K. NOISE
Sound attributable to the solar facility shall not exceed an hourly average sound level of sixty (60) A-weighted decibels as modeled at the property line adjacent to a dwelling or residence zone.
L. DRIVEWAY ACCESS
Driveways shall be paved with a hard surface material for the first fifty (50) feet from the edge of the public road pavement. Interior drives are not required to be paved. A solar facility shall have a twelve (12) foot wide gravel or paved perimeter roadway around the facility to be used by the fire service in the event of an emergency.
M. CONCURRENT USES
Nothing will prevent a solar facility from coinciding with agricultural uses including but not limited to the grazing of livestock or apiculture.
N. POWER LINES
Power lines installed on the solar facility project sites that connect panel rows to inverters must be buried underground. Power lines between the solar facility project and the electric utility transmission system may be overhead.
O. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
1. Pre-Construction Requirements:
a.
In addition to complying with the approved Road Use and Maintenance Agreement, an applicant, owner, and/or operator proposing to use any county road(s), for the purposes of transporting any component of a solar facility, substation and/or any other equipment for the construction, operation or maintenance of a solar facility shall comply with the following pre-construction requirements. All roads and services that will be used for transportation of construction materials, construction of the solar facility, and/or maintenance of the solar facility shall be identified. If the route includes a public road, such route shall be approved by the Delaware County Commissioners Engineer. To the extent possible, state or federal highways shall be utilized for the purposes of transporting any component of a solar facility, substation and/or any other equipment for the construction, operation or maintenance of a solar facility.
b.
The applicant, owner, and/or operator shall conduct a pre-construction baseline survey in coordination with, and acceptable to Delaware County. This survey shall be a part of the Road Use and Maintenance Agreement to determine existing road conditions for assessing current needed improvements and potential future damage. The survey shall include, but not be limited to, photographs, video, or a combination thereof, and a written agreement to document the condition of the public facility as the same exists on the date of the baseline survey.
c.
Any material change of location of the solar facility fenced boundary, and any material change in the location of the solar facility outside of the solar facility