1160.01 Purpose.
1160.02 Definitions.
1160.03 Applicability.
1160.04 Use regulations.
1160.05 Conditional use permit.
1160.06 Design and installation.
1160.07 Setbacks.
1160.08 Height restrictions.
1160.09 User of public roads.
1160.10 Local emergency services.
1160.11 Noise and shadow flicker.
1160.12 Waiver of noise and shadow flicker.
1160.13 Signal interference.
1160.14 Liability insurance.
1160.15 Decommissions.
1160.16 Public inquiries and complaint remedies.
1160.17 Remedies.
CROSS REFERENCES
State regulations - see Ohio R.C. 721.04
Conditional uses - see P.& Z. Ch. 1161
Planning Commission - see P.& Z. 1171.03
Conditional use permit - see P.& Z. 1173.02
Fees - see P.& Z. 1173.06
Architectural Board of Review - see BLDG. Ch. 1325
This Chapter is adopted in order to provide for the construction and operation of Wind Energy Facilities in the
City including Lakewood’s jurisdictional limit two (2) miles into Lake Erie, subject to reasonable conditions that will protect the public health, safety and welfare.
(Ord. 73-08. Passed 9-2-2008.)
(a) APPLICANT means the person or entity filing an application under this Chapter.
(b) FACILITY OWNER means the entity or entities having an equity interest in the wind energy facility, including their respective successors and assigns.
(c) HUB HEIGHT means the distance measured from the surface of the tower foundation to the height of the wind turbine hub, to which the blade is attached.
(d) NON-PARTICIPATING LANDOWNER means any landowner except those on whose property all or a portion of a wind energy facility is located pursuant to an agreement with the facility owner or operator.
(e) OPERATOR means the entity responsible for the day-to-day operation and maintenance of the wind energy facility.
(f) OCCUPIED BUILDING means a residence, school, hospital, church, public library or other building used for public gathering that is occupied or in use when the permit application is submitted.
(g) SHADOW FLICKER means the on-and-off flickering effect of a shadow caused when the sun passes behind the rotor of a wind turbine.
(h) TURBINE HEIGHT means the distance measured from the surface of the tower foundation to the highest point of the turbine rotor plane.
(i) WIND TURBINE means a wind energy conversion system that converts wind energy into electricity through the use of a wind turbine generator, and includes the nacelle, rotor, tower, and pad transformer, if any.
(j) WIND ENERGY FACILITY means an electric generating facility, whose main purpose is to supply electricity, consisting of one (1) or more wind turbines and other accessory structures and buildings, including substations, meteorological towers, electrical infrastructure, transmission lines and other appurtenant structures and facilities.
(Ord. 73-08. Passed 9-2-2008.)
(a) No person shall construct, erect, maintain, extend or remove a wind energy facility in the
City, including the territory extending into Lake Erie to the distance of two (2) miles from the natural shore line pursuant to the authority granted in Ohio Revised Code §721.04, without compliance with the provisions of this Chapter.
(b) Wind energy facilities constructed prior to the effective date of this
Code shall not be required to meet the requirements of this Code; provided that any physical modification to an existing wind energy facility that materially alters the size, type and number of wind turbines or other equipment shall require a conditional use from the Commission.
(Ord. 73-08. Passed 9-2-2008.)
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