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1. A properly completed and executed application form and application fee. 2. Any requested waivers. To this end, as part of its Special Permit decision, the Planning Board may, at its sole discretion, establish a lot coverage maximum that exceeds 20% in consideration of site specific conditions. 3. Name, address, phone number and signature of the project proponent, as well as all co -proponents or property owners, if any. 4. Names, contact information and signatures of any agents representing the project proponent. 5. Name, address and contact information for proposed system installer. 6. Documentation of actual or prospective access and control of the project site sufficient to allow for construction and operation of the proposed solar energy system. 7. Proposed hours of operation and construction activity. 8. Blueprints or drawings of the solar energy system signed by a Massachusetts licensed Registered Professional Engineer showing the proposed layout of the system and any potential shading from nearby structures. 9. Utility Notification: Evidence that the utility company that operates the electrical grid where a grid- intertie solar energy system is to be located has been informed of the system owner or operator's intent to install an interconnected facility and acknowledges receipt of such notification, and a copy of an Interconnection Application filed with the utility including a one or three line electrical diagram detailing the solar electric installation, associated components, and electrical interconnection methods, with all Massachusetts Electrical Code (527 CMR§ 12.00) compliant disconnects and overcurrent devices. Off -grid solar energy systems shall be exempt from this requirement. 10. Documentation of the major system components to be used, including the electric generating components, battery or other electric storage systems, transmission systems, mounting system, inverter, etc. 11. Preliminary Operation and Maintenance Plan for the solar energy system, which shall include measures for maintaining safe access to the installation, storm water management, vegetation controls, and general procedures for operational maintenance of the installation. 12. Abandonment and Decommissioning Plan: Any ground -mounted solar energy system which has reached the end of its useful life or has been abandoned (i.e., when it fails to operate for more than one year without the written consent of the Planning Board) shall be removed. The owner or operator shall physically remove the installation within 150 days of abandonment or the proposed date of decommissioning. The owner or operator shall notify the Planning Board by certified mail of the proposed date of discontinued operations and plans for removal. The Abandonment and Decommissioning Plan shall include a detailed description of how all of the following will be addressed: (a) Physical removal of all structures; equipment, building, security barriers and transmission lines from the site, including any materials used to limit vegetation. (b) Disposal of all solid and hazardous waste in accordance with local, state and federal waste disposal regulations. (c) Stabilization or re -vegetation of the site as necessary to minimize erosion. The Planning Board may allow landscaping or below -grade foundations left in situ in order to minimize erosion and disturbance of the site. (d) Description of financial surety for decommissioning: Proponents of ground -mounted solar energy systems shall provide a form of surety, either through escrow account, bond or other