Utility Facilities

§ 417 Utility Facilities

A. Visual Screening. Siting of any utility facility shall minimize adverse visual impact and the facility shall be screened by planting to the extent feasible.

B. Special Procedures. The development plan for any utility facility shall include evidence of compliance with all state and federal regulations for such facility.

C. Special Procedures in the Residential A and Residential B Zones.

1. Any utility facility located in the Residential A Zone or in a Residential B Zone shall to the extent feasible be designed to resemble a single-family residence or accessory building. To this end, the general special use criteria set forth in § 401(A)(1) of this Zoning Ordinance shall be strictly construed and applied to such facility.

2. No utility facility located in the Residential A Zone or the Residential B Zone shall be allowed to attach an antenna or any other device related to the operation of the utility facility to a wind energy conversion system. (Section Amended October 3, 1994)