SECTION 41 - PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

41.1     General: The use of land, buildings and other structures, wherever located, shall be established and conducted so as to conform to the performance standards hereinafter specified. The performance standards establish certain nuisance factors which if committed or exceeded in the use of land, buildings and other structures will be detrimental to the use, enjoyment and value of other land, buildings and other structures, will be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare and will be contrary to the comprehensive plan of zoning. The Zoning Enforcement officer is authorized to make surveys and take measurements to determine compliance. No Application for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance shall be approved by the Zoning Enforcement Officer and no Certificate of Zoning Compliance shall be issued by him until he has made a determination that the proposed use of land, buildings and other structures will be established and conducted in accordance with the performance standards and with the standards stated in other relevant Town, State and Federal codes, ordinances or regulations. The performance standards hereinafter specified shall be of continuing application.

41.2     Air Pollution: No dust, dirt, fly ash, smoke, gas, fumes or odors shall be emitted into the air from any lot so as to endanger the public health and safety, to impair safety on or the value and reasonable use of any other lot, or to constitute a critical source of air pollution or to create a nuisance.

41.3     Noise: With the exception of time signals and noise necessarily involved in the construction or demolition of buildings and other structures, no noise shall be transmitted outside the lot where it originates when noise has a sound level, intermittence and/or beat frequency which would endanger the public health and safety or impairs safety on or the value and reasonable use of any other lot.

41.4     Vibration: With the exception of vibration necessarily involved in the construction or demolition of buildings, no vibrations shall be transmitted outside the lot where it originates.

41.5     Glare and Heat: No light shall be transmitted outside the lot where it originates so as to endanger the public health or safety, including the public safety on any street or highway, or to impair the value and reasonable use of any other lot. In Residence Districts the source of lighting located out-of-doors on any lot shall not be visible from any other lot; in other than Residence Districts the source of any lighting located out-of-doors and within 200 feet of a Residence District boundary line shall not be visible at such boundary line.

41.6     Refuse and Pollution: No refuse or other waste materials shall be dumped on any lot except with the approval of the District of Health of the Town of Branford. No refuse or other waste materials and no liquids shall be dumped on any lot or dumped or discharged into any river, stream, water course, storm drain, pond, lake or swamp so as to constitute a source of water pollution.

41.7     Danger: No material which is dangerous due to explosion, extreme fire hazard or radioactivity shall be used, stored, manufactured, processed or assembled except in accordance with applicable codes, ordinances and regulations of the Town of Branford, State of Connecticut and Federal Government.

41.8     Radio Interference: No use on any lot shall cause interference with radio and television reception on any other lot, and any use shall conform to the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission with regard to electromagnetic radiation and interference.