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<br />REQUIREMENT UDO SUPPORTING EVIDENCE Staff Planning <br />Board <br />STANDARDS for Solar Array – Public Utility <br />Site Plan <br />A site plan prepared in accordance <br />with Section 2.5 of and 5.9.6 (C) (1) <br />inclusive of UDO <br /> <br />5.9.6 (C) (1) <br />(a) through <br />(d) <br />Application, Applicant Testimony, <br />Staff Testimony, and Site plan. <br /> <br />Site plan provides elevations for <br />proposed arrays, detailed <br />landscape plans (Sheet(s) C1001 <br />and 1002). The application <br />contains required soils report <br />(Attachment 1 of May 26, 2015 <br />quarterly public hearing package). <br /> <br />Yes <br /> <br />Standards of Evaluation <br /> <br /> <br />On-site utility and transmission <br />lines placed underground when <br />feasible <br /> <br />5.9.6 (C) (2) <br />(a) <br /> <br />Application, Applicant Testimony, <br />Staff Testimony, and Site plan <br />(Sheet C1001 – Note 19) <br /> <br />Yes <br /> <br />Height of array shall not exceed 40 <br />ft. <br /> <br />5.9.6 (C) (2) <br />(b) <br /> <br />Application, Applicant Testimony, <br />Staff Testimony, and Site plan <br />(Sheet C1001) <br /> <br />Yes <br /> <br />Individual arrays shall be designed <br />and located to prevent reflective <br />glare toward inhabited buildings on <br />adjacent property and rights-of- <br />way. <br /> <br />5.9.6 (C) (2) <br />(c) <br /> <br />Application, Applicant Testimony, <br />Staff Testimony, and Site plan <br />(Sheet C1001 – Note 20) <br /> <br />Yes <br />Warning signs concerning voltage. 5.9.6 (C) (2) <br />(d) <br /> <br />Application, Applicant Testimony, <br />Staff Testimony, and Site plan <br />(Sheet C1001 – Note 15) <br /> <br />Yes <br />Mechanical equipment and arrays <br />shall be enclosed by a minimum 8 <br />ft. high fence and screening per <br />Section 6.8 of UDO. <br /> <br />5.9.6 (C) (2) <br />(e) <br /> <br />Application, Applicant Testimony, <br />Staff Testimony, and Site plan <br />(Sheets C1001 and 1002) <br /> <br />Yes <br />Proof of liability insurance – <br />minimum of $500,000.00 per <br />occurrence. <br /> <br />5.9.6 (C) (2) <br />(f) <br /> <br />Application and Applicant <br />Testimony <br /> <br />Yes <br />Type D land use buffer around <br />perimeter of project <br /> <br />5.9.6 (C) (2) <br />(g) <br /> <br />Application, Applicant Testimony, <br />Staff Testimony, and Site plan <br />(Sheets C1001 and 1002) <br /> <br /> <br />Yes <br />81