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Contractor's offices and construction equipment sheds are allowed in any zoning district when accessory to an allowed construction project.
A. Contractor's offices and construction equipment sheds must be located on the same site as the construction project unless approved by the Commissioner of Building Inspection.
(Ord. 510-21. Passed 9-28-21.)
B. Mobile and manufactured homes or trailers may be used for a contractor's office and construction equipment shed.
C. No contractor's office or shed shall contain sleeping or cooking accommodations, except as necessary to accommodate security personnel.
D. Any such office or shed shall be removed within 14 days of completion of the construction project.
(Ord. 170-04. Passed 3-23-04.)
The purpose and intent of this chapter is to provide a uniform set of standards, conditions, and procedures for the placement of Micro Wind Systems, Small Wind Energy Systems, and Meteorological Towers on property located within the City of Toledo.
A. Further, the intended purpose is to
1. Allow the use of wind energy system towers and anemometers of limited height.
2. Protect residential areas from any potentially adverse visual or noise impacts of wind energy systems or related devices and structures.
3. Provide for a land use that will provide an energy source with low associated environmental impacts.
4. Provide for the removal of abandoned or noncompliant wind energy turbine generator towers, anemometer towers, and/or related devices or structures.
(Ord. 96-10. Passed 3-2-10.)
Anemometer: A device for measuring the speed of wind.
Decibel (db): The measurement of sound pressure relative to the logarithmic conversion of the sound pressure reference level often set as 0 db (A-weighted). In general, this means the quietest sound we can hear is near 0 db (A-weighted) and the loudest we can hear without pain is near 120 db (A-weighted). The average background noise in a house is about 50 dB, while a car driving down a street would be measured at 60 dB at a distance of 300 feet. A vacuum cleaner emanates sound at 70 dB.
Meteorological Tower: Means a facility consisting of a tower and related wind-measuring devices, which is used solely to measure wind speed and directions preliminary to construction of a Small Wind Energy System.
Micro Wind System: A building-mounted wind system (either a Vertical or Horizontal Axis Turbine) that has a Rated Capacity of 10 kW or less, (3kW or less for residential properties), and cannot exceed the maximum permitted building height by more than thirty (30%) percent. Micro wind systems shall also include similar systems such as wind spiral and all other building-mounted wind energy systems except for wind cubes.
Rated Capacity: The maximum rated output of electric power production equipment. This output is typically specified by the manufacturer with a "nameplate" on the equipment.
Small Wind Energy Systems: Means a free-standing wind energy electric generation system consisting of a tower, a turbine, and associated control or conversion electronics, with a rated capacity of 10kW or less per tower. This includes, but is not limited to, storage, electrical collection and supply equipment, and transformers.
System height. The vertical distance from ground level to the tip of the wind generator blade when it is at its highest point.
Tower height. The height above grade of the fixed portion of the tower.
Turbine: The parts of a wind system including the blades, generator and tail. The definition of a turbine includes both Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines (HAWT) and Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT).
Wind Cubes: A special type of horizontal axis wind turbine with a cubical shroud around the blade assembly that is used to increase the velocity of the wind for a given blade capture area.
(Ord. 96-10. Passed 3-2-10.)
Single Dwelling Residential (RS6) | Duplex Residential (RD6) | Single Dwelling Residential (RS9) | Multi- Dwelling Residential (RS12) | Multi- Dwelling Residential 1 (RM12, RM24, RM36) | Commercial Districts 1 (CN, CO, CR, CD) | Industrial Districts 1 (IL, IG, IP) | Institutional Campus 1 (IC) | |
Small | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Micro | Yes w/SUP | Yes w/SUP | Yes w/SUP | Yes w/SUP | Yes w/SUP | Yes | Yes | Yes, if shown on approved Master Plan, SUP if not shown |
Wind Cubes | No | No | No | No | Yes if Apt. Complex | Yes if 10,000 building sq.ft. | Yes if 10,000 building sq.ft. | Yes, if shown on approved Master Plan, SUP if not shown |
1 SUP required if exceeds height limit or nameplate capacity under general requirements or if more than one (1) wind energy system on a parcel.
(Ord. 96-10. Passed 3-2-10; Ord. 164-11. Passed 4-5-11.)
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