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A minimum fifty (50) foot setback shall be maintained from the closest point of the solar facility security fence facing right-of-way to the road right-of-way line, existing or proposed, whichever is greater.
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A minimum five hundred (500) foot setback, which includes a screening buffer and other native vegetation as described below, shall be maintained from the solar facility structures to any non-participating owner’s adjoining property which contains a occupied dwelling measured from the property line to the solar facility security fence. If the adjoining property does not contain a dwelling, the regular F Farming Zone side and rear setbacks of twenty-five (25) feet and fifty (50) feet, respectively, shall apply.
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A minimum five hundred (500) foot setback shall be maintained from any nonparticipating dwelling to any solar facility security fence. A minimum one hundred (100) foot setback shall be maintained for all other dwellings.
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Substation Setbacks: The substation setbacks shall be the same as those of the solar facility.
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Poles and Underground Wiring: For all poles carrying overhead wiring and for any underground wiring connecting the racks and components of a solar facility and/or to connect a solar facility to a substation for connection to or other direct connection to a utility’s electric transmission line, there are no setback requirements from property lines of adjoining landowners so long as the poles and underground wiring are located within a recorded easement for such purpose.
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Easements: Ground-mounted panels shall not be placed within any legal easement or right-of-way location, or be placed within any storm water conveyance system, regulated drain easement, special flood hazard area, or in any other manner that would alter or impede storm water runoff from collecting in a constructed stormwater conveyance system except by written permissions granted by the Delaware County Drainage Board, and owner of the land and/or right-of-way and/or easement. This would include but not be limited to state, county, and/or privately owned waterways, ditches, drainage tiles, retention areas and designated swales.
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Inverters: Any inverter shall be a minimum of five hundred (500) feet from any dwelling and shall be concealed by approved vegetation and fencing from the road.
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Horizontal Extension of Solar Facility: The furthest horizontal extension of a solar facility accepting excepting the solar facility collection system, solar facility transmission lines, ingress/egress road and solar facility access roads/lanes, shall not extend into a setback which is otherwise required for the zoning district in which the solar facility is located or into a required buffer yard or into a setback required for an adjacent zoning district nor be less than fifteen (15) feet from any structure or public right-of-way easement for any above ground telephone line, electrical transmission line, electrical distribution line or other above ground communication or transmission line.