from adjoining properties or rights-of-way. In addition, the height of the lighting fixture, including the base, measured from the established grade shall not exceed 20 feet.
5. No light measured, at eye level, at the property line between any use and any residential district or use shall be greater than one-tenth footcandle at the side and rear property line, nor greater than one-half footcandle for the intensity of the available street lighting at the front property line, whichever is greater.
6. The standards contained in subsections (1) through (5) of this section shall not preclude the use of ornamental lighting in the central business district which may not meet the standards contained in this section.
7. The intensity of outdoor lighting in all use districts shall be limited to the following maximum amounts:

SCHEDULE OF ILLUMINATION
(in footcandles measured at the surface)

(Ord. No. 482, § 6.04, 7-17-2000)

1. Intent. It is the intent of this section to regulate all uses and require that each permitted use shall be a good neighbor to adjoining properties by control of noise, odor, glare, vibration, smoke, dust, liquid wastes, radiation, radioactivity, etc. The sum of the effects of concurrent operations on two or more lots measured at any property line shall not be greater or more offensive to the senses than the standards contained in this section. Compliance with the provisions of this section by single or mutual changes in operational levels, scheduling of operations and other adjustments is permitted. If a conflict occurs among these standards and federal and state regulations, the most restrictive standard or regulation shall apply.
2. Noise. The emission of measurable noises from the premises shall not exceed 65 decibels as measured at the boundary property lines, except that, where normal street traffic noises exceed 65 decibels during such periods, the measurable noise emanating from premises may equal, but not exceed, such traffic noises. In the industrial district, the following maximum noise levels may be permitted:
   
   

   6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. 75

   11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. 70

   
   In addition, objectionable sounds of an intermittent nature or characterized by high frequencies, even if falling below the decibel readings, shall be controlled so as not to become a nuisance to adjacent uses.
3. Odors. Odors from any use shall not be discernible at the property line to a greater degree than odors from plants for the manufacture of electronic equipment. The values given in table III (Odor Thresholds) in the latest revision of chapter 5, "Physiological Effects," in the "Air Pollution Abatement Manual," by the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc., Washington, D.C., copyright 1951, shall be used as the standard in case of doubt concerning the character of odors emitted. In such case, the smallest value given in table III shall be the maximum odor permitted. In the industrial district, no obnoxious odors shall be emitted which may be harmful to public health and/or safety.
4. Glare. Any operation producing intense glare or heat shall be confined to an enclosed building so as to completely obscure and shield such operation from direct view from any point along the lot line, except during the period of construction of the facilities to be used and occupied.
5. Vibration. Vibration shall not be discernible at any property line to the human sense of feeling. In the industrial district, vibration shall not cause a ground displacement exceeding 0.003 inch, as measured at any property line, and not detectable at any residential district boundary.
6. Smoke. Emission of smoke on the site shall be controlled so that a nuisance will not result. Emission of smoke shall not exceed the number 1 standard as established by the Ringelmann chart. In the industrial district, the emission of smoke shall not exceed the number 2 standard as established by the Ringelmann chart for periods aggregating four minutes in any 30 minutes.
7. Gases. Fumes or gases shall not be emitted at any point in concentrations or amounts that are noxious, toxic, or corrosive. In the industrial district, no obnoxious odors or gases shall be emitted which may be harmful to public health and/or safety.
8. Electrical radiation. Electrical radiation shall not adversely affect at any point any operations or any equipment other than those of the creator of the radiation.
9. Airborne matter generally. There shall not be discharged from any source whatsoever such quantities of air contaminants or other materials which cause injury, detriment or nuisance to the public; which endanger the comfort, repose, health or safety of persons; or which cause injury or damage to business or property, except burning activities as may be permitted by article II of chapter 16 pertaining to open burning. In the industrial district, the emission of dirt, dust and fly ash shall not exceed 0.3 grain per cubic foot of flue gas as measured at a temperature of 500 degrees Fahrenheit, with not to exceed 50 percent excess air. No haze shall be caused by such emission which would impair visibility.
10. Storage of hazardous substances. This subsection applies to all businesses and facilities which use, store or generate hazardous substances in quantities greater than 100 kilograms per month (equal to about 25 gallons or 220 pounds). Site plans for facilities with hazardous substances shall be reviewed by the fire chief prior to the approval by the planning commission.
    1. Aboveground storage. Aboveground storage shall be in accordance with the following:
       1. Primary containment of hazardous substances shall be product-tight.
       2. Secondary containment of hazardous substances shall be provided for all facilities, subject to site plan review. Secondary containment shall be sufficient to store the substance for the maximum anticipated period of time necessary for the recovery of any released substance.
       3. Outdoor storage of hazardous substances is prohibited except in product-tight containers which are protected from weather, leakage, accidental damage and vandalism. Secondary containment shall be sufficient to store the substance for the maximum anticipated period of time necessary for the recovery of any released substance, including an allowance for the expected accumulation of precipitation.
       4. At a minimum, state and federal agency requirements for storage, leak detection, recordkeeping, spill prevention, emergency response, transport and disposal shall be met.
    2. Belowground storage. Belowground storage shall be in accordance with the following:
       1. At a minimum, regulations of the state department of environmental quality, the department of state police, and the village for the installation, inspection, maintenance of a leak detection system, inventory and recordkeeping, emergency response and closure must be met.
       2. All underground storage tanks which have been out of service for nine months or longer shall be removed from the site before a building permit is issued. This requirement may be adjusted by the fire chief in situations where a clear timetable for the safe use of the underground tank is established.

(Ord. No. 482, § 6.05, 7-17-2000)

1. The location of trash receptacles shall be indicated on a site plan. All such trash receptacles shall be located so as to facilitate collection and minimize any negative impact on persons occupying the development site, neighboring properties, site traffic circulation patterns, or any public right-of-way.
2. All trash receptacles shall be screened on three sides by durable masonry walls which are similar to or compatible with the exterior construction materials used elsewhere on site. Chainlink fencing with view obscuring slats or wooden fencing shall not be considered to be suitable screening materials. All trash receptacles shall be placed on a minimum six inch concrete pad, having a minimum dimension of eight feet by ten feet. Concrete or metal bollards shall be placed between the trash receptacle and the rear wall of the enclosure.
3. The height of the masonry screening shall be six feet. The walls shall be maintained so as to remain structurally sound and neat and clean in appearance. Trash shall not be allowed to overflow from the receptacle. Trash receptacles shall be so located and arranged to minimize their visibility from adjacent streets and uses. All trash receptacles shall be located on site to be as accessible as possible without interfering with vehicular circulation patterns.

(Ord. No. 482, § 6.06, 7-17-2000)