§ 400-61
Performance standards
Uses, activities or operations which violate any governmental building, fire, safety, health, environmental or other standards or regulations are prohibited. No nuisance shall be permitted to exist or operate upon any lot so as to be offensive or detrimental to any adjacent lot or property or to its occupants. A nuisance shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following conditions:
- A. Any use, including careless construction activity, that emits dust, sweepings, dirt, or cinders into the atmosphere, or discharges liquid, solid wastes, or other matter into any street, property or wetland which may adversely affect the health, safety, comfort of or intended use of their property by persons within or adjacent to the CZD.
- B. The escape or discharge of any fumes, odors, gases, vapors, steam, acids or other substance into the atmosphere, which may be detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of any person or may interfere with the comfort of persons within the CZD or which may be harmful to property or vegetation.
- C. The radiation or discharge of intense glare or heat, or atomic, electromagnetic, microwave, ultrasonic, laser or other radiation. Any operation producing intense glare or heat or such other radiation shall be performed only within an enclosed or screened building and then only in such a manner that the glare, heat or radiation emitted shall not be discernible from any point exterior to the site or lot upon which said operation is conducted.
- D. Excessive noise. No outside speaker or public address system shall be permitted without the express written consent of the Planning Board. At no point outside of any lot line shall the sound pressure level of any machine, device, or any combination of same, from any individual plant or operation, exceed the decibel levels set forth in Article VI.
- E. Storage of hazardous materials. No material of a hazardous character, as defined by the Hazardous Substance Act (R.I.G.L. § 23-24-2), shall be stored except within a building having roofing, walls and floors constructed of such materials as to render said building weathertight, and so as to prevent leakage of materials into the ground or release into the atmosphere. Storage and use of such materials shall be in strict compliance with the requirements of applicable local, state and federal agencies governing such storage and use.