§ 17.40.090. Performance Standards

The following performance standards shall apply to all land uses in all zoning districts. The Zoning Administrator or the Code Enforcement Administrator shall require evidence of the ability to comply with these requirements as they deem reasonably necessary before issuance of a Code Compliance Certificate, a Building Permit, or an Occupancy Permit.

A.

Electromagnetic interference. No use, activity, or process shall cause electromagnetic interference with normal radio or television reception on another site or with the function of other electronic equipment on another site.

B.

Heat and humidity. No use, activity, or process shall produce any unreasonable, disturbing, or unnecessary emissions of heat or humidity at the property line of the site that cause material distress, discomfort, or injury to the average person.

C.

Odor. No use, process, or activity shall produce odor that causes discomfort or annoyance to a reasonable person of normal sensitivity or which endangers the comfort, repose, health, or peace of residents whose property abuts the site.

D.

Solar access. No structure shall be established or enlarged unless it has been reviewed by the Zoning Administrator for its effect on solar access to existing and future solar applications on adjacent properties subject to the following findings:

1.

There are no conditions, covenants, and restrictions existing or proposed that are adverse to solar energy systems;

2.

Solar access has been addressed within the context of any required Environmental Impact Report; and

3.

The proposed structure will not prohibit or unreasonably restrict the use of solar energy systems on adjacent properties.

E.

Vibration. No use, activity, or process shall produce vibrations that cause discomfort or annoyance to reasonable persons of normal sensitivity, or which endangers the comfort, repose, health, or peace of residents whose property abuts the site.