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I Standards," and Section -1-5 -161 is rewritten to read as follows:
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<br />3 Section 15 -161 "Good Neighbor" Performance Standards for Non - Residential Uses.
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<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.
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<br />12 SECTION 12. Section 15 -162 is rewritten to read as follows:
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<br />14 Section 15 -162 Smoke, Dust. Fumes, Vapors, Gases, and Odors.
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<br />16 (a) Emission of smoke, dust, dirt, fly ash, or other particulate matter, or of noxious, toxic or
<br />17 corrosive fumes, vapors, or gases in such quantities as to be evident or perceptible at the property line of any
<br />18 lot on which a use is conducted, or which could be injurious to human health, animals, or vegetation, or
<br />19 which could be detrimental to the enjoyment of adjoining or nearby properties, or which could soil or stain
<br />20 persons or property, at any point beyond the lot line of the commercial or industrial establishment creating
<br />21 that emission shall be prohibited.
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<br />23 (b) No use shall be permitted to produce harmful, offensive, or bothersome odors, scents, or
<br />24 aromas (such as, but not limited to, those produced by manufacturing processes, food preparation, food
<br />25 processing, fish sales, rendering, fermentation processes, decaying organic matter, and incinerators)
<br />26 perceptible beyond the property line of the lot where such use is located either at ground level or any
<br />27 habitable elevation.
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<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.
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<br />33 SECTION 13. Section 15 -165 (Odors) is repealed and replaced with a new Section 15 -165 to read xs
<br />34 follows:
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<br />36 Section 15 -165 Ground Water Swroly.
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<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.
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<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
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