(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.)