§ 153.494 PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.

   (A)   No wind energy system shall be constructed or located within the village unless a "conditionally permitted use" has been approved by the Board of Zoning Appeals and a permit has been issued to the applicant by the Zoning Inspector. Application for a wind energy system shall be made on the same application as used for other zoning applications. No wind energy system shall be connected to the municipal power system without a properly executed power contract or interconnection agreement.

   (B)   The conditionally permitted use permit application shall be made in compliance with this section and §§ 153.576 through 153.579, which regulate conditionally permitted uses. The fee for such permit shall be the same as for other applications for conditionally permitted uses.

   (C)   Any physical modifications to an existing and permitted wind energy system that materially alters the size, type and number of such systems shall require a new permit be issued. Like-kind replacements shall not require a permit modification.

   (D)   Commercial wind energy system applications shall include the identification of probable useful life of the wind energy system, as well as a decommissioning plan for the commercial wind energy system.

   (E)   An applicant who proposes to construct or locate a wind energy system, as defined in this subchapter, on a roof of an existing or new structure shall be required to apply for a conditionally permitted use permit.

(Ord. 08-2010, passed 4-19-10; Am. Ord. 09-2022, passed 12-5-22)