Sec. 25-446(l) and (o)
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Allowed in AgriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. (A-1) and Forest Conservation (FC) districts with special exception
Extracted standards
8 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- No artificial lighting unless required by FAA
Wind energy system towers shall not be artificially lighted unless required by the FAA or appropriate authority.
Noise
- Maximum sound level at non-participating property line60 dB
Audible sound from a wind energy system shall not exceed sixty (60) decibels, as measured from any adjacent non-participating landowners' property line.
Other
- Minimum blade clearance above ground15 ft
The minimum distance between the ground and any protruding blades utilized on a wind energy system shall be fifteen (15) feet
- Minimum lot areaMinimum lot areaThe smallest parcel on which the district allows anything to be built. per turbine5 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
The minimum lot size for a utility scale wind energy system shall be five (5) acres per turbine.
- Minimum separation between turbines (150% of heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.)
The minimum distance required between turbines shall be no less than one hundred fifty (150) percent of the total structure height.
Setback
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from non-participating property line (110% of heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.)
Wind turbines, post construction meteorological towers and other associated towers shall be set back a distance at least equal to one hundred ten (110) percent of its total height from all adjacent non-participating landowner's property lines
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from occupied building on non-participating property (150% of heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.)
and a distance equal at least to one hundred fifty (150) percent of its total height from the nearest occupied building on a non-participating landowner's property.
Signage
- No advertising signs on towers
No tower should have any sign, writing, or picture that may be construed as advertising.
From the ordinance
The individual turbines shall not exceed six hundred eighty (680) feet in height, as measured from the ground to the highest vertical portion of the blade when fully extended.