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Wood pulp or fiber, reduction or processing, including paper mill opera
tions
Wool scouring or pulling
B. Storage or Miscellaneous Uses, Open or Enclosed
Goal or gas storage
Dumps, marine transfer stations for garbage, or slag piles
Electric power or steam generating plants
Explosives storage, when not prohibited by other ordinances
Gas manufacturing plants
Grain storage
Junk or salvage yards, including auto wrecking or similar establishments,
provided that such yard is completely enclosed on all sides by a solid
opaque fence or wall (including solid opaque entrance and exit gates)
of suitable uniform material and color, at least eight feet in height and
constructed in accordance with rules and regulations to be promulgated
by the Commissioner of Buildings.
Lumber yards, with no limitation on lot area per establishment
Manure, peat, or topsoil storage
Petroleum or petroleum products, storage or handling
Refrigerating plants
Scrap metal, junk, paper or rags storage, sorting, or baling, provided
that any yard in which such use is conducted is completely enclosed on
all sides by a solid opaque fence or wall (including solid opaque en
trance and exit gates) of suitable uniform material and color, at least
eight feet in height and constructed in accordance with rules and reg
ulations to be promulgated by the Commissioner of Buildings.
C. Accessory Uses
42-20 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS comply with all of the applicable performance stand
ards for such districts.
In all Manufacturing Districts, after the effective
date of this resolution, any use thereafter estab- In case of any conflict between the performance
listed or changed to a use listed in Use Group 11A, standards the rules and regulations adopted by the
16, 17, or 18, and every building or other structure Department of Environmental Protection, the more
or tract of land thereafter developed, constructed, restrictive shall apply.
or used for any use listed in Use Group llA, 16, 17,
or 18, shall comply with Oach and every perform 42-21
ance standard governing noise, vibration, smoke and
other particulate matter, odorous matter, toxic or Performance Standards Regulating Noise
noxious matter, radiation hazards, fire and explosive
hazards, humidity, heat, or glare applicable to the 42-211
district in which such use, building or other struc Definitions
ture, or tract of land is located.
For the purposes of this Section, the following
If any existing use or building or other structure terms are defined:
is extended, enlarged or reconstructed after the
effective date of this resolution, the applicable dis Decibel
trict regulations for each and every performance A “decibel” is a unit of measurement of the
standard shall apply with respect to such extended,
enlarged, or reconstructed portion or portions of intensity of sound (the sound pressure level).
such use or building or other structure. Sound level meter
In case of any conflict between the Use Groups and A “sound level meter” is an instrument standard
the performance standards, the latter shall Control. ized by the American Standards Association,
Uses listed in Use Group 18 are permitted in Ml or which is used for measurement of the intensity-
.M2 Districts (as well as M3 Districts) if such uses of sound and 'is calibrated in decibels.
Italicized words are defined in Section 12-10, except
c
technical, terms applicable to. performance standards
only, which are defined in appropriate Sections of
this Chanter.
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