Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- County-wide for small wind energy systems
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Blade clearance above structures within 150 ft10 ft
The lowest point of the arc of the blade shall also be ten feet above the height of any structure within 150 feet of the tower base.
- Minimum blade ground clearance15 ft
The minimum distance between the ground and any protruding blades utilized on a small wind energy tower shall be 15 feet
- Artificial lighting prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
A small wind energy system shall not be artificially lighted.
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from adjacent lots (percentage of tower heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. + blade)110 pct
set back from all adjacent lots or parcels of land a distance equal to at least 110 percent of the height of the tower, plus the blade length
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from dwellings (percentage of tower heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. + blade)150 pct
a distance equal at least to 150 percent of the tower height, plus blade length from any inhabited dwelling on all adjoining lots or parcels of land
- Signs prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance. on small wind towers
A small wind energy tower shall have no advertising sign, writing, or picture.
- Maximum small wind tower heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.60 ft
A small wind energy tower shall have a maximum tower height of 60 feet.
From the ordinance
A small wind energy tower shall have a maximum tower height of 60 feet. The minimum distance between the ground and any protruding blades utilized on a small wind energy tower shall be 15 feet... A small wind energy system shall be set back from all adjacent lots or parcels of land a distance equal to at least 110 percent of the height of the tower, plus the blade length and a distance equal at least to 150 percent of the tower height, plus blade length from any inhabited dwelling on all adjoining lots or parcels of land.