(a) The facility owner and operator shall, at its expense, complete decommissioning to the wind energy facility, or individual wind turbines, within twelve (12) months.
(b) The wind energy facility or individual wind turbines will presume to be at the end of its useful life if no electricity is generated for a continuous period of twelve (12) months.
(c) Decommissioning shall include removal of wind turbines, buildings, cabling, electrical components, roads, foundations to a depth of thirty-six (36) inches, and any other associated facilities.
(d) Disturbed earth shall be graded and re-seeded, unless the owner requests in writing that the access roads or other land surface areas not be restored.
(e) If the facility owner or operator fails to complete decommissioning within the period prescribed by the subsection (a) above, then the landowner shall have six (6) months to complete decommissioning.
(f) If neither the facility owner or operator, nor the landowner complete decommissioning within the period prescribed by subsections (a) and (e) above, then the Village may take such measures as necessary to complete decommissioning. The landowner shall reimburse to the Village all costs associated with the Village’s decommissioning of a wind energy facility. Said costs may be certified to the County Auditor as a lien upon the property should the landowner fail to reimburse the Village. (Ord. 2250. Passed 10-11-10.)