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Article 5: Uses 9 <br /> Section 5.9: Standards forUtilities <br /> (1) Standards of Evaluation <br /> Residential and non-residential land uses shall be allowed to develop onsite solar <br /> arrays as a customary accessory use subject to submittal of a professionally <br /> prepared site plan in accordance with Section 2.5, demonstrating compliance <br /> with applicable standards as well as the following: <br /> (a) Nothing detailed herein shall be construed as the County mandating or <br /> requiring property owners adjacent, or in close proximity, to a parcel <br /> where a solar array is being erected to manage, remove, or otherwise <br /> alter foliage to guarantee solar access to a proposed array. <br /> (b) � � <br /> a „ rt Velume anArno I imitsIll <br /> \\ Selar Arrays, whether buidrting OF rd�nm r!.rateshall conform to tho <br /> fellewing limits-.1 <br /> Residential <br /> a. Have a rated G sity istent with local u+ilif„ <br /> nreyi ders net metering nelinv net to eVeeed 20kilewatts <br /> (for elentrieifii)• er <br /> A_.r equal t9240 <br /> A. H;;v a GG"eGt()F aFea of less than or equal to 4,000 <br /> squaFe feet (fer thermal) <br /> Nen esidee4aal <br /> a. Limits shall be based eR the average elestric+ty, sterage <br /> vel ume and thermal oelleGtor area y to s ert <br /> the needs of then ed faGility, <br /> koLb) Device(s) shall provide power for the principal use accessory uses <br /> of the property on which it is located and shall not be installed and/or <br /> used solely for income generation purposes where power is sold eitherto <br /> a utility provider or other similar thirthird-party entity. <br /> This provision shall be in no way construed as limiting the ability of the <br /> property owner to: <br /> {+ii} Transfer or sell excessive power generated onsite back to <br /> the utility provider or other third partythird-party entity or <br /> M Receive credit from a local utility provider for the <br /> power generated onsite as a means to offset utility <br /> bills. <br /> (d)Then erty GWRer shall n vide the f eunty with written autherizatien frem <br /> the IGCaI �•i--Utility GGm-rtpaRy aC v�ledgi g nrdapl)FOViRg the utility <br /> eennenfen v1"Iv• <br /> cvrmcccirnT <br /> WLc� The site plan shall denote the location and type of any batteries orother <br /> similar storage devices onsite. <br /> !f,1)Panelsshall be designed and eirientedd en the PrOperty SUGhhtthat <br /> ooneentraterd solar radiation o glare shall not he rdirested entonearby <br /> nrenerties o ead rights_ef_way, o etherwise s Bate a safety hazard <br /> �g)f�[) As part of the site plan submittal, the applicant shall be required to <br /> submit documentation detailing the proposed array will not alter,or <br /> require alteration of, any condition imposed as part of a previous <br /> approval allowing for the development and use of the property. <br /> (h) All meGhaniGal equipment a fated with and n y fer, the o ratien <br /> of the array shall beshieldedtea eid damage This shielding <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-63 <br /> [1] Covered in the North Carolina Building Code <br />