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Article 5: Uses 27 <br /> Section 5.9: Standards for Utilities <br /> (5) A Type E ' ^ Land Use9_Buffer shall be provided along any portion of the <br /> perimeter of the parcel, easement, or leasehold located adjacent to property <br /> zoned for residential use, except where such property is owned, leased or <br /> consists of other utility easements currently used for electrical distribution or <br /> transmission purposes or no other purposes. <br /> (6) Existing vegetation within an easement, leasehold or parcel of a public utility may <br /> be used to satisfy the landscaping requirements. <br /> (7) Modification to or replacement of existing facilities shall be subject to the <br /> requirements set forth in this Section. Pre existing facilities may remain during <br /> construction of replacement facilities, but shall be dismantled after the <br /> replacement facility is in operation. <br /> (8) The parcel or easement across the parcel, (whether owned or leased by the <br /> utility)on which the facility is located shall contain a minimum area of 5000 <br /> square feet. <br /> (9) The applicant shall submit proof of liability insurance covering bodily injury and <br /> property damage demonstrating a minimum coverage limit of $ 500,000.00 per <br /> occurrence lu <br /> 5.9.3 Public Utility Stations and Substations, Including Electric Substations, Metering, and <br /> Switching Stations Receiving More Than 100 Kilovolts (kv) of Electricity, Water Treatment, <br /> Sewage Treatment Plant, Telephone Exchanges <br /> (A) Standards for Class A Special Use Permits <br /> (1) Submittal Requirements <br /> In addition to the information required by Section 2.7, the following shall be <br /> submitted as part of the application: <br /> (a) A site plan showing all existing or proposed buildings, storage areas, <br /> parking and access areas, topography at a contour interval of five feet, <br /> any officially designated floodplains or alluvial soils. <br /> (b) Plans and elevations for all proposed structures and descriptions of the <br /> color and nature of all exterior materials. <br /> (c) Landscape Plan, at the same scale as the site plan, showing existing <br /> and proposed trees, shrubs, ground cover and other landscape material. <br /> (2) Standards of Evaluation <br /> (a) Perimeter fencinq and setbacks for the utility structure shall be provided <br /> in accordance with the National Electrical Safety Code. <br /> (b) The facility shall be located on a parcel or an easement across the <br /> parcel, (whether owned or leased by the utility) which has been recorded <br /> with the Orange County Register of Deeds. <br /> (c) Access easements extendinq from an approved public or private road to <br /> the facility shall be a minimum width of 30 feet. <br /> {a}(d) Where a building is involved and it is proposed to be located in a <br /> residentially zoned district, it shall have the appearance suitable for a <br /> residential district, or it shall be screened from adjacent residential land. <br /> 9 Staff is changing the wording to reflect the actual term utilized in Article 6,where required land use buffers are <br /> established. <br /> 10 There is no mention of proof of liability insurance for major utilities. Staff is proposing to add such a provision. <br /> "Proposed subsections(a),(b) and(c)are required for the small public utility land use category. Staff does not <br /> believe the original intent of the Ordinance was to eliminate these requirements from the larger,more intensive, <br /> public utility land use category. The standards will apply here as well. <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-74 <br />