New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 19 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Chapter XVIII - Office of Renewable Energy Siting › Part 900 - Office of Renewable Energy Siting › Subpart 900-2 - Application Exhibits › Section 900-2.6 - Exhibit 5: Design Drawings

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
				  Drawings to be submitted pursuant to this section shall be prepared by or at
				  the direction of a professional engineer, licensed and registered in New York
				  State, whose name shall be clearly printed on the drawings.
(b) Wind facilities shall meet the setback
				  requirements in Table 1 or manufacturer setbacks, whichever are more stringent.
				  The setback distances shall be measured as a straight line from the centerline
				  or midpoint of the wind turbine tower to the nearest point on the building
				  foundation, property line or feature, as applicable. Compliance with such
				  setbacks (based on the tallest wind turbine model under consideration) shall be
				  shown in the general site plan drawings (or as stand-alone mapping) as required
				  by section
				  900-2.6(f)(1)(ii)
				  of this Part.
Table 1: Setback Requirements for Wind Turbine
					 Towers
Structure type
Wind Turbine Towers setback*
Substation
1.5 times
Any Above-ground Bulk Electric System**
1.5 times
Gas Wells (unless waived by landowner and gas
								  well operator)
1.1 times
Public Roads
1.1 times
Property Lines
1.1 times
Non-participating, non-residential
								  Structures
1.5 times
Non-participating Residences
2 times
*1.0 times Wind Turbine Towers setback is equal
								  to the Total Height of the Wind Facility (at the maximum blade tip
								  height).
**Operated at 100 kV or higher, and as defined
								  by North American Electric Reliability Corporation Bulk Electric System
								  Definition Reference Document Version 3, August 2018 (see section
								  900-15.1(e)(1)(i)
								  of this Part)
(c)
				  The applicant shall provide a table listing rated power, hub height, rotor
				  diameter, and total height of each wind turbine model under consideration for
				  the facility.
(d) Solar facilities
				  shall meet the setback requirements set forth in Table 2. Compliance with such
				  setbacks listed in Table 2 shall be shown in the general site plan drawings
				  required by section
				  900-2.6(f)(1)(i)
				  of this Part. Fencing, collection lines, access roads and landscaping may occur
				  within the setback.
Table 2: Setback Requirements for Solar Facility
					 Components
Setback Type
Solar Facility Setback
Non-participating residential property
								  lines
100 feet
Centerline of Public Roads
50 feet
Non-participating property lines
								  (non-residential)
50 feet
Non-participating occupied residences
250 feet
(e)
				  The maximum height of solar facilities, exclusive of electric collection,
				  transmission or substation/switchyard components, shall not exceed twenty (20)
				  feet from finished grade. The height of arrays shall be measured from the
				  highest natural grade below each solar panel to its maximum potential
				  height.
(f) Exhibit 5 shall
				  contain:
(1) Site plans of the proposed
				  facility, including the following:
(i) For
				  solar facilities, general site plan drawings (utilizing GIS mapping) of all
				  facility components at a legible common engineering scale (using a scale ratio
				  (in feet) of at least 1:200), two (2) full-size hard copy sets (22" x 34"
				  sheets) shall be provided with the application) including the following
				  proposed and existing features:
(a) Solar
				  panels, inverters, low-medium transformers, property lines, applicable setbacks
				  of Table 2: Setback Requirements for Solar Facility Components and any
				  applicable local setbacks;
(b)
				  Extents of proposed access road travel lanes (including indications of any
				  existing access roads to be utilized) and any turn-around areas/temporary road
				  improvements for component deliveries (may be included in site plans or as a
				  stand-alone map set per the requirements of section
				  900-2.17 of this Part);
(c) Electric cable collection line corridors
				  (including an indication of permanent rights-of-way (ROW)) and the approximate
				  locations of any proposed splice vaults; overhead and underground cable routes
				  shall be differentiated; mapping shall identify any locations of proposed
				  trenchless collection line installations, including the approximate lengths of
				  such electric line routes, information can be included in site plans or
				  provided as a stand-alone map set);
(d) The existing electric transmission line
				  (which the facility will interconnect to) and any known existing utilities
				  (including pipelines) and associated rights of way within the facility
				  site;
(e) Approximate limits of
				  disturbance for all facility components (panels, access roads, electric line
				  corridors, etc.);
(f) Approximate
				  clearing limits for all facility components (panels, access roads, buildings,
				  electric lines, shading vegetation, etc.);
(g) Extents of collection and interconnection
				  stations and any applicable local setbacks;
(h) Any proposed energy storage system(s) and
				  any applicable local setbacks;
(i)
				  Site security features, including approximate location of perimeter fencing;
				  and
(j) Any berms, retaining walls,
				  fences and other landscaping improvements (included in general site plans or
				  provided as a stand-alone map set).