04-08-19 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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A. \[źŭŷƷźƓŭ ğƓķ ŭƌğƩĻ͵ Any lighting used shall be arranged so as to deflect light away from any adjoining residential zone or from public streets. Direct or sky-reflected glare, where from floodlights or from high temperature processes such as combustion or welding shall not be directed onto any adjoining property. The source of lights shall be hooded or controlled in some manner so as not to light adjacent property. Bare incandescent light bulbs shall not be permitted in view of adjacent property or public right-of-way. Any light or combination of lights which cast light on a public street shall not exceed one foot-candle (meter reading) as measured from the centerline of such street. Any light or combination of lights which casts light on residential property shall not exceed 0.4 foot-candles (meter reading) as measured from such property. B. wğķźğƷźƚƓ ğƓķ ĻƌĻĭƷƩźĭğƌ ĻƒźƭƭźƚƓƭ͵ No activities shall be permitted that emit dangerous radioactivity beyond enclosed areas. There shall be no electrical disturbance adversely affecting the operation at any point of any equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance. C. {ƒƚƉĻ͵ The emission of smoke by any use shall be in compliance with and regulated by the appropriate federal, state or local agency. D. 5ǒƭƷ ƚƩ ƚƷŷĻƩ ƦğƩƷźĭǒƌğƷĻ ƒğƷƷĻƩ͵ The emission of dust, fly ash or other particulate matter by any use shall be in compliance with and regulated by the appropriate federal, state or local agency. E. hķƚƩƭ͵ The emission of odor by any use shall be in compliance with and regulated by the appropriate federal, state or local agency. F. 9ǣƦƌƚƭźǝĻƭ͵ No activities involving the storage, utilization, or manufacture of materials or products such as TNT or dynamite which could decompose by detonation shall be permitted except such as are specifically licensed by the city council. G. bƚźƭĻ͵ All noise shall be muffled so as not to be objectionable due to intermittence, beat frequency or shrillness and as measured at any property line, shall not exceed the following intensity in relation to sound frequency: Octave Band Frequency Maximum Sound Levels - Decibels Cycles per Second Lot Line Residential District Boundary 20 to 75 78 63 75 to 150 74 59 150 to 300 68 55 300 to 600 61 51 600 to 1,200 55 45 1,200 to 2,400 49 38 2,400 to 4,800 43 31 Above 4,800 41 25 Impact noise 80 55 Between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. the permissible sound levels beyond residential district boundaries (both Column II and Impact) shall be six decibels less than shown above. In distances where it is determined that a proposed land use may generate a level of noise that will impact on surrounding land uses, the planning and zoning commission and city council may require that efforts to reduce the potential noise impact be undertaken. These efforts may include screening and landscaping techniques.