Sec. 86-632
Dimensional standards
Uses
Conditional / special use1
Extracted standards
10 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 solar12 ft
Ground-mounted solar energy generation facilities shall not exceed a height of 12 feet, measured from the highest natural grade below each solar panel.
Lighting
- Dark sky compliant lighting
Lighting on the site shall be dark sky compliant.
Other
- Number of buffer rows4 rows
If no such barrier exists then the applicant shall establish this landscaped strip consisting of four rows of staggered evergreens ten feet apart and on 15-foot centers.
- Buffer tree spacing15 ft
Four rows of staggered evergreens ten feet apart and on 15-foot centers.
- Vegetative buffer width300 ft
The buffer shall consist of a landscaping strip at least 300 feet wide, shall be located within the setbacks required and shall circle the entire perimeter of the property.
- Maximum site clearing per phase100 acresacre43,560 square feet — about the size of an American football field without the end zones.
Site clearing shall not exceed 100 acres for each phase of development.
- Minimum distance from airport1 mi
These facilities shall 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 to or interfere with airport operations.
- Minimum buffer tree heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. at planting5 ft
Such trees shall be at least five feet tall at the time of planting and expected to grow to a minimum height of 20 feet within ten years.
- Minimum security fence heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Such fencing shall enclose the project area not less than six feet in height and equipped with appropriate anticlimbing device such as strands of barbed wire on top of the fence.
Setback
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from rights-of-way, buildings, and property lines300 ft
The project area shall be set back a distance of at least 300 feet from all abutting public rights-of-way and main buildings on adjoining parcels, and from adjacent property lines.
From the ordinance
The project area shall be set back a distance of at least 300 feet from all abutting public rights-of-way and main buildings on adjoining parcels, and from adjacent property lines. ... Such fencing shall enclose the project area not less than six feet in height and equipped with appropriate anticlimbing device such as strands of barbed wire on top of the fence. ... Ground-mounted solar energy generation facilities shall not exceed a height of 12 feet, measured from the highest natural grade below each solar panel. ... These facilities shall not be located within one mile of an airport unless the applicant submits ... written certification from the Federal Aviation Administration that the location of the facility poses no hazard to or interfere with airport operations.