17.47.030 Site design and maintenance.
1. Unity of design. Overall unity of site design shall be accomplished through:
a. Architectural harmony of buildings and structures.
b. Design integration of the common open space systems and storm drainage system.
c. Unifying themes in an overall landscaping plan.
d. Unified design of street furniture, such as street signs, poles, light standards and luminaries, project entrances, perimeter fencing, pavement treatment, plazas, and handicapped curb ramps; housings for power facilities, telephone service boxes, and grouped mail box stanchions; illumination of buildings, walkway railings and steps.
2. External Storage and Activities. All uses except surface parking, recreational activities and utilities shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building. All storage of product and material used shall be in a completely enclosed building constructed with the same exterior finish as the main building.
3. Solid waste. Solid Waste removal shall not take place between the hours of 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM. Any solid waste receptacle shall be placed in an entirely sight-obscuring enclosure that is at least one (1) foot higher than the receptacle with a minimum height of six feet (6') and constructed on three (3) sides of masonry with a similar exterior finish as the main building, and gated on the fourth side with a minimum access width of fourteen feet (14'). Solid waste receptacles shall be located a minimum of twenty-five feet (25') from any residential lot line. Solid waste removal practices by the property owner of the solid waste removal company shall be reviewed by the Planning Commission upon written complaint.
4. Utilities. All utilities shall be placed underground.
5. Mechanical Equipment. All mechanical equipment incidental to any building, including roof mounted mechanical equipment, shall be screened so as to be an integral part of the architectural design of the building to which it is attached or related.
6. Loading. Loading Operations shall not take place between the hours from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM. Loading operations shall either be conducted within the building or be screened so as to not be totally visible from a public street, and conducted in such a way that in the process of loading or unloading, no vehicle will block the passage of other vehicles on the service drive or extend into any other public or private drive or street used for traffic circulation.
7. Hazards and nuisances. No use shall cause the discharge of any harmful waste materials into or upon the ground, into or within any sanitary or storm sewer system, into or within any water system or water, or into the atmosphere. No use or activity shall be conducted or permitted which is dangerous or offensive to persons or property by reason of the creation of a fire, explosion, or other physical hazard, or by reason of air pollution, odor, smoke, noise, dust, vibration, radiation, or fumes. In addition, no use shall be permitted or conducted where the same creates a public or private nuisance. The following specific standards shall apply:
a. Incineration. There shall be no incineration on any site of any waste material.
b. Vibration. There shall be no activity on any site which causes ground vibration which is perceptible, without instruments, at the boundary line of the lot.
c. Air pollution. There shall be no emission on any site of air pollutants in excess of levels permitted by the Utah Bureau of Air Quality. Water vapor is not considered a pollutant. The normal venting of a building shall not be prohibited.
d. Wastes. The quality and nature of industrial wastes shall not overburden the public sewage disposal facilities or cause odor and unsanitary effects beyond the property line. Such wastes shall not be discharged into the ground, or any surface or subsurface waterways. Disposal of all hazardous wastes shall comply with all applicable federal and state regulations. Sewage shall also comply with all local, state, and federal regulations.
e. Storm water. All facilities shall be designed according to the requirements of Section 3.01 of Chapter 2 of the Lindon Land Development Policy handbook.
8. Vacant lots. Vacant lots shall be maintained free of unsightly storage of equipment, or overgrown weeds and nuisance vegetation. (Ord. 98-7, adopted, 2000)