(a) "Wind Energy Conversion Systems" (WECS) (wind turbines) includes any or all of the following components: a turbine with propeller-style blades, or a vertical rotor, or other means of capturing the energy in moving air; a tower or a mounting structure; an electrical power generator with associated electrical power transmission circuitry; a battery or other means of storing energy; other means of transmitting energy (hydraulic, mechanical, etc.); mechanical control mechanisms; electrical/electronic/computer control circuitry; a foundation; enclosures.
(b) "Total Height" means the distance measured from ground level to the tip of the blade extended at its highest point or to the top of the tower, whichever is highest.
(c) "Small WECS" means a WECS that will be used primarily to reduce on-site consumption of electrical power and has a turbine rated at 100kW or less.
(d) "Wind Turbine Rotor" means that portion of a wind turbine that includes the blades or scoops, hub and shaft.
(e) "Tower" means an elevating structure intended to raise the rotor, turbine and accessory equipment above either the ground surface or the top of a building.
(f) "Commercial WECS" means a WECS consisting of more than one wind turbine and tower, or a WECS that will be used primarily for off-site consumption of electrical power.
(g) "Wind Turbine" means a WECS that converts wind energy into another form of energy by means of rotary motion driven by the passage of air through the WECS.
(h) "Monopole" a wind turbine tower that is a freestanding design without guy wires or lattice supports.
(Ord. 2009-35. Passed 6-1-09.)