Sec. 86-383
Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
13 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Lighting
- Full cutGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. off shielding required
All fixtures shall utilize full cut off shielding. Lighting shall be reduced during nighttime hours to the minimum level necessary to maintain safety.
Other
- Minimum aisle width20 ft
In no case shall aisle widths be less than 20 feet.
- Decommissioning plan required
All applications for solar facilities shall be accompanied by a comprehensive decommissioning plan...
- Equipment setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from property line buffer25 ft
No panels, cabinets, or other associated equipment... shall be located closer than 25 feet from the buffer.
- Equipment setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from wetland bufferRiparian bufferA strip along a stream or wetland that must be left undisturbed.10 ft
No panels, cabinets, or other associated equipment... shall be located closer than ten feet from the buffer.
- Maximum county land mass for large scale solar3 pct
No more than three percent of the county's land mass shall be approved for large scale solar energy facilities.
- Maximum land disturbance at a time100 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Land disturbance activity shall be limited to no more than 100 acres at a time.
- Maximum utility scale size1,000 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Utility scale facilities may be no greater than 1,000 acres.
- Non-RPA wetland bufferRiparian bufferA strip along a stream or wetland that must be left undisturbed.50 ft
50 feet from any wetland not associated with an RPA.
- Property line buffer150 ft
One hundred fifty feet from any property line or road.
- RPA wetland bufferRiparian bufferA strip along a stream or wetland that must be left undisturbed.100 ft
One hundred feet from RPA wetlands, rivers, streams or other environmentally sensitive features.
- Security fencing heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.8 ft
Security fencing shall be limited to eight feet in height.
- Underground utilities required
All new transmission and distribution lines shall be placed underground except...
From the ordinance
No building, structures, solar panel arrays or other equipment utilized on site may exceed 20 feet in height above finished grade.