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2/19/.1999 DRAFT COPY OF PROPOSED NSA ORDINANCE <br />................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... . <br />1 Standards," and Section 15-161 is rewritten to read as follows: <br />2 <br />3 Section:15-161 "Good Neighbor" Performance Standards for Non-Residential Uses <br />4 <br />5 The provisions of this part are designed to provide performance standards by which applications for <br />6 non-residential development will be evaluated by the town and by which the actual performance of those <br />7 operations and uses will be monitored by the town for compliance. The purposes of these performance <br />8 standards are to protect the town in general, and abutting and neighboring landowners in particular, from any <br />9 potential negative impacts that new nonresidential uses may have on the physical environment and on the <br />10 quality of life currently enjoyed by the residents of Carrboro's planning jurisdiction. <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />SECTION 12. Section 15-162 is rewritten to read as follows: <br />Section 15-162 Smoke. Dust Fumes Vapors Gases and Odors <br />(a) Emission of smoke, dust, dirt, fly ash, or other particulate matter, or of noxious, toxic or <br />corrosive fumes, vapors, or gases in such quantities as to be evident or perceptible at the property line of any <br />lot on which a use is coriducted, or which could be injurious to human health, animals, or vegetation, or <br />which could be detrimental to the enjoyment of adjoining or nearby properties, or which could soil or stain <br />persons or property, at any point beyond the lot line of the commercial or industrial establishment creating <br />that emission shall be prohibited. <br />(b) No use shall be permitted to produce <br />aromas (such as, but not limited to, those produced <br />processing, fish sales, rendering, fermentation pro <br />perceptible beyond the property line of the lot whey <br />habitable elevation. <br />Harmful, offensive, or bothersome odors, scents, or <br />by manufacturing processes, food preparation, food <br />:esses, decaying organic matter, and incinerators) <br />e such use is located either at ground level or any <br />29 (c) The location and vertical height of all exhaust fans, vents, chimneys, or any other sources <br />30 discharging or emitting smoke, fumes, gases, vapors, odors, scents or aromas shall be shown on the <br />31 application plans, with a description of the source materials. <br />32 <br />33 SECTION 13. Section 15-165 (Odors) is repealed and replaced with a new Section 15-165 to read as <br />34 follows: <br />35 <br />36 Section 15-165 Ground Water Sunnly. <br />37 <br />38 (a) All outdoor storage facilities for fuel, chemical, or industrial wasters, and potentially harmful <br />39 raw materials, shall be located on impervious pavement, and shall be completely enclosed by an impervious <br />40 dike high enough to contain the total volume of liquid kept in the storage area, plus the accumulated rainfall <br />41 of a fifty (50) year storm. This requirement is intended to prevent harmful materials from spilling and <br />42 seeping into the ground, contaminating the groundwater. <br />43 <br />44 (b) Non-corrosive storage tanks for heating oil and diesel fuel, not exceeding two hundred <br />45 seventy five (275) gallons in size, may be exempted from the requirements of this section provided that there <br />46 is no seasonal high water table within four (4) feet of the surface, and that rapidly permeable sandy soils are <br />. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Wage 23 of 3S <br />