§ 8-7. Restriction of emission of odors.

(a)

Emission limitations.

(1)

No person may cause, permit or allow the emission of odorous matter in such concentrations and frequencies or for such durations that such odor can be perceived beyond the property line of the odor source when one volume of odorous air is diluted with seven volumes of odorfree air for two separate trials not less than 15 minutes apart within the period of one hour; or

(2)

No person may cause, permit or allow the emission of odorous matter in such concentrations and frequencies or for such durations that such odor can be perceived at the point of complaint in a residential area when one volume of odorous air is diluted with two volumes of odorfree air for two separate trials not less than 15 minutes apart within the period of one hour.

(b)

Method of measurement: These measurements may be made with a scentometer as manufactured by the Barnebey-Cheney Company or by a similar device, as recognized by the director, that will give equivalent results.

(Code of Gen. Ords. 1967, § 18.88; Ord. No. 34696, 4-26-68; Ord. No. 36539, 4-3-69; Ord. No. 36723, 4-18-69; Ord. No. 41255, 6-9-72; Ord. No. 41454, 7-21-72; Ord. No. 56726, 8-2-84; Ord. No. 960782, § A, 8-8-96)