§ 85-803. Residential zones.

The following minimum requirements must be met when proposing to install a WECS in residential zoning districts. If all such provisions are met, the WECS is considered a permitted customary accessory structure to a permitted principal use.

A. 

Tier I criteria for building permit.

(1) 

Minimum lot area of 20,000 square feet.

(2) 

Maximum rotor diameter of five feet.

(3) 

For a roof-mounted WECS, the WECS total height cannot exceed six feet six inches above the highest point of the roof line but at all times must comply with the height requirements of the Town Code.

(4) 

Ground-mounted WECS.

(a) 

No more than one WECS is allowed.

(b) 

Horizontal-axis WECS must be constructed with no guy wires and no greater than 40 feet in WECS total weight.

(c) 

Vertical-axis WECS cannot exceed 40 feet in WECS total height.

B. 

Tier II criteria for building permit.

(1) 

Minimum lot area of 40,000 square feet.

(2) 

Proposes no more than one ground-mounted tower per 40,000 square feet of property, with a WECS total height less than 80 feet.

(3) 

Multiple turbines must be separated by a distance of at least 300 feet from the center of the tower at the foundation.

C. 

Tier III criteria for building permit.

(1) 

Minimum lot area of 84,000 square feet.

(2) 

Proposes no more than one ground-mounted tower per 84,000 square feet of property, with a WECS total height of less than 120 feet.

(3) 

Multiple turbines must be separated by a distance of at least 300 feet from the center of the tower at the foundation.

D. 

Tier IV criteria for building permit.

(1) 

Minimum lot area of 200,000 square feet.

(2) 

Proposes no more than one ground-mounted tower per 200,000 square feet of property, with a WECS total height of less than 160 feet.

(3) 

Multiple turbines must be separated by a distance of at least 300 feet from the center of the tower at the foundation.