(A) In addition to the requirements of division (B) of this section, the developer of the WEF shall provide all applicable information under § 152.346, and any additional information requested from the preliminary site development project meeting.
(B) Applications for WEF as a special use shall be accompanied by the items outlined under § 152.367(I) in addition to the following:
(1) A site plan showing, at a minimum:
(a) North arrow, written and graphic scale, general location map;
(b) Legal description;
(c) The location and height (including the top of the arc of the blade) of the wind turbines;
(d) The location of all other supporting structures such as but not limited to sheds, offices, operation and maintenance facilities, drives, and parking areas;
(e) Location of all structures on adjacent properties within 300 feet of all property lines;
(f) Topography lines at 2-foot intervals;
(g) Location of all natural features such as streams, ditches, floodplain, wetlands, and tree canopy;
(h) Drainage and soil erosion control, including location of all drainage tiles; and
(i) Location of all utilities and utility corridors, such as but not limited to electric transmission lines, natural gas pipe lines, petroleum pipe lines, fiber optic lines, sewer lines, and water lines.
(2) A site development report, including but not limited to the following items:
(a) The schedule and phasing of construction; the transportation route for the delivery of and the maintenance of all equipment; provisions for the repair of any public infrastructure such as roads, ditches, and culverts;
(b) A statement describing the service area and the primary customers of the WEF;
(c) Statements indicating that all utilities have been contacted relative to the location and construction of the WEF along with their responses and requirements;
(d) Technical details of the facility and individual wind turbines, including but not limited to height of all wind turbines; power generation capacity; long-term maintenance and replacement requirements; survival wind speed, and any other information deemed appropriate by the developer, and the professional staff of town;
(e) An analysis of how the WEF will effect the operations of other facilities such as radio and television transmissions, cell phone transmissions, and radar transmissions;
(f) A statement outlining the security arrangements that will be placed on the site;
(g) An analysis of the maximum decibel levels to be anticipated at all property lines and at all inhabitable structures within 300 feet of all property lines;
(h) The maintenance plan that has been established for the WEF; and
(i) A decommissioning plan outlining the method, timing, and cost of the removal of 1 or more of the wind turbines upon the termination, abandonment, discontinuation, decommissioning; or cessation of 1 or more of the wind turbines, or complete cessation of the operations of the WEF.
(3) Other information.
(a) A list of all adjacent property owners within 300 feet of the project boundary lines, along with stamped and addressed envelopes; and
(b) Reports from the following agencies and responses to any concerns raised by the respective agencies:
1. Indiana Department of Environmental Management;
2. Indiana Department of Natural Resources;
3. Town Building Inspector;
4. Town Engineer; and
5. New Carlisle Town Council.
(C) Any project-specific agreements, such as public infrastructure improvements or a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, must be approved prior to final project approval.
(D) Liability insurance covering bodily injury and property damage naming the town as an additional insurer with limits of at least $2,000,000 per occurrence and $5,000,000 in the aggregate, with a deductible of no more than $5,000.
(Ord. 1221, § 9.04E., passed 1-26-2010)