Indiana Code
Chapter 42. Default Standards for Commercial Solar Energy Systems
8-1-42-16. Sound Level Limitations; Waiver of Requirement With Consent of Owners of Adjacent Nonparticipating Properties

Sec. 16. (a) Subject to subsection (b), and except as otherwise allowed by IC 36-7-4-1109, a project owner may not install or locate a CSE system in a unit unless the project owner demonstrates to the permit authority that the CSE system will operate in a manner such that the sound attributable to the CSE system will not exceed an hourly average sound level of fifty (50) A-weighted decibels, as modeled at the outer wall of a dwelling located on an adjacent nonparticipating property.
(b) The requirement set forth in subsection (a) may be waived with respect to any one (1) CSE system, subject to the written consent of the owner of each adjacent nonparticipating property.
As added by P.L.90-2022, SEC.2.

Structure Indiana Code

Title 8. Utilities and Transportation

Article 1. Utilities Generally

Chapter 42. Default Standards for Commercial Solar Energy Systems

8-1-42-1. Applicability; "Solar Energy Ready Community"

8-1-42-2. "Commercial Solar Energy System"

8-1-42-3. "Commercial Solar Regulation"

8-1-42-4. "Dwelling"

8-1-42-5. "Nonparticipating Property"

8-1-42-6. "Permit Authority"

8-1-42-7. "Project Owner"

8-1-42-8. "Unit"

8-1-42-9. Permit Authority Responsible for Enforcing Compliance With Standards; Authority to Adopt Less Restrictive Standards or to Waive or Make Less Restrictive Existing Standards; Unit's Planning and Zoning Powers Not Affected

8-1-42-10. Setback Requirements; Highways, Collector Roads, and Local Roads; Nonparticipating Properties; Landscape Buffer; Height Restriction; Waiver of Setback and Buffer Requirements With Consent of Nonparticipating Property Owner

8-1-42-11. Ground Cover; Vegetation Plan

8-1-42-12. Fencing

8-1-42-13. Underground Cables; Aboveground Infrastructure; Depth of Buried Cables; Cables and Lines Outside of Project Site

8-1-42-14. Glare Minimization; Adjacent Properties and Roadways; Vehicular Traffic

8-1-42-15. Signal Interference

8-1-42-16. Sound Level Limitations; Waiver of Requirement With Consent of Owners of Adjacent Nonparticipating Properties

8-1-42-17. Damage to Drainage Infrastructure; Repair; Installation of New Infrastructure

8-1-42-18. Decommissioning and Site Restoration Plan; Posting of Surety Bond or Equivalent Security; Required Posting Increments; Adjustment of Bond or Security After Periodic Reevaluation of Decommissioning Costs; Costs to Be Net of Estimated Salvag...

8-1-42-19. Cse System's Failure to Generate Electricity; Presumed Abandonment; Required Removal of Project Assets; Project Owner's Failure to Remove Assets; Removal of Assets by Permit Authority; Recovery of Costs

8-1-42-20. "Force Majeure Event"; Cessation of Electricity Generation; Project Owner's Notice to Permit Authority; Failure to Resume Operations; Presumed Abandonment; Project Owner's Failure to Remove Assets; Removal of Assets by Permit Authority; Re...