Basic utility facilities and major utility facilities shall be subject to the following requirements:
(1) Service or storage yards tor any electric transformer station, gas regulator station, telephone exchange building, water work, reservoir, pumping station, or filtration plant, shall not be permitted, except in the B5, B6, M1, M2, M3, M4, M5 and TM Districts;
(2) In the R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, residential PD, PR and SD1 Districts:
a. Basic utilities shall be permitted only when operating requirements mandate that they be located within the district in order to serve the immediate vicinity: and
b. Outdoor service or storage yards shall not be permitted;
(3) In the SD4 District, the following uses shall be subject to site plan review as provided for in Section 50-3-113(8) of this Code, and subject to review as to the appropriateness of exterior design:
a. Electric transformer stations;
b. Gas regulator stations;
c. Telephone exchange buildings; and
d. Water works, reservoirs, pumping stations, and filtration plants.
(4) In the PR District, the only major utility that shall be permitted is a pumping station without on-site employees.
(5) Solar generation stations are limited to the PD and PR zoning districts; reasonable and appropriate conditions relative to the following factors may be attached to any approval:
a. Height of installation;
b. Setback from rights-of-way and adjacent properties and uses;
c. Screening from rights-of-way and adjacent properties and uses;
d. Landscaping;
e. Glare mitigation;
f. Noise;
g. Safety/access; site security;
h. Location of on-site power lines;
i. Lighting;
j. Notice for purpose of identification and warning;
k. Removal requirements upon abandonment/decommissioning;
l. Stormwater management;
m. Construction period impacts;
n. General site maintenance;
o. Off-street parking.
Codified by Ord. No. 28-19 (JCC 7/23/2019, Passed 9/10/2019, Approved 9/11/2019, Published 9/20/2019, Effective 10/1/2019); Amended by Ord. No. 2020-12 (JCC 2/18/2020, Passed 6/9/2020, Approved 6/15/2020, Published 8/21/2020, Effective 12/9/2020).