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(1) No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the emission of fugitive particulate matter from any process, including any material handling or storage activity, that is visible beyond the property line of the emission source.

(2) No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit a building or its appurtenances or open areas to be used, constructed, repaired, altered or demolished without taking reasonable precautions to prevent particulate matter from becoming airborne. Dust and other types of particulates shall be kept to a minimum by such measures as wetting down, covering landscaping, paving, treating, or by other reasonable means.

(3) No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit the repair, construction or reconstruction of a roadway or an alley without taking reasonable precautions to prevent particulate matter from becoming airborne. Dust and other particulates shall be kept to a minimum by employing temporary paving, dust palliatives, wetting down, detouring, or by other reasonable means. Earth or other material shall be promptly removed which has been transported onto paved streets by trucking or earth moving equipment, erosion by water, or by other means.

(4) The owner or operator of a commercial establishment or industrial plant shall maintain control of the establishment premises or plant premises and establishment or plant owned, leased or controlled access roads by paving, oil treatment or other suitable measures.

(5) No person shall cause, suffer, allow or permit crushing, screening, drying, handling, conveying of materials, stockpiling, or other operations likely to give rise to airborne dust without taking reasonable precautions to prevent particulate matter from becoming airborne. Dust and other types of particulates shall be kept to a minimum by such means as spray bars, wetting agents, enclosure, structural barriers, or other suitable means.

(6) No person shall cause, suffer, allow, or permit sandblasting or related abrasion operations unless sufficient containment measures are taken to prevent the sand and/or abrasive material from traveling beyond the property line where the operation is being conducted.

(7) No owner, operator, or lessee of any real property located or situated within the City shall, after the topsoil has been disturbed or the natural cover removed, allow the same to remain unoccupied, unused, vacant, or undeveloped, without taking all reasonable precautions to prevent fugitive dust from becoming airborne. Dust and other particulates shall be controlled by compacting, chemical sealers, resin sealers, asphalt sealer, planting or vegetation or other reasonable means.