5.b Development Code reference to nusiance noiseEFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 3, 2010 amended through October 16, 2018 (Ordinance 201) Chapter Two Zoning Regulations
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City of Scandia Development Code, Chapter 2 39
(2) Explosives.
Uses involving the commercial storage, use or manufacture of materials or products that could
detonate by decomposition are not permitted.
(3) Radiation and Electrical Interference.
No activities shall be permitted that emit dangerous radioactivity beyond enclosed areas. There
shall be no electrical disturbance (except from domestic household appliances) adversely affecting
the operation of ordinary business or household equipment and appliances. Any such emissions are
hereby declared to be a nuisance.
(4) Nuisances.
No noise, odors, vibration, smoke, air pollution, liquid or solid wastes, heat, glare dust or other
such adverse influences shall be permitted in any district that will have an objectionable effect
upon adjacent or nearby property owners and residents. Minimum standards shall be as follows:
(A) Noise, Air and Water Pollution. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the standards of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for noise, air, and
water pollution shall be the standards applied in those areas.
(B) Vibration. The following vibrations are prohibited:
1. Any vibration discernible (beyond the property line) to the human sense of feeling
for 3 minutes or more duration in any 1 hour.
2. Any vibration resulting in any combination of amplitudes and frequencies beyond
the "safe" range of the most current standards of the United States Bureau of Mines
on any structure. These standards shall not apply to vibrations created during the
process of construction.
(C) Public Health. The following are declared to be nuisances endangering public health
and are prohibited:
1. Causing or allowing the effluent from any cesspool, septic tank, drainfield or
human sewage disposal system to discharge upon the surface of the ground, or
dumping the contents thereof at any place except as authorized by the Minnesota
Pollution Control Agency.
2. Causing or allowing the pollution of any public well or cistern, stream or lake,
canal or body of water by sewage, industrial waste or other substances.
3. Failing to dispose of carcasses of animals within 24 hours after death.
4. Any use shall be so operated as not to discharge across the boundaries of the lot or
through evaporation into the atmosphere or the subsoil beyond the boundaries of
the lot wherein such use is located toxic or noxious matter in such concentration as
to be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety or welfare, or cause injury
or damage to property or business.