Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
APPLICANT
An owner applying for a permit under this section.
APPLICATION
An application for a permit under this section.
COLLECTOR SURFACE
Any part of a solar collector that absorbs solar energy for
use in the collector's energy transformation process. "Collector
surface" does not include frames, supports and mounting hardware.
IMPERMISSIBLE INTERFERENCE
The blockage of wind from a wind energy system or solar energy from a collector's surface or proposed collector's surface for which a permit has been granted under this section during a collector use period if such blockage is by any structure or vegetation on property, an owner of which was notified under Subsection
B(2). "Impermissible interference" does not include:
(1)
Blockage by a narrow protrusion, including but not limited to
a pole or wire, which does not substantially interfere with absorption
of solar energy by a solar collector or does not substantially block
wind from a wind energy system.
(2)
Blockage by any structure constructed, under construction or
for which a building permit has been applied for before the date the
last notice is mailed or delivered under Subsection B(2).
(3)
Blockage by any vegetation planted before the date the last
notice is mailed or delivered under Subsection B(2).
OWNER
At least one owner, as defined under § 66.0217(1)(d),
Wis. Stats., of a property or the personal representative of at least
one owner.
PERMIT
A solar energy access permit or wind energy access permit
issued under this section.
SOLAR COLLECTOR
A device, structure or part of a device or structure a substantial
purpose of which is to transform solar energy into thermal, mechanical,
chemical or electrical energy.
STANDARD TIME
The solar time of the ninetieth meridian west of Greenwich.
WIND ENERGY SYSTEM
Equipment that converts and then stores or transfers energy
from the wind into useful forms of energy.