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Troy, MI, Zoning Ordinance
Updated March 2023These regulations belong to the Green Building, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Providence, RI, Zoning Ordinance
Updated April 2020These regulations belong to the Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Going Solar in Georgia: Opportunities for Local Governments
2016by: Jessica Alcorn, Shana Jones, John O'LooneyThis guide is designed to help cities and counties in Georgia promote solar energy use by both developing on public property and supporting residential solar development. -
Laramie, WY, Municipal Code
Updated March 2019This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Food Systems, Solar Energy, Urban Livestock, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Sustainable Development Code
2021by: Jonathan RosenbloomThis guide belongs to the Hazard Mitigation, Home Occupations, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, Wildland-Urban Interface, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Portsmouth, VA, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 2019This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Green Building, Solar Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Milwaukee, WI, Code of Ordinances
Updated November 2019These regulations belong to the Complete Streets, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Tempe, AZ, City Code
Updated July 2021These regulations belong to the Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Solar Energy, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
Rochester, NY, City Code
Updated July 2018The city's zoning code belongs to the Downtown Revitalization, Form-Based Zoning, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, and Solar Energy collections. -
Grand Rapids, MI, Code of Ordinances
Updated June 2019This regulation belongs to the Food Trucks, Outdoor Lighting, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Solar Energy, Transit-Oriented Development, Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Eugene, OR, Municipal Code
Updated May 2019This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Active Transportation, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, and Solar Energy collections. -
Albuquerque, NM, Integrated Development Ordinance
Updated May 2018This regulation belongs to the Form-Based Zoning, Housing Supply Planning, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, and Solar Energy collections. -
Fargo, ND, Municipal Code
Updated January 2020This regulation belongs to the Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Small Wireless Facilities and Wireless Facilities in the ROW, and Solar Energy collections. -
Park City, UT, Municipal Code
2018This regulation belongs to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Inclusionary Housing, Scenic View Protection, and Solar Energy collections. -
Pleasanton, CA, Municipal Code
Updated July 2019This regulation belongs to the Green Building, Inclusionary Housing, and Solar Energy collections. -
Livermore, CA, Development Code
Updated September 24, 2018This regulation belongs to the Form-Based Zoning, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing and Solar Energy collections. -
Boulder, CO, Revised Code
Updated April 2019This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Active Transportation, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Food Trucks, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Marijuana-Related Uses, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, and Solar Energy collections. -
Evanston, IL, Code of Ordinances
Updated February 2022This regulation belongs to the Climate Change, Food Trucks, Inclusionary Housing, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Solar Energy, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Davis, CA, Municipal Code
Updated October 2021This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Farmland Protection, Inclusionary Housing, and Solar Energy collections. -
Sacramento, CA, City Code
Updated September 2021This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Historic Preservation, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, Transit-Oriented Development, and Urban Agriculture collections. -
San Jose, CA, Municipal Code
Updated September 2021This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Affordable Housing Programs, Built Environment and Health, Group Housing, Housing Supply Planning, Shared Mobility, and Solar Energy collections. -
Tacoma, WA, Municipal Code
Updated March 2020This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Affordable Housing Programs, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, Solar Energy, and Transfer of Development Rights collections. -
San Luis Obispo, CA, Municipal Code
Updated December 2019This regulation belongs to the Affordable Housing Programs, Housing Supply Planning, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Solar Energy, and Tiny Houses and Micro-Apartments collections. -
Santa Monica, CA, Municipal Code
Updated August 2021This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Affordable Housing Programs, Housing Supply Planning, Shared Mobility, Short-Term Residential Rentals, and Solar Energy collections. -
Madison, WI, Code of Ordinances
Updated March 2023This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Creative Placemaking, Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, Housing Supply Planning, Outdoor Lighting, Rethinking Off-Street Parking Requirements, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Santa Clara County, CA, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2018These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Home Occupations, Scenic View Protection, Solar Energy, and Wildland-Urban Interface collections. -
