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    • Los Alamos County, NM, Code of Ordinances

      Updated September 2023
      The county's code provides for solar access protections and the keeping of livestock in residential districts.
    • Kellogg, MN, Municipal Code

      Updated September 2020
      by: City of Kellogg, MN
      The city's zoning code permits solar energy systems in all districts subject to standards, and establishes a solar access right within a defined space on each residential lot.
    • Blaine County, ID, County Code

      Updated October 2023
      The county's code encourages the use of accessory solar energy systems in all zoning districts and provides solar siting considerations for planned unit development (PUD) proposals.
    • Phoenix, AZ, Municipal Code

      Updated April 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Food Trucks, Solar Energy, and Transit-Oriented Development collections.
    • North Kingstown, RI, Revised Ordinances

      Updated August 2021
      These regulations belong to the Solar Energy and Urban Agriculture collections.
    • Wauwatosa, WI, Municipal Code

      Updated September 2021
      This regulation belongs to the Grayfields Reuse and Redevelopment, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Hoboken, NJ, Municipal Code

      Updated December 2020
      These regulations belong to the Food Trucks and Solar Energy collections.
    • Huntsville, AL, Code of Ordinances

      Updated September 2020
      These regulations belong to the Food Trucks and Solar Energy collections.
    • Crested Butte, CO, Municipal Code

      Updated April 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Food Trucks and Solar Energy collections.
    • East Stroudsburg, PA, Municipal Code

      Updated August 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Solar Energy and Urban Agriculture collections.
    • Marion County, OR, County Code

      Updated August 2020
      The county's zoning code regulates three categories of agritourism uses and addresses accessory solar energy systems and solar PV power generating facilities.
    • Richmond, CA, General Plan 2030

      Adopted April 2012
      This comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health, Solar Energy, and Urban Agriculture collections.
    • Marin County, CA, Countywide Plan

      Adopted 2007, amended through 2013
      The countywide plan includes policies that promote food systems and solar energy.
    • Dunwoody, GA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated November 2021
      This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Solar Energy, and Urban Agriculture collections.
    • Guilford County, NC, Development Ordinance

      Updated June 2015
      This regulation belongs to the Agritourism and Solar Energy collections.
    • Loudoun County, VA, Zoning Ordinance

      2018
      The county's zoning ordinance allows agritourism uses and permits solar panels as accessory uses in residential districts.
    • Butte County, CA, Zoning Ordinance

      Updated July 2021
      This regulation belongs to the Agritourism, Farmland Protection, and Solar Energy collections.
    • Greenville, MI, Code of Ordinances

      Updated July 2021
      This regulation belongs to the Solar Energy and Urban Agriculture collections.
    • Hillsborough County, FL, Comprehensive Plan

      Adopted August 2008
      The Future Land Use Element in the county's comprehensive plan establishes a future land use category for renewable energy production.
    • Naperville, IL, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The city's zoning ordinance addresses accessory solar energy systems; the animal control ordinance addresses fowl and livestock as well as beekeeping.
    • Will County, IL, Code of Ordinances

      2017
      The county's zoning code addresses solar energy systems and animal keeping in residential districts.
    • Approaches to Balancing Solar Expansion and Farmland Preservation: A Comparison across Selected States

      EB 2018-04, May 2018
      by: Travis Grout, Jennifer Ifft
      This briefing paper addresses the growing need to manage and balance conflicts of interest between farmland protection and solar energy expansion.
    • Farmland Solar Policy Design Toolkit

      May 2020
      by: Genevieve Byrne
      This guide is designed to help state and local officials understand how different state and local policy options affect opportunities to site solar projects on farmland.
    • Tucson, AZ, Codified Ordinances

      Updated July 2022
      The city's Codified Ordinances belongs to the Biophilic Planning, Content-Neutral Sign Regulation, Downtown Revitalization, Historic Preservation, Marijuana-Related Uses, Scenic View Protection, Solar Energy, Urban Heat Resilience, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Issaquah, WA, Municipal Code

      Updated August 2019
      This collection belongs to the Green Building, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Cedar Rapids, IA, Municipal Code

      Updated January 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Historic Preservation, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Lakewood, CO, Zoning Ordinance

