03/02/2020 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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*DRAFT I MAY 2020 TOWN MEETING WARRANT* Page 32 F. Special Permits Rules and Application Requirements A Solar Energy System Special Permit shall not be granted unless each, of the following requirements/ submittals, in addition to the requirements of §174-24 C Special Permit use, are satisfied: 1. A properly completed and executed application form and application fee; 2. Any requested waivers; 31. Name, address, phone number and signature of the project proponent, as wellil as all co- proponents or property owners, if any-, 4. Namel contact information and signature of any agents representing the project proponent; 5. Name, address, and contact information for proposed system'install�er; 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 shoving 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 dietailing the solar electric installation, associated components, and electrical interconnection methods, with all Massachusetts Electrical Code (527 CMR § 12.00) compliant disconnects and overcurrent dievices. 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 & Maintenance Plan for the soliar 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 & 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 & Decommissioning Plan shall inclu'de a detailed description of how all of the following will be addressed. a. Physical removal of all structures; equipment, building, security barriers awed 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,.