Sparks, NV, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 2021These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Content-Neutral Sign Regulation, Housing Supply Planning, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Los Angeles, CA, Municipal Code
Updated December 2021This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation, Affordable Housing Programs, Design Review, Grayfields Reuse and Redevelopment, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill, Solar Energy, and Urban Heat Resilience collections. -
Aurora, CO, Sustainable Infill and Redevelopment Design Handbook
2012by:This handbook and design guidelines address Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, and Solar Energy. -
Bentonville, AR, Zoning Code
Updated March 2018This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Content-Neutral Sign Regulation, Downtown Revitalization, Housing Supply Planning, and Solar Energy collections. -
Chula Vista, CA, Municipal Code
Adopted February 2019This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Housing Supply Planning, and Solar Energy collections. -
Denver, CO, Zoning Code
Updated July 2021This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Form-Based Zoning, Group Housing, Housing Supply Planning, Short-Term Residential Rentals, Solar Energy, Urban Agriculture, Urban Livestock, Wind Energy, and Zoning Reform and Code Writing collections. -
Hailey, ID, Municipal Code
Updated October 2022This regulation belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Green Building, Housing Supply Planning, Outdoor Lighting, Solar Energy, Tiny Homes and Micro Apartments, and Urban Livestock collections. -
Knoxville, TN, Code of Ordinances
Updated August 2019by: City of KnoxvilleThese regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Downtown Revitalization, Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, and Solar Energy collections. -
Butte County, CA, Butte Utility-Scale Solar Guide
September 2017This guide is designed to help solar developers and other community stakeholders understand opportunities for large-scale solar development in Butte County, California. -
Bellingham, WA, Municipal Code
Updated October 2020These regulations belong to the Housing Supply Planning, Residential Infill Development, and Solar Energy collections. -
Burlington, VT, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2021These regulations belong to the 13 collections, ranging from Accessory Dwelling Units to Zoning Reform collections. -
New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association Model Solar Zoning Ordinance
April 2018This model ordinance provides a template to help planners in New Hampshire draft zoning regulations that permit solar development at different scales and in different contexts. -
Austin, TX, Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan
Updated June 2018This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Age-Friendly Communities, Biophilic Planning, Built Environment and Health, Creative Placemaking, Community Visioning, Comprehensive Planning, Food Systems, and Solar Energy collections. -
Renewable Energy Combining Zone
February 2012This model ordinance establishes a Combining Zone for large-scale renewable energy facilities in appropriate areas. -
Carbondale, CO, Climate and Energy Action Plan
Adopted June 2017This functional plan describes the town's existing solar market and includes multiple strategies to further promote solar energy use. -
Mining the Sun: Clean Energy on Mines and Brownfields
July 2024This page highlights the Mining the Sun Report which recommends siting clean energy projects on degraded land like mining sites, landfills, and brownfields. -
Georgia Model Solar Zoning Ordinance Guide
Version 1.0, July 2018This guide is designed to help cities and counties use the Georgia Model Solar Zoning Ordinance to develop solar regulations for different types of solar energy systems. -
Cheyenne, WY, PlanCheyenne
Adopted April 2014The city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Complete Streets and Solar Energy collections. -
El Paso, TX, Plan El Paso
Adopted March 2012The city’s comprehensive plan belongs to the Complete Streets, Form-Based Zoning, and Solar Energy collections. -
Orlando, FL, Comprehensive Plan
Updated August 2017The city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Complete Streets and Solar Energy collections. -
Overview of Opportunities for Co-Location of Solar Energy Technologies and Vegetation
December 2013by: Jordan Macknick, Brenda Beatty, Graham HillThis report explores the siting of solar systems with natural vegetation to reduce environmental impacts and environmental mitigation costs. -
Austin, TX, City Code
Updated April 2022These regulations belong to 19 different Research KnowledgeBase collections, ranging from Active Transportation to Urban Agriculture. -
San Antonio, TX, Code of Ordinances
Updated July 2023These regulations belong to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Age-Friendly Communities, Food Trucks, Grayfields Reuse and Redevelopment, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Historic Preservation, Home Occupations, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Scenic View Protection, Solar Energy, and Tree Preservation and Urban Forest collections. -
Portland, OR, Comprehensive Plan
Updated March 2020This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Accessory Dwelling Units, Affordable Housing Programs, Comprehensive Planning, Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Housing Supply Planning, Inclusionary Housing, Social Equity, Solar Energy, and Tree Preservation and the Urban Forest collections.