      Updated July 2019
      These regulations belong to the Solar Energy and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Smart Solar Siting Principles and Examples of Land Use Laws that Support Renewable Energy While Protecting Farmland

      May 2019
      This briefing paper is designed to help planners draft land-use and development regulations that balance solar development and farmland preservation goals.
    • Smart Solar Siting for New England

      September 2020
      This briefing paper is designed to help local officials and planners to protect farmland while encouraging solar energy development.
    • Broward County, FL, Code of Ordinances

      Updated October 2021
      This regulation belongs to the Farmland Protection, Grayfields Reuse and Redevelopment, and Solar Energy collections.
    • Model Solar Energy Facility Permit Streamlining Ordinance

      February 2012
      This model ordinance offers permitting and development standards for four types of solar energy systems (direct use, accessory use, secondary use, and primary use).
    • Albany, NY, Albany 2030

      Adopted April 2012
      This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Age-Friendly Communities, Built Environment and Health, Community Visioning, Comprehensive Planning, Food Systems, Social Equity, and Solar Energy collections.
    • Rock Island, IL, Comprehensive Plan

      Adopted April 2014
      This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health, Community Visioning, Comprehensive Planning, Food Systems, and Solar Energy collections.
    • Fort Collins, CO, City Plan

      Adopted April 2019
      The city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Age-Friendly Communities, Capital Improvements Programming, Community Visioning, Comprehensive Planning, Social Equity, and Solar Energy collections.
    • Lowell, MA, Sustainable Lowell 2025

      Adopted 2013
      This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health, Community Visioning, Comprehensive Planning, Social Equity, and Solar Energy collections.
    • Olathe, KS, Plan Olathe

      Adopted 2010
      This city's comprehensive plan includes an overall vision statement and additional vision statements for each of its 10 elements, as well as a policy and action promoting solar and alternative energy development.
    • Jackson/Teton County, WY, Comprehensive Plan

      Adopted April 2012
      This joint town-county's comprehensive plan includes a three-part vision statement, as well as a goal and several policies encouraging use of solar energy resources.
    • Salt Lake City, UT, City Code

      Updated September 2021
      The city's code belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Active Transportation, Affordable Housing Programs, Food Trucks, Group Housing, Home Occupations, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Solar Energy, Transit-Oriented Development, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • San Diego, CA, Municipal Code

      Updated February 2020
      This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Food Trucks, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Integrated Water Resource Management, Outdoor Lighting, Solar Energy, Urban Livestock, and Wildland-Urban Interface collections.
    • Pinellas County, FL, Code of Ordinances

      Updated February 2020
      This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • San Francisco, CA, Muncipal Code

      Updated June 2022
      This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Biophilic Planning, Climate Change, Creative Placemaking, Green Building, Housing Supply Planning, Shared Mobility, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Small Wireless Facilities and Wireless Facilities in the ROW, and Solar Energy collections.
    • Portland, OR, City Code

      Updated June 2022
      This regulation belongs to 18 Research KnowledgeBase collections.
    • Philadelphia, PA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated October 2021
      This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Design Review, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, and Urban Agriculture collections.
    • Carlsbad, CA, Municipal Code

      Updated May 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, and Solar Energy collections.
    • Santa Fe County, NM, County Code

      Updated July 13, 2018
      This regulation belongs to the Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, and Solar Energy collections.
    • Anaheim, CA, Municipal Code

      Updated March 2020
      This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Housing Supply Planning, and Solar Energy collections.
    • Minneapolis, MN, Code of Ordinances

      Updated November 2021
      This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Active Transportation, Affordable Housing Programs, Built Environment and Health, Food Trucks, Green Building, Group Housing, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Shared Mobility, Social Equity, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, and Urban Livestock collections.
    • Burlington, VT, PlanBTV

      Adopted March 2019
      This comprehensive plan belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Housing Supply Planning, and Solar Energy collections.
    • Provincetown, MA, Zoning By-Laws

      Updated May 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Housing Supply Planning, and Solar Energy collections.
    • Olathe, KS, Municipal Code

      Updated August 2020
      These regulations belong to the Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, Transit-Oriented Development, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections.

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