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(a) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to sections:
14-78: Office and Institutional District;
14-79: Neighborhood Business District;
14-80: Community Business District;
14-81: General Business District;
14-82: Industrial-1;
14-104: Interstate Highway Interchange District.
(b) Solar energy generation facilities shall not be permitted in these districts.
(c) Solar energy systems shall be accessory to a commercial structure.
(1) The solar collector surface shall be limited to 15 percent [of] the gross floor area of the commercial structure, not to exceed 5,000 square feet when ground-mounted; the solar mounting device shall be limited to no more than 50 percent [of] the height of the structure. Ground-mounted systems shall meet the minimum setback distances for the district and be screened from adjacent properties and streets.
(2) The solar collector surface shall not be limited in area when roof-mounted; the solar mounting device shall be limited to no more than 50 percent [of] the height of the structure. Roof-mounted systems shall be engineered as not exceed to structural capacity of the roof.
(3) Wall-mounted units shall be limited to 200 square feet and project no more than 24 inches from the wall surface.
(Amend. of 9-6-2011)
(a) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to sections:
14-78: Office and Institutional District;
14-79: Neighborhood Business District;
14-80: Community Business District;
14-81: General Business District;
14-82: Industrial-1;
14-104: Interstate Highway Interchange District.
(b) Wind energy generation facilities shall not be permitted in these districts.
(c) Wind energy systems greater than 40 feet shall require a special use permit in these districts. The maximum height shall be 120 feet.
(d) Wind energy systems shall be accessory to a commercial structure, and is designed to supplement other electricity sources.
(1) The wind energy system shall have a system height of no greater than 50 feet in height.
(2) There shall be limited to no more than one system per acre.
(3) The system's setback shall be equal to the height of the tower from all internal property and right-of-way lines; guy wires shall meet the minimum setback distances for the district.
(4) Ground-mounted equipment shall meet the minimum setback distances for the district.
(5) Systems may be attached to the dwelling or other structures. These systems must meet the system setback and height limitations. Systems attached to the structure may meet the minimum building setback distances for the district in lieu of the system setback.
(Amend. of 9-6-2011)
(a) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to sections:
14-83: Industrial-2.
(b) Solar and Wind Energy Generation Facilities shall require a Special Use Permit in this district.
(c) Solar energy generation facilities.
(1) Solar mounting devices shall be set back at least 150 feet from all property lines.
(2) Solar mounting devices shall be limited to no more than 12 feet in height.
(3) Ground-mounted equipment and accessory structures shall be set back at least 150 feet from all property lines.
(4) Site shall be enclosed by a six foot fence topped with barbwire.
(5) Site will be enclosed by a landscape buffer consisting of ten large evergreen trees and ten evergreen shrubs every 100 linear feet. Existing vegetation may be used if equal or more intense.
a. Evergreen trees shall be at least four feet high at planting. Adjacent to all residential dwellings, trees shall be planted at a minimum of six feet tall at grade or a minimum of four feet tall on top of a minimum two foot tall berm.
b. Additional landscaping may be required depending on the intensity of adjacent residential uses.
(6) Site will be decommissioned within 180 days of a determination by the Zoning Administrator that the facility is no longer being operated, maintained, or used in an operable state of repair.
(d) Wind energy generation facilities.
(1) The wind energy system shall have a system height of no greater than 120 feet in height.
(2) Systems shall be set back the height of the system (to include the tip of the wind generator blade when at its highest point) plus ten percent from all internal property and right-of-way lines; guy wires shall meet the minimum setback distances for the district.
(3) Ground-mounted equipment and accessory structures shall be set back at least 20 feet from all property lines.
(Amend. of 9-6-2011; Amend. of 9-1-2015)
(a) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to sections:
14-83: Industrial-2.
(b) Production of biofuels for sales/distribution and as a commercial accessory shall be permitted in this district.
(c) Storage tanks shall have secondary containment, dual containment tanks or an approved above-ground catch basin capable of containing 110 percent [of] the tank volume.
(d) Production facilities must be set back 100 feet from all property lines.
(e) Disposal of all waste material must be in accordance with all state and federal laws.
(Amend. of 9-6-2011)
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