Sec. 66-755
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Applies near
- airport
- Applies within
- 5,280 ft
- Geographic extent
- Large scale solar energy facilities may not be located within one mile of an airport.
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Height
- Maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. of ground-mounted solar20 ft
Ground-mounted solar energy generation facilities may not exceed a height of 20 feet, which shall be measured from the highest natural grade below each solar panel.
Lighting
- Dark sky compliant lighting
Lighting must be limited to the minimum reasonably necessary for security purposes and shall be designed to minimize off-site effects. Lighting on the site shall be dark sky-compliant.
Other
- Anti-glare technology required
The facility shall use only panels that employ anti-glare technology, anti-reflective coatings, and other available mitigation techniques, all that meet or exceed industry standards, to reduce glint and glare.
- Compliance with national safety standards
Utility-scale solar generation facilities must comply with generally accepted national environmental protection and product safety standards for the use of solar panels and battery technologies for solar photovoltaic (electric energy) projects, such as those developed for existing product certifications and standards including the National Sanitation Foundation/American National Standards Institute No. 457, International Electrotechnical Commission No. 61215-2, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standard 1547, and Underwriters Laboratories No. 61730-2.
- Minimum distance from airport5,280 ft
Large scale solar energy facilities may not be located within one mile of an airport unless the applicant submits, as part of its application, written certification from the Federal Aviation Administration that the location of the facility poses no hazard for, and will not interfere with, airport operations.
- Minimum security fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
The project area must be enclosed by security fencing not less than six feet in height and equipped with appropriate anticlimbing device such as strands of barbed wire on top of the fence.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from adjacent property lines25 ft
and a distance of at least 25 feet from adjacent property lines.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public rights-of-way75 ft
The project area must be set back a distance of at least 75 feet from all public rights-of-way and main buildings on adjoining parcels
- Minimum vegetative buffer width15 ft
The buffer must consist of a landscaping strip at least 15 feet wide, located within the setbacks required in subsection (4) above, and must run around the entire perimeter of the project area.
From the ordinance
The project area must be set back a distance of at least 75 feet from all public rights-of-way and main buildings on adjoining parcels, and a distance of at least 25 feet from adjacent property lines.