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120 <br />3. Noise <br />17 <br />These are passive solar panels with no associated noise beyond a barely audible sound during daylight <br />hours. The transformer reportedly has a hum ijimilar to a fluorescent light in an office building that can <br />only be heard in close proiximity to this transformer and the buffers an the property are sufft ern to snake <br />emitted sounds inaudible from the adjoining properties. No sound is emitted from the facility at night. <br />The various solar farms that I have inspected were inaudible from the roadways. 1 heard nothing on any of <br />these sites associated with the solar farm. <br />i M-. <br />The solar farm will have no onsite employee's or staff. The site requires only minimal maintenance, Relative <br />to other potential use: of the site (such as a residential subdivision), the additional traffic generated by a, <br />solar farm use on this site is insignificant, <br />S. stigma <br />There is no stigma associated with solar farms and solar farms and people generally respond favorably <br />towards such a use. While an individual may express concerns about proximity to a soles' farm, there is no <br />specific stigma associated with a solar farm. Stigma generally refers to things such as adult establishments, <br />prisons, rehabilitation facilities, and so forth. <br />Solar panels have no associated stigma and in smaller collections are found in yards and roofs in many <br />residential communities. Solar pastels an a roof are often cited as an enhancement to the properly in <br />marketing brochures. <br />1 we no basis for an impact from stigma cluu to a solar farm. <br />6. Appearance <br />Larger solar farms using fined panels are a passive use of the land that is considered in keeping with a <br />rural/residential area. As shown below, solar farms are comparable to larger greenhouses. This is not <br />surprising givens that a greenhouse is essentially another method for collecting passive solar energy. The <br />greenhouse use is well received in residential/rural areas and has a similar visual impact as a solar farm, <br />