Chapter 17.42 M-P DISTRICTS
Section 17.42.020 Performance standards.
The uses listed hereinafter as permitted in M-P districts
shall in each instance be subject to site
development review pursuant to Section 17.54.210. No use in any of the categories listed shall be
approved which is characterized by, or which is found by the board of zoning adjustments to
involve any of the following:
A. Any noise or vibration, other than
that related to transportation activities and temporary
construction work, which is discernible without instruments at any lot line of the building site;
B. Any activity, including storage
or dumping which could result in the emission of
radioactivity in dangerous amounts;
C. Any activity which causes electrical
disturbance adversely affecting the operation of any
equipment other than that of the creator of such disturbance;
D. The production, use, storage, or
handling of any inflammable or explosive materials,
unless provided at all points with adequate safety devices against hazards of explosion and all
equipment and devices standard in the industry for fire prevention and fire fighting;
E. The emission of visible gray smoke
of a shade or quality darker than No. 1 on the
Ringlemann Chart, as specified in Information Circular 7718 of the United States Bureau of
Mines, or its equivalent capacity as determined by the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District,
for more than three minutes in any one hour;
F. Any direct or sky-reflected glare
or heat which is perceptible at any point outside of the
building site;
G. The emission of odorous gases or
odorous matter in quantities such as to be perceptible at
any lot line of the building site;
H. The discharge into the air of any
dust, dirt or particulate matter from any activity or from
any products stored on the building site;
I. The discharge into any public sewer,
private sewage disposal system or stream or into the
ground except in accordance with the standards approved by the State Department of Health, of
any materials of such nature or temperature as to contaminate any water supply, interfere with
bacterial processes and sewage treatment, or in any way cause the emission of dangerous or
offensive elements;
J. The emission from any incineration
operation of individually visible incandescent
particles. (Prior gen. code § 8-50.1)