A. All applications for conditional use permit approval for a solar energy system must include the following information, in addition to any other information required by this Title. An applicant may submit a single application for the entire property to be used in connection with the project.
1. Completed conditional use permit application, on the Village's standard form.
2. Copy of recorded deed(s) showing ownership of the subject property.
3. Electronic copy of legal description that is editable.
4. Plat of survey (to scale) from a professional land surveyor. Survey must include a scale, north arrow and dimensions of the subject property.
5. Affidavit of owner's consent (if applicable).
6. Disclosure of beneficiaries (if applicable).
7. Application fee.
8. The results and recommendations from consultation with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources obtained through the Ecological Compliance Assessment Tool (EcoCAT) or a comparable successor tool.
9. FAA Notice of No Flight Hazard and/or application to the FAA for Notice of Criteria Tool.
10. The results of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's Information for Planning and Consulting environmental review or a comparable successor tool.
11. Evidence of consultation with the Illinois State Historic Preservation Office to assess potential impacts if any state-registered historic sites under the Illinois State Agency Historic Resources Preservation Act are present on-site or in the vicinity (if applicable).
12. Proof of compliance with noise regulations of the Illinois Pollution Control Board (if applicable).
B. Preliminary site plan identifying the following:
1. Subject property including the property lines, setback lines, and right-of-way lines.
2. Physical features including but not limited to roads, floodplain(s) (if applicable), wetland(s) (if applicable), existing and proposed building(s) (if applicable), solar panels and equipment (number, location, and spacing of solar panels/arrays), proposed locations of underground or overhead electric lines and utility poles, landscaping, and fencing.
3. Identification of proposed construction and ongoing maintenance routes from the nearest arterial road as detailed on a map.
4. A certified letter with return receipt requested, evidencing a good faith effort to contact the applicable road authority or affidavit evidencing that contact has been made with the applicable road authority.
5. Proposed product cut-sheets.
6. Glare study report (if applicable).
7. Visual screening report that includes the following:
a. A map of homes within three hundred feet (300') of the facility; and
b. Locations and type of existing vegetation that provides screening of views of the facility; and
c. Topographic features that provide screening of the facility.
8. Interconnection service agreement or evidence of filing required interconnection service applications with the electric utility.
9. Operation and maintenance plan for the solar energy system, including measures for maintaining safe access to the installation, stormwater controls, landscaping maintenance, as well as general procedures for operation and maintenance of the installation.
10. Proof of liability insurance.
11. Preliminary emergency services plan, including but not limited to the project summary, electrical schematic and means of shutting down energy systems throughout the life of the installation, and a fire protection and response plan.
12. Copies of all leases for the subject property (if applicable) (the parties to and amount(s) of rent in any such lease may be redacted).
13. Executed copy of the owner/operator's Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement (AIMA) with the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
(Ord. 2023-40, 10-24-2023)