§ 17.18.110. Special permit filing requirements.

The following shall be included with an application for a special permit for each commercial wind energy conversion facility:

A.

General Filing Requirements:

1.

Name, address, telephone number and original signature (photo-reproductions of signatures will not be accepted) of applicant and any co-applicants. Co-applicants may include the landowner of the subject property or the operator of the wind energy conversion facility. If telecommunications antennae are proposed, a telecommunications carrier should be a co-applicant.

2.

If the applicant or co-applicant will be represented by an agent, the name, address and telephone number shall be provided and original signature authorizing the agent to represent the applicant and/or co-applicant shall also be provided. Photo-reproductions of signatures will not be accepted.

3.

Documentation of the legal right to install and use the proposed facility and proof of control over the setback or clear areas, proof of financial surety that satisfies Section 17.18.100(C), certification of lighting requirements from the FAA, statement that satisfies noise requirements, and certification of attainment for Federal Communications Commission relating to interference with radio or television reception.

4.

An estimate of useful life and documents and schedule related to decommissioning.

B.

Location Map Filing Requirements. Copy of a portion of the most recent USGS quadrangle map, at a scale of 1:25,000, showing the proposed facility site, including turbine sites, and the area within at least two miles from the facility. Zoning district designation for the subject parcel should be included; however copy of zoning map with the parcel identified is suitable.

C.

Site Plan Requirements. Twelve copies of a one-inch-equals-40 feet vicinity plan, signed and sealed by a registered professional engineer or licensed surveyor showing the following:

1.

Property lines for the subject property and all properties adjacent to the subject property within three hundred feet.

2.

Outline of all existing buildings, including purpose (e.g., residential buildings, garages, accessory structures, etc.) on subject property and all adjacent properties within three hundred feet. Distances, at grade, from the proposed wind energy conversion facility to each building on the vicinity plan shall be shown.

3.

Proposed location of wind energy conversion facility, including all turbines, fencing, associated ground equipment, transmission infrastructure and access roads. Including: i) Location of all roads, public and private, on the subject property and on all adjacent properties within three hundred feet including driveways proposed to serve the wind energy conversion facility; ii) All proposed changes to the existing property, including grading, vegetation removal and temporary or permanent roads and driveways; and iii) Representations, dimensioned and to scale, of the proposed facility, including cable locations, parking areas and any other construction or development attendant to the wind energy conversion facility.

4.

Tree cover and average height of trees on the subject property and adjacent properties within three hundred feet.

5.

Contours at each two feet above mean sea level (AMSL) within fifty feet of proposed wind energy conversion facility and at a five-foot interval for the remainder of the subject property and adjacent properties within three hundred feet.

6.

Representation of location of viewpoint for the sight-line diagram referenced below.

D.

Visualizations and Photographs.

1.

Sight-line Representation. A sight-line representation shall be drawn from representative locations that show the lowest point of the turbine tower visible from each location. Each sight line shall be depicted in profile, drawn at a scale of one inch equals forty feet. The profiles shall show all intervening trees and buildings. There shall be at least two sight line representations illustrating the visibility of the facility from surrounding areas such as the closest habitable structures or nearby public roads or areas.

2.

Existing (Before Condition) Photographs. A color photograph of the current view shall be submitted from at least two locations to show the existing situation.

3.

Proposed (After Condition). Each of the existing-condition photographs shall have the proposed wind energy conversion facility or tower superimposed to accurately simulate the proposed wind energy conversion facility when built and illustrate its total height, width and breadth.

4.

The applicant shall provide siting elevations, or views at-grade from the north, south, east and west for a fifty-foot radius around the proposed wind energy conversion facility or tower, showing the following:

a.

Wind energy conversion facility or tower and, if applicable, the security barrier and associated equipment, with total elevation dimensions for all parts of the facility or tower.

b.

Security barrier. If the security barrier will block views of the wind energy conversion facility or tower, the barrier drawing shall be cut away to show the view behind the barrier.

c.

Existing trees and shrubs at current height and proposed trees and shrubs at proposed height at time of installation, with approximate elevations shown.

d.

Grade changes, or cuts and fills, to be shown as original grade and new grade line, with two-foot contours above mean sea level.

E.

Balloon or Crane Test: Within thirty days of the submission of an application for a special permit, the applicant shall arrange for a balloon or crane test at the proposed site to illustrate the height of the proposed facility. The date, time and location of such test shall be advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the city at least fourteen days, but not more than twenty-one days, prior to the test. Such advertisement shall be made at the expense of the applicant. In addition, notice shall be provided to the city, abutters, and abutters to abutters within three hundred feet as certified by the assessor's department, with proof of notification.

F.

Specifications. Specifications for any proposed wind energy conversion facility or tower, and all equipment and attendant facilities, shall be provided as part of the application.

(C.O. 09-139, § 1, 9-21-2009)