Uses
Permitted by right1
Prohibited1
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Decommissioning
The owner of a small solar energy facility shall completely decommission and remove the facility within six months if the facility ceases to generate electricity for a continuous period of six months. This period may be extended by the Town Planning Commission if the owner provides satisfactory evidence that the failure to generate electricity is due to circumstances beyond their control and the facility has not been abandoned.
- Emergency access
All small solar energy facilities shall be placed in a manner that permits reasonable access to the facility by emergency responders when such access is needed to ensure public safety. The placement and installation location of such facilities shall be pre-approved by the Pittsylvania County Fire Marshall or his designee as part of the building permitting process.
- Equipment standards
All small solar energy facilities (i) shall utilize components which have a UL listing or equivalent and (ii) shall comply with all applicable building and electrical codes when installed or updated and (iii) shall not generate or create electrical interruptions or interference with existing electrical or electronic uses.
- Glare mitigation
All small solar energy facilities shall be configured to avoid any glare being generated by the facility. Any such glare must be mitigated, masked, and directed away from adjoining property and from any road, when it creates a nuisance or safety hazard, as determined by the Town of Chatham.
- Ground-mounted solar heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.10 ft
The maximum height of these facilities shall be ten feet as measured from the grade or base of the facility to its highest point.
- Ground-mounted solar setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Ground-mounted small solar energy facilities shall meet the minimum setbacks for principal or accessory structures in the zoning districts which they are located.
- Roof-mounted solar heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
Roof-mounted and wall-mounted small solar energy facilities may be mounted on a principal building or an accessory building but shall not exceed the maximum building height requirements for the zoning district in which they are located and shall not be more than three feet higher than the finished roof of the building to which it is mounted.
- Roof-mounted solar setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
These facilities shall meet the building setback requirements for the structures to which they are affixed and shall not extend more than three feet beyond the exterior perimeter of the building's roof.
From the ordinance
Small solar energy facilities shall be a permitted use in all zoning districts. Large solar energy facilities shall not be a permitted use in any zoning district.