South Plainfield City Zoning Code
ARTICLE IX
Performance Standards in Industrial Zones
§ 540-57 General performance standards.
No use shall be permitted in the M-1, M-2, M-3 or OPA-2 Zone which said use shall be violative of the following standards:
A.
No person shall operate or cause to be operated on private property any source of sound in such a manner as to create a sound level which exceeds the limits set forth for the receiving land use category in Table 1 when measured at or within the property boundary of the receiving land use.
Table 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Sound Levels by Receiving Land Use | |||
Receiving Land Use Category | Time | Sound Level Limit (dBA) | |
All nonindustrial, nonagricultural, nonbusiness and nonprofessional uses | 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. | 65 | |
All nonindustrial, nonagricultural, noncommercial and nonprofessional uses | 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. | 50 | |
Business or professional uses | At all times | 65 | |
Industrial and agricultural uses | At all times | 75 | |
B.
Any smoke emitted from any source on the premises shall not be of a density greater than that density described as No. 1 on the Ringelmann Chart, as published by the United States Bureau of Mines.
C.
No fly ash, dust, fumes, vapors, gases or other forms of air pollution shall be permitted. In administering the provisions hereof, the New Jersey air pollution codes shall be binding.
D.
No noxious odors shall be transmitted beyond the property lines of the lot on which the use is located.
E.
No activity shall be maintained on the premises which will produce heat or glare beyond any property line.
F.
No activity shall be maintained on the premises that will cause or result in hazard of fire, explosion, radiation or other physical hazard to persons, plant growth, buildings or other property.
G.
No machinery or operation shall be permitted which shall cause perceptible earth-shaking vibrations beyond the property lines of the lot on which the use is located.
§ 540-58 Outdoor storage.
[Amended 2-10-2000 by Ord. No. 1526]
A.
No merchandise, articles or materials, including trucks, trailers or containers, shall be kept or stored outside the confines of buildings or structures in any industrial or commercial zone unless the same is so screened by special planting or a fence ranging between six and 10 feet in height, as required by the zone, and the property is located so that said merchandise, articles or materials cannot be visible from any street or adjacent property. Such outdoor storage as may be permitted hereunder is only permitted in the rear and side yard areas, and under no circumstances shall the storage of any merchandise, articles or materials be permitted in the front yard of any property.
B.
Furthermore, whenever the property lies adjacent to a residential zone or a street bisected by a residential zone line, there shall be no storage of any merchandise, articles or materials, including trucks, trailers or containers, within a minimum distance of 100 feet from any property line which lies adjacent to such residential zone line or street.