As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ADEQUATE SCREENING
Shall consist of a vegetative barrier, fencing and/or other
appropriate materials to provide visual and aural protection to abutting
properties.
BUFFER STRIP
A strip of land between the ground-mounted solar photovoltaic
installation, including any structures accessory thereto, and the
boundary of a parcel, reserved for plant material, berms, walls or
fencing to serve as a visual barrier.
FENCING
Chain-link fencing that is "solid slatted" and erected to
a height of eight feet to provide site security and additional visual
protection to abutting properties.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Any materiel identified as such under any applicable law,
rule or regulation, including, without limitation, the Massachusetts
Oil and Hazardous Materials Release Prevention and Response Act, MGL
c. 21E; the Massachusetts Hazardous Waste Management Act, MGL c. 21C;
the Massachusetts Contingency Plan; the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601
et seq.; and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended,
42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.; whose purpose, without limitation,
is to provide for the protection of health, safety, public welfare
and the environment by the prevention and control of any activity
which may cause, contribute to or exacerbate a release or threat of
release of any hazardous material.
PLANT MATERIAL
Trees or shrubs of a type and height that sufficiently screen
the arrays, without blocking the necessary sun that would hinder the
panel's performance, including ground cover that would screen the
lower portion of the arrays.
SOUND BARRIERS
Fencing, vegetation, or other absorptive materials constructed
to protect abutting properties in any circumstance that result in
sound exceeding 10 decibels above ambient sound at the abutting property
lines.