§ 37.W. INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS - GENERAL PROVISIONS.

W.

Industrial Performance Standards.

1.

Purpose and intent. The purpose of these standards is to ensure that industrial development benefits Mohave County without subjecting it to conditions that adversely affect the public health, safety and general welfare. Residential zones and uses should experience minimal affects from industrial uses. These standards apply to C-M (Commercial Manufacturing), C-MO (Commercial Manufacturing-Open Lot Storage), E (Energy Overlay), M-1 (Light Manufacturing), M-2 (General Manufacturing), and M-X (Heavy Manufacturing).

2.

Standards

a.

Industrial uses shall comply with all pertinent Federal and state laws, regulations and rules. Enforcement of Federal and state laws, regulations and rules shall be enforced by the appropriate Federal or state agency.

b.

Any lighting used to illuminate an off-street parking area, sign, or other structure shall be arranged as to deflect light away from any adjoining residentially zoned property or from public streets.

c.

No heat from furnace processing equipment or other devices shall be sensed at the lot line or property line to the extent of raising the temperature of air or materials more than five degrees Fahrenheit.

d.

No activity shall create any electrical disturbance, or which otherwise causes, creates, or contributes to the interference with electronic signals (including television and radio broadcasting transmissions) to the extent that the operation of any equipment not owned by the creator of such disturbance is adversely affected.

e.

All loading areas shall have sufficient maneuvering room to accommodate all loading and maneuvering procedures. Public roadways shall not be used in loading or maneuvering.

f.

No noise or vibration (other than normal vehicular traffic) shall be permitted which is discernible on neighboring residential sites, to the unaided human senses for three minutes or more duration in any one hour of the day between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. or of thirty seconds or more duration in any one hour between the hours of 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. The property owner making a claim that noise and vibration is present, is responsible for conducting any study to show such claim.

g.

No use shall be permitted which creates annoying odor in such quantities as to be readily detectable beyond the boundaries of the site.

h.

No emission shall be permitted which can damage health, animals or vegetation, or other forms of property, or which can cause any nuisance or hazard.

( Ord. No. 2016-03 , 3-7-2016)