Electrical substations, gas regulator stations, telephone exchange facilities, sewage treatment plants, water storage facilities, or similar facilities in any Residential Zone District shall meet all requirements and in other zone districts shall meet all requirements except divisions (A) and (E) of this section and may be required to meet division (G) of this section. A special use permit shall be required.
(A) No public office, principal repair, or storage facilities shall be maintained in connection with such substations or exchanges.
(B) The building housing any such facility shall be designed and constructed to conform to the general character of the neighborhood.
(C) The area on which the facility is located shall be landscaped and a landscaping plan shall be submitted.
(D) Where all facilities and equipment are entirely within completely enclosed building, the minimum lot shall be as follows: lot width shall not be less than the total width of the building plus the total of the minimum required side yards; lot depth shall not be less than the depth of the building plus the minimum required front yard plus the five-foot minimum rear yard.
(E) Where facilities or equipment are located outside the completely enclosed building, no facilities or equipment shall be located closer than 15 feet to any side or rear lot line.
(F) If transformers are exposed, there shall be provided an enclosing fence or wall at least eight feet in height.
(G) All parcels or lots on which substations, exchanges, equipment or transformers are located shall meet the following minimum landscaping standards: a planting screen of at least one foot in depth and expected to reach a height of a least ten feet shall be provided and maintained.
(H) All utilities shall file a letter of intent for maintenance schedules and procedures at the time of application.
(Ord. 2014-18, passed 4-16-2014)