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APPLICANT --
Owner or Operator of a Wind Energy Conversion Device/Farm.
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| B. |
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE
(EMI) -- The interference to communications systems
created by scattering of electromagnetic signals.
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| C. |
SHADOW
FLICKER -- The alternating pattern of sun and shade
caused by wind tower blades casting a shadow.
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| D. |
WIND ENERGY CONVERSION
DEVICE -- The siting of one (1) mechanical device
such as a wind charger, windmill or wind turbine designed and used to
convert wind energy into a form of energy for commercial sale. The net
metering of the output from a wind charger, windmill or wind turbine
pursuant to a tariff filed with the New York State Public Service
Commission shall not be considered a Wind Energy Conversion Device and is
not subject to this local law.
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| E. |
WIND ENERGY CONVERSION FARM
-- The siting of two (2) or more mechanical
devices such as a wind charger, windmill or wind turbine designed and used
to convert wind energy into a form of energy for commercial sale. The net
metering of the output from a wind charger, windmill or wind turbine
pursuant to a tariff filed with the New York State Public Service
Commission shall not be considered a Wind Energy Conversion Device and is
not subject to this local law.
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| F. |
TOTAL HEIGHT --
The vertical distance from the ground level to the tip of a wind turbine
blade when the tip is at its highest point.
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| G. |
WIND TOWER --
The monopole, freestanding, or guyed structure that supports a wind
turbine generator.
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| H. |
RESIDENCE -- A
house, apartment or other shelter that is the usual residence of a person,
family or household that has county approved water, sewer and electric, or a combination thereof, at the adoption of this local law. A place where one actually lives as distinguished from a domicile or place of temporary sojourn, such as, but not limited to, a camper body on cinder blocks, a mobile home in the woods used as a hunting camp or camping site.
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