Rothschild City Zoning Code
ARTICLE III
Environmental Performance Standards
§ 590-34 Purpose.
This article sets the performance standards for all uses in all zoning districts, to limit, restrict, and prohibit the effects of those uses outside their premises or district.
§ 590-35 Air pollution.
No person or activity shall emit any fly ash, dust, fumes, vapors, mists, or gases in such quantities so as to substantially contribute to exceeding county, state, or federal air pollution standards.
§ 590-36 Glare and heat.
No activity shall emit glare or heat that is visible or measurable outside its premises. All operations producing intense glare or heat shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building. Exposed sources of light shall be shielded so as not to be visible outside of their district.
§ 590-37 Water quality standards.
A.
No activity shall locate, store, discharge, or permit the discharge of any treated, untreated, or inadequately treated liquid, gaseous, or solid material of such quantity, obnoxiousness, toxicity, or temperature that might run off, seep, percolate, or wash into surface or subsurface waters so as to contaminate, pollute, or harm such waters or cause nuisances, such as objectionable shore deposits, floating of submerged debris, oil, scum, color, odor, taste, or unsightliness, or be harmful to human, animal, plant, or aquatic life.
B.
In addition, no activity shall withdraw water or discharge liquid or solid material so as to exceed or contribute toward the exceeding of the minimum standard set in Ch. NR 102 (or current revisions), Wis. Adm. Code.
§ 590-38 Noise.
A.
With the exception of the I-2 Heavy Industrial District, no activity shall produce a sound level at the property boundary that exceeds 85 decibels.
B.
All noise shall be muffled or otherwise controlled so as not to become objectionable due to intermittence, duration, beat frequency, impulse character, or shrillness.
§ 590-39 Odors.
No activity shall emit any odorous matter of such nature or quantity as to be offensive, obnoxious, or unhealthful outside its premises. The guide for determining odor measurement and control shall be Chapter 13, Air Pollution Abatement Manual, 1960 (or current revision), prepared by the Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Inc., Washington, DC.
§ 590-40 Vibration.
No activity in any district shall emit vibrations that are discernible without instruments outside the premises.
§ 590-41 Surface drainage.
A.
No surface water may be channeled or directed into a sanitary sewer system.
B.
All development shall conform to the natural drainage of the land, and natural and preexisting man-made drainageways shall remain undisturbed, to the extent practicable.
C.
The drainage system of the development shall coordinate with and connect to the drainage systems or drainageway of the surrounding properties or streets, whenever practicable.
D.
The damming, filling, relocation, or interference with the natural flow of surface water along any surface water drainage channel or natural watercourse shall not be permitted, except with appropriate approval.
E.
Grassy parabolic swales should be used to increase infiltration, reduce peak runoff and increase safety.
F.
No principal building shall be erected, structurally altered, or relocated on land which is not adequately drained at all times or which is subject to periodic flooding.
G.
The discharge of rainwater conductors shall not be directed toward adjacent structures or create a nuisance. Conductors must not end closer than five feet to an adjacent property line.
H.
No structure other than a bridge, dam, boathouse or revetment shall be erected, structurally altered or relocated so that the lowest form of the structure is less than two feet above possible flood stage.