(A) Accessory use. A SWEC may be installed as an accessory use to a primary use. No SWEC shall be installed on any property without the existence of a primary use.
(B) Minimum lot size, number, maximum height. The minimum lot size, the maximum number of SWECS on a lot or parcel, and the maximum height of a SWEC shall be as specified in Table 152.347, below:
District | Minimum Lot/Parcel Size | Maximum Number of SWECS | Maximum Height |
R1 Single Family | 1 acre | 1 | 60 ft. |
R1 Single Family | 10 acres | 2 | 60 ft. |
R2 Single Family and 2 Family | 1 acre | 1 | 60 ft. |
MF Multifamily | 1 acre | 2 | 60 ft. |
O/B Office Buffer | 1 acre | 1 | 60 ft. |
LB Local Business | 1 acre | 2 | 60 ft. |
CB Community Business | 1 acre | 2 | 60 ft. |
TC Town Center | 1 acre | 1 | 60 ft. |
LI and GI Industrial | 1 acre | 1 | 80 ft. |
LI and GI Industrial | 2 acre | 2 | 80 ft. |
LI and GI Industrial | 3 acre | 3 | 80 ft. |
(C) Height. The height of a SWECS shall be measured from 1 foot above ground level to the highest extension of the blade, rotor, or vane. The minimum distance between the ground and the blade, rotor, or vanes shall be 10 feet, as measured at the lowest point of the arc of the blade, rotor, or vane.
(D) Noise. SWECS shall not exceed 60 decibels (dB), as measured at the closest property line. However, the 60 dB standard may be exceeded during short-term events such as utility outages and/or severe windstorms.
(E) Survival speed. SWECS shall be rated by the manufacturer as having a minimum survival wind speed of 100 miles per hour.
(F) Setback. The minimum setback of a SWEC shall meet all of the following, measured from the edge of the support tower:
(1) Two hundred feet from public parks, public open space, public greenway, historic preservation districts, streams, and rivers, measured from the nearest property lines, district lines, and/or the top of any stream or river bank;
(2) One-half the height of the to the nearest occupied off-site structure; and
(3) Ten feet from any side and rear property line. Any property line adjacent to a street shall be deemed a front yard and meet the location requirements in the illustrations below.
(G) Location on property. The location of a SWECS on a property shall be in accordance with division (F), above, and with Illustrations 1 and 2 below.
(H) Abandonment. A SWEC that is out of service for a continuous 24-month period will be deemed to have been abandoned and shall be removed. Maintenance events which require extended periods of time beyond a 24-month period shall be brought to the attention of the Building Department.
(Ord. 1221, § 9.04C., passed 1-26-2010)