All applications subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be accompanied by the following information, as applicable, in addition to information required for all Building Permit applications.
(a) Ground-Mounted Wind Turbines. In addition to information required by other provisions of these Codified Ordinances, the following information shall be submitted with an application for a ground-mounted wind turbine and accessory structures to demonstrate compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(1) A site plan of the subject property showing adjoining streets, the proposed turbine and any proposed and existing buildings, fencing, structures, landscaping, driveways, parking, and curb cuts on the subject property, including specifications for all proposed landscaping.
(2) An elevation drawing showing the proposed wind turbine and all structures and landscaping shown on the required site plan, indicating the height, color and materials of the tower and all proposed fencing and other structures.
(3) Where lighting of the wind turbine is proposed, a lighting plan for the proposed wind turbine, indicating the location, color and intensity of the lighting, both as it will appear in daylight and at night, and indicating any mechanisms to prevent glare on adjacent properties and streets and to shield the lighting from residences, to the maximum extent feasible.
(4) For any wind turbine that will exceed the height limit for buildings on the subject property, a vicinity map showing the subject property and the proposed wind turbine and fencing in the context of all property located within a distance from the turbine equal to three (3) times the height of the turbine, showing within this area, all streets and existing buildings and significant structures and indicating the residential use of any buildings and any property zoned in Residential or Landmarks Districts, such map being marked with topographic contours at five (5) foot intervals.
(5) For any wind turbine that will exceed the height limit for buildings on the subject property, color photographs showing the current view of the wind turbine site from any adjoining public street or any other street within two hundred (200) feet of the proposed wind turbine and from the closest groupings of residential buildings located within an area from the proposed wind turbine equal to three (3) times the height of the proposed structure, plus a second set of color photographs showing the same views with the proposed wind turbine superimposed onto the photographs.
(6) A statement by an engineer licensed in the State of Ohio certifying that the proposed wind turbine will meet the noise standard of this ordinance with respect to impacts on properties in nearby Residential zoning districts.
(7) A statement indicating the estimated construction cost of the wind turbine and a statement indicating the estimated cost for demolition and removal of the wind turbine.
(8) A performance bond or equivalent financial instrument, if required, sufficient to cover the estimated demolition and removal of the wind turbine.
(b) Rooftop-Mounted Wind Turbines. In addition to information required by other provisions of these Codified Ordinances, the following information shall be submitted with an application for a wind turbine proposed to be attached to the roof of a building or to another structure and subject to approval by the City Planning Commission under provisions of this chapter.
(1) An elevation drawing of the building or structure to which the proposed wind turbine will be attached, showing the placement of the wind turbine and indicating the color of the structure and in any enclosures in relation to the color of the surface to which it will be attached and showing the projection of the wind turbine from the structure, marked with all necessary dimensions.
(2) Color photographs of the building or structure to which the proposed wind turbine will be attached, with the proposed wind turbine superimposed onto such photographs, showing various perspectives from which the wind turbine will be viewed.
(3) A statement by an engineer licensed in the State of Ohio certifying that the proposed wind turbine will meet this noise standard of this ordinance with respect to impacts on properties in nearby Residential zoning districts.
(Ord. No. 458-09. Passed 6-8-09, eff. 6-12-09)