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<br />Attachment F <br /> <br />ORDINANCE #09-_ <br /> <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNT <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 9 WHICH IS KNOWN AS ZONING AND SUBDIVISION <br />OF LAND. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9.02 TITLED "DEFINITIONS" <br />AND CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9.20 TITLED "ZONING DISTRICTS" AND ADDING <br />CHAPTER 9, SECTION 9.17 TITLED "WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS" OF <br />THE CITY CODKOF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The City of Ramsey ordains: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. AUTHORITY <br /> <br />This ordinance is adopted pursuant to and under the authority of the City Charter of the City of <br />Ramsey. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. AMENDMENT <br /> <br />Section 9.02 of the City Code entitled Defini:tions is amended to include the following: <br /> <br />Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS). Any device such as a wind charger, wind mill, or <br />wind turbine and associated facilities that converts wind energy to electrical energy. This <br />equipment includes any base, blade, foundatioJ;l, generator, nacelle, rotor, tower, transformer, <br />vane, wire, inverter, or other ~omponent used in the system. <br /> <br />WECS, Blade. A component of a WECS mounted to the rotor, causing the rotor to rotate under <br />wind conditions. . <br /> <br />WECS, Medium-Scale. A WECS with a height between 101 feet and 200 feet tall, including the <br />blade. <br /> <br />WECS, Micro-Scale. A WECS mounted to an existing Structure. <br /> <br />WECS, Small-Scale. A WECS with a height no greater than 50 feet tall, including the blade. <br /> <br />- <br />WECS, Utility-Scale. A WECS with a height greater than 200 feet, including the blade. <br /> <br />Section 9.20 of the City Code entitled Zoning Districts is amended to include the following: <br /> <br />Micro-Scale WECS and Small-Scale WECS shall be permitted as a Conditional Use in the R-1 <br />Residential, R-2 Residential, R-3 Residential, B-1 Business, B-2 Highway Business, E-1 <br />Employment, E-2 Employment, Public/Quasi Public, TC-l, TC-2, TC-3, and TC-5 Zonmg <br />. Districts. <br /> <br />Medium-Scale WECS shall be permitted as a, Conditional Use in the B-1 Business, B-2 Highway <br />Business, E-l Employment, E-2 Employment, Public/Quasi Public, TC-l, TC-2, TC-3, and TC-5 <br /> <br />135 <br />