18.70.060 Performance standards.
Every activity, operation or land use shall comply with the following performance standards regardless of the zoning district in which it is located. The Zoning Administrator shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with these performance standards and shall invoke the provisions for enforcement of compliance with these performance standards wherever there is reasonable evidence that performance standards are being violated by such activity, operation or use.
(A) Glare and Heat. Any activity producing intense glare or heat shall be performed within a completely enclosed building in such a manner as not to create a nuisance or hazard along lot lines.
(B) Lighting. No light that flashes, revolves, or otherwise resembles a traffic control signal shall be allowed in any area where such light could create a hazard for passing vehicular traffic. All outdoor lighting shall be installed, maintained, and utilized in conformance with Chapter 18.85 SLCC.
(C) Fire and Explosion Hazards. All disposal of waste materials by outdoor incineration on the premises is expressly prohibited. All storage of, and other activities involving, inflammable and explosive materials shall be provided adequate safety devices against hazards of fire and explosion, together with adequate fire-fighting and fire suppression equipment and devices standard in industry. All storage of inflammable or explosive materials shall further comply with location requirements set forth by the Fire Department or as established by this or other City codes and ordinances.
(D) Vibration. Every use shall be so operated that the ground vibration inherently and recurrently generated is not discernible, without instruments, at any point beyond the site property line.
(E) Fly Ash, Dust, Fumes, Vapors, Gases and Other Forms of Air Pollution. No emission shall be permitted which can cause damage to health, to animals, or vegetation, or other forms of property, or which can cause excessive soiling.
(F) Liquids and Solid Waste. No materials (organic or inorganic), compounds or chemicals which can contaminate any water supply, interfere with bacterial process in sewerage treatment or otherwise cause emission of elements which are offensive or hazardous to the public health, safety, welfare or comfort shall be discharged at any point into any public sewer, private sewage disposal system or stream or into the ground, except in accordance with the standards approved by the Arizona State Department of Health and/or Environmental Quality or such governmental agency as may have jurisdiction over such activities.
(G) Odors. No emission of odorous gases or other odorous matter shall be permitted in such quantities as to be offensive in such a manner as to create a nuisance or hazard beyond the site property line.
(H) Noise. No use shall result in noise perceptible beyond the boundaries of the immediate site of the use that exceeds the levels which engender annoyance or create an unhealthy environment for adjacent properties.
(I) Flooding. No structure or land shall hereafter be constructed, located, extended, converted, or altered within any special flood hazard areas (SFHA) that would create a public nuisance or create a hazard to life or property. Encroachment into the floodway, or within any SFHA, shall be prohibited including but not limited to fill, new construction, substantial improvements, and other development. Encroachment into the floodway fringe of the floodplain shall be limited and shall require certification by an Arizona registered professional engineer stating that proposed encroachments shall not result in any increase in flood levels during the occurrence of the base flood discharge. (Ord. 312 § 2(14.5), passed 4-11-2012. Code 2012 § 152.215.)