Shasta County |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 17. ZONING* |
Chapter 17.02. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Article II. Definitions |
§ 17.02.265. Hydropower facility, small.
Latest version.
"Small hydropower facility" means machinery, including related structures and equipment, that generates electricity from turbines powered by water diverted from the natural flow of a creek, stream or river, which may be impounded by a dam or other diversion structure to create a reservoir, and that is capable of producing not more than thirty megawatts of electricity. "Small hydropower facility" includes the site at which the facility is located.
(Prior code § 5.01.080 (A)(42))