§ 18.108.280
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to wind turbine generators
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Noise
- Noise limit at other property line60 dBA CNEL
Noise emitted from any WTG shall not exceed sixty dBA CNEL at any other property line.
- Noise limit at residential property line50 dBA CNEL
Noise emitted from any WTG shall not exceed fifty dBA CNEL at any property line abutting a residential zone.
Other
- Property line setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.1.25 times heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
Set back a minimum distance of one and one-quarter times the maximum height reached by any part of the WTG to any property line.
Minimum of twenty feet from any other structure on the property.
- Tower-climbing apparatus heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.15 ft
Tower-climbing apparatus and blade tips of the WTG shall be no lower than fifteen feet from ground level unless enclosed by a six-foot high fence.
Use
- Use permit for tall or commercial100 ft
A use permit is required for any wind turbine generator exceeding one hundred feet in height or for any commercial wind turbine generator.
From the ordinance
Wind turbine generators shall be set back a minimum distance of one and one-quarter times the maximum height reached by any part of the WTG to any property line, and a minimum of twenty feet from any other structure on the property. Noise emitted from any WTG shall not exceed fifty dBA CNEL at any property line abutting a residential zone or sixty dBA CNEL at any other property line.