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Decatur Northwest 2, LLC <br /> Decatur Northwest 2 Commercial Solar Energy Facility, Decatur, IL <br /> City of Decatur, IL Zoning Ordinance <br /> City of Decatur. IL Zoning Ordinance Sec. XVII.M 1 Intense Commercial—Light Industrial District <br /> The Applicant seeks to have the Project area rezoned from R-1, a residential district,to M-1,a <br /> commercial and industrial district as a permitted use pursuant to Sec XVII,A,40. The Project is designed <br /> in a manner that conforms to the conditions of the zoning ordinances outlined by the City of Decatur, IL <br /> Zoning Ordinance Sec. XVII,C,and D. These requirements include: <br /> _. Height and Area Regulations. <br /> 1. Minimum Lot Area(square feet): 6.500 <br /> 2. Minimum Lot Width(feet): no requirement <br /> 3. Minimum Front Yard(feet): 25 <br /> 4. Minimum Rear Yard(feet): <br /> a. Adjacent to property in a residential district: 25 <br /> b. All others: no requirement <br /> 5. Minimum Side Yards(feet): <br /> a. Adjacent to property in a residential district: 5 <br /> b. All others: no requirement <br /> 6. Building Height(see Section XXII for exceptions to height regulations): <br /> a. No. of stories: 10 <br /> b. Maximum height(feet): 125 <br /> The Project is being designed to be compliant with the Height and Area Regulations including those <br /> related to lot size, lot width, front rear and side yard offsets,and height of construction on the Project site. <br /> D. Pertorinance Standards. All land uses within the light industrial district shall be expected to <br /> function within the following requirements: <br /> 1. Noise—no person shall operate or cause to be operated any source of sound in such a <br /> manner as to create a sound level which is discernible from the property line of the <br /> noise-intensive use. Emergency vehicles. sirens.communications,as well as aircraft <br /> operations,construction and worship bells chimes,are exempt from these <br /> requirements. <br /> The facility owner or operator shall comply with the requirements of the Illinois Pollution Control Board <br /> and any other applicable codes and ordinances regulating sound generation provided that they are not <br /> more restrictive than the sound limitations established by the Illinois Pollution Control Board. <br /> Commercial Solar Energy Facilities typically do not produce noise in excess of the ambient sound level <br /> and based on a completed noise modeling study using typical equipment predicted noise levels generated <br /> by Project sources will be well below the most limiting Illinois Pollution Control Board sound emission <br /> standards at sensitive residential receptors and the Macon County noise ordinance levels. <br /> 2. Odor-No odor from the following sources shall be detectable at the property line: <br /> a. dead or decaying matter, <br /> b. Storage of waste.garbage or untreated sewage: <br /> c. Animal offal and similar byproducts. <br />