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PC Exhibit D <br /> Date Application Received: NA <br /> Date Application Considered as Complete: NA <br /> 60-Day Review Period Egpires: NA <br /> To: Chair Leskinen and Planning Commission <br /> Jessica Loftus, City Administrator <br /> From: �or Planner <br /> Date: November 13, 2014 <br /> Subject: 14-3700 Amendment of Zoning Code Chapter 78: Amend Section 78-1379 <br /> Regarding Small Wind Energy Conversion Systems (SWECS) <br /> Pertinent Regulations: <br /> 1) Orono Zoning Code Chapter 78: <br /> Article X. Supplementary Requirements and Restrictions <br /> Division 1. Generally. <br /> Section'78-1379. Alternative Energy Systems <br /> Subsections: (c)Definitions <br /> (� Wind Energy Conversion Systems <br /> 2) Minnesota Statutes 216F.01: <br /> 216F.01 DEFINITIONS. <br /> Subdivision 1.Scope. <br /> As used in this chapter,the terms defined in section 216E.01 and this section have the meanings given <br /> them,unless otherwise provided or indicated by the context or by this section. <br /> Subd.2.Large wind energy conversion system or LWECS. <br /> "Large wind energy conversion system"or"LWECS"means any combination of WECS with a combined <br /> nameplate capacity of 5,000 kilowatts or more. <br /> Subd.3.Small wind energy conversion system or SWECS. <br /> "Small wind energy conversion system"or"SWECS"means any combination of WECS with a combined <br /> nameplate capacity of less than 5,000 kilowatts. <br /> Subd.4.Wind energy conversion system or WECS. <br /> "Wind energy conversion system" or"WECS"means any device such as a wind charger,windmill,or wind <br /> \ turbine and associated faciliries that converts wind energy to electrical energy. <br /> r' <br /> �� Attachments: <br /> v/ Ordinance 125,3`d Series-Interim Ordinance <br /> ��'4 �Existing Code Section 78-1379 <br /> � �WECS Excerpts from 2013 Draft Ordinance(Not adopted) <br /> � ` D - Sample WECS Ordmances <br /> 1 -MPCA Model Ordinance <br /> �, � 2-Des Moines Metropolitan Advisory Council (MAC)Model Ordinance <br /> ` G� 3 -Brainerd,MN <br /> ,(� �i 4-Plymouth,MN <br /> �` ��� 5 -Delano,MN <br /> �Vazious SWECS Informational Materials <br />