The provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced by personnel of the Jersey County Code Administrator office (herein referred to as "Code Official"), The applicant must submit the following information ten business days prior to the submittal of the special use application for a wind energy conversion system. The applicant is required to submit 25 copies, one original full size application package of all required documentation and one application with all exhibits submitted electronically, to the Code Official, together with the appropriate filing fee. The application shall include the following:
(A) Site plan with existing conditions showing the following:
(1) A WECS project summary including, to the extent available:
(a) A general description of the project, including:
1. Its approximate overall nameplate generating capacity;
2. The potential equipment manufacturer(s);
3. Types(s) of WECS(s);
4. The number of WECS and the plate generating capacity of each WECS;
5. The maximum height of the WECS tower(s) and the maximum diameter of the WECS(s) rotor(s);
6. The number of substations;
7. A project site plan, project phasing plan and project construction timeline plan; and
8. The general location of the project; and
(b) A description of the applicant, owner and operator, including their respective business structures;
(2) Structural engineer-stamped plans for all work that is going to be completed;
(3) The name(s), address(es), and phone numbers(s) of the applicant(s), owner and operator, and all property owner(s), if known, and documentation demonstrating land ownership or legal control of the property;
(4) Existing property lines and property lines extending 100 feet from the exterior boundaries, including the names of adjacent property owners and current use of those properties;
(5) Existing public and private roads, showing widths of the roads and any associated easements;
(6) Location and size of any abandoned wells or sewage treatment systems;
(7) Existing buildings and any impervious surfaces;
(8) A contour map showing topography at two foot intervals. A contour map of surrounding properties may also be required;
(9) Existing vegetation (list type and percent coverage, i.e., cropland/plowed fields, grassland, wooded areas, and the like);
(10) A copy of the current FEMA FIRM map that shows the subject property, the 100 year flood elevation and any regulated flood protection elevation, if available;
(11) Surface water drainage patterns; and
(12) The location of any subsurface drainage tiles.
(B) Site plan with proposed conditions showing the following:
(1) Location and spacing of wind energy conversion systems;
(2) Location of access roads and access points and rights-of-way that will be utilized for both the construction and operation of the WECS;
(3) Planned location of underground or overhead electric lines connecting the wind energy conversion system to a building, substation or other electric load;
(4) New electrical equipment other than at the existing building or substation that is to be the connection point to the WECS;
(5) Sketch elevation of the premises accurately depicting the proposed wind energy conversion system and its relationship to structure on adjacent land;
(6) The location of any wetlands, floodplain, drainage structures including surface ditches and subsurface drainage lines, underground mines, scenic and natural areas within 1,500 feet of the proposed WECS, and the layout of all structures within the geographical boundaries of any applicable setback;
(7) The location of all participating and nonparticipating residences, occupied community buildings, parcel boundary lines, public access roads and turnout locations, substation(s), operations and maintenance buildings, permanent meteorological towers, electrical cabling from WECS tower to the substation(s), ancillary equipment, and third party transmission lines;
(8) All determinations of no hazard to air navigation from the Federal Aviation Administration;
(9) All required studies, reports, certifications, and approvals demonstrating compliance with the provisions of this chapter;
(10) An agricultural impact mitigation agreement (AIMA) executed between the applicant and the Illinois Department of Agriculture;
(11) Any other information normally required by the county as part of its permitting requirements for siting buildings or other structures;
(12) Waivers from the setback requirements executed by the occupied community building owners and/or the nonparticipating property owners bearing a file stamp from the County Recorder of Deeds office confirming that the waiver was recorded against title to the affected real property;
(13) Results and recommendations from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources obtained through the ecological compliance assessment tool or a comparable successor tool;
(14) Results of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's information for planning and consulting environmental review or a comparable successor tool that is consistent with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's land-based wind energy guidelines;
(15) Information demonstrating that the WECS project will avoid protected lands;
(16) Any other information requested by the county or the county consultants that is necessary to evaluate the siting application and operation of the WECS project and to demonstrate that the WECS project meets each of the regulations in this chapter, including the special use application standards set forth below;
(17) Material changes to the application are not permitted once the notice of the public hearing has been published, unless requested or permitted by the county; and
(18) The applicant shall submit 25 copies of the special use application to the county, and at least one copy in electronic format.
(Ord. WEC-23, passed 8-8-2023)