166.05 DISTRICT REGULATIONS.

1.   WECS may be permitted as a Principal Permitted Use in the M-2 Zone, as set forth in the Jesup Code of Ordinances, so long as bulk requirements and setback requirements are addressed. Said bulk requirements are shown in Table 1 below.

2.   Setbacks: Substations and Accessory Facilities.

   A.   Minimum setback standards for substations, feeder lines, and fences shall be consistent with the standards for accessory structures established in the Jesup Zoning Ordinance.

Substation setbacks:

         (i)   Ten (10) feet, structure setback from road right-of-way located wholly outside the right-of-way.

         (ii)   Property lines ten (10) feet; structure setback from property lines, side yard.

Table 166.05
WECS Setback Requirements: Wind Turbines and Meteorological Towers

	Wind Turbine Non-Commercial Micro WECS	Wind Turbine Non-Commercial WECS	Wind Turbine Commercial WECS	Meteorological Towers
Property Lines	1.1 times the total height or the distance of the fall zone, unless a waiver of this requirement is signed by a participating landowner.	1.1 times the total height or the distance of the fall zone by a professional engineer plus 10 feet unless a waiver of this requirement is signed by a participating landowner.	1.25 times the total height, unless a waiver of this requirement is signed by a participating landowner.	The fall zone, as certified by a professional engineer plus 10 feet or 1.1 times the total height, unless a waiver of this requirement is signed by a participating landowner.
Neighboring Dwellings¹	1,000 feet. This setback requirement may be reduced by the Zoning Administrator subject in maintaining adequate health and safety requirements or waived by the dwelling occupant or owner.	1,000 feet.	1,200 feet.	The fall zone, as certified by a professional engineer plus 10 feet or 1.1 times the total height.
Road Right-of-Ways²	The distance of the fall zone plus 10 feet or 1.1 times the total height.	The distance of the fall zone, as certified by a professional engineer plus 10 feet or 1.1 times the total height.	1.1 times the height may be reduced for minimum maintenance roads.	The fall zone, as certified by a professional engineer plus 10 feet or 1.1 times the total height.
Other Rights-of-Way (Railroads, grasslands, or hunting preserve)	The lesser of 1.1 times the total height or the fall zone plus 10 feet.	The lesser of 1.1 times the total height or the distance of the fall zone as certified by professional engineer plus 10 feet.	The lesser of 1.1 the total height or the distance by a professional engineer plus 10 feet.	The fall zone, as certified by a professional engineer plus 10 feet or 1.1 times the total height.
Public conservation lands managed as grasslands, or hunting preserve	600 feet or 200 yards.	600 feet or 200 yards.	600 feet or 200 yards.	600 feet or 200 yards
Wetlands	NA	NA	NA	NA
Other structures	The fall zone plus 10 feet or 1.1 times the total the height.	The fall zone, as certified by a professional engineer plus 10 feet or 1.1 times the total height.	The fall zone, as certified by a professional engineer plus 10 feet or 1.1 times the total height.	The fall zone, as certified by a professional engineer plus 10 feet or 1.1 times the total height.
Other existing WECS	NA	NA	To be determined through cup review based on: relative size of the existing and proposed WECS, alignment of the WECS relative to the predominant winds, topography, extent of the wake interference impacts on existing WECS, other setbacks required waived for multiple turbine projects including aggregated projects.	The fall zone, as certified by a professional engineer plus 10 feet or 1 times the total height. Extent of wake interference impacts on existing WECS shall be considered.

 

¹The setback for dwellings shall be reciprocal in that no dwelling shall be constructed within one-thousand two-hundred (1,200) feet of a commercial wind turbine; unless a release of liability is received from the WECS.

²The setback shall be measured from future rights-of-way if a planned change or expanded right-of-way is known.