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    • Taft, CA, General Plan

      Updated April 2017
      This city's general plan supports the use of sustainable energy technologies, and the Open Space and Conservation, as well as the Energy Resources Alternative Energy Development, elements include policies and actions supporting renewable energy use.

    • Easthampton, MA, Master Plan

      Adopted 2008
      The Energy & Sustainability chapter of the city's master plan includes strategies of encouraging city-owned and brightfields solar energy projects.

    • Queen Annes County, MD, County Code

      Updated July 2020
      by: Queen Annes County Planning
      These regulations belong to the Solar Energy and Transfer of Development Rights collections.

    • Davis, CA, Climate Action and Adaptation Plan

      Adopted June 2010
      This functional plan identifies solar energy production as a main objective and provides several solar-supportive action items.

    • Lansing, MI, 2012 Comprehensive Plan: Design Lansing

      Adopted April 2012
      The city's comprehensive plan discusses solar installations and promotes the development of renewable energy infrastructure.

    • The Environmental Review of Solar Farms in the Southeast

      March 2017
      by: Lauren Bowen
      This briefing paper summarizes the key features of environmental review processes for large-scale solar development projects in the Southeastern U.S.

    • Land Use Considerations for Large-Scale Solar

      SolSmart Issue Brief, November 2020
      by: Electric Power Research Institute
      This briefing paper summarizes stormwater management challenges and potential vegetation management solutions for large-scale solar development.

    • Low-Impact Solar Development Strategies Guidebook

      August 2020
      This guidebook is designed to help community stakeholders plan and implement solar development projects that minimize environmental impacts or preserve farmland.

    • Clemson, SC, Comprehensive Plan 2024

      Updated September 2019
      The Natural Resources element of the city's comprehensive plan includes a broad objective to increase the use of solar energy along with seven recommended strategies that address both public and private investments in solar development.

    • Yolo County, CA, County Code

      Updated November 2020
      The county's zoning code defines and regulates small, medium-sized, large, and very solar energy systems

    • Clark County, NV, Code of Ordinances

      Updated August 2020
      The county's development code permits distributed electric generation as an accessory use in all districts and renewable energy electric generating stations as special uses in certain districts.

    • The Dalles, OR, Comprehensive Land Use Plan

      Adopted May 2011
      The city's comprehensive plan supports solar energy use as an energy conservation strategy.

    • New Richmond, WI, Code of Ordinances

      Updated December 2019
      The city's zoning code permits various types of solar energy systems, including solar gardens, either by right or as conditional uses, subject to use-specific standards.

    • Jefferson County, GA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated October 2019
      The county's land use and development code permits primary-use solar energy systems by right in agricultural and light industrial districts, subject to use-specific standards.

    • Oak Harbor, OH, Code of Ordinances

      Updated March 2020
      The village's zoning code permits roof-mounted solar energy systems in all districts subject to standards; ground-mounted and commercial solar energy systems require conditional use approval in all districts.

    • Putnam County, GA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated September 2020
      The county's zoning code permits solar energy farms in the agricultural and industrial districts by right, subject to standards.

    • Warrensburg, MO, Code of Ordinances

      Updated July 2019
      The city's zoning code provides standards for solar energy systems; it permits solar panels as accessory uses in all districts and allows utility-scale solar energy systems as conditional uses in commercial and industrial districts.

    • Northampton County, VA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated October 2020
      The county's zoning code permits small solar energy facilities by right in all districts and establishes a Solar Energy floating zone district for planned solar energy power generation.

    • Yuba County, CA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated May 2018
      The county's development code permits "personal" solar energy systems in all districts, allows "large solar generation facilities" as conditional uses in industrial and agricultural districts, and permits "small solar generation facilities" with a minor conditional use permit in most districts.

    • Yellow Springs, OH, Code of Ordinances

      Updated December 2019
      The village's zoning code permits nonresidential solar facilities in industrial districts and allows them as conditional uses in the educational institution district.

    • Kern County, CA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated October 2020
      The county's zoning code permits accessory solar energy systems in all districts by right and primary-use systems in ag, natural resource, and industrial districts with conditional use approval.

    • Port St. Lucie, FL, Code of Ordinances

      Updated October 2020
      The city's zoning code allows accessory solar energy systems in most residential districts, and allows solar generation stations as special exception uses in certain districts, providing detailed supplementary use standards.

    • Holyoke, MA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated February 2020
      The city's zoning code permits accessory solar energy systems by right with a building permit in all districts and permits large-scale ground-mounted solar facilities by right in all districts with site plan review.

    • Madera County, CA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated October 2020
      The county's zoning code permits solar farms as conditional uses in certain agricultural, industrial, and open space districts.

    • Oxnard, CA, 2030 General Plan

      Adopted September 2011
      The city's general plan includes multiple goals encouraging renewable energy generation.

    • Napa, CA, Sustainability Plan

      Adopted 2011
      The city's sustainability plan discusses strategies for increasing the production of solar energy within the city.

    • Lancaster, CA, Code of Ordinances

      Updated November 2020
      The city's zoning code allows accessory solar energy systems by right in all districts and provides for solar farms, as well as requiring solar energy system installation in new homes.

    • Fayetteville, NC, Sustainability Master Plan

      Adopted October 2009
      The city's sustainability plan includes solar farm development as a long-term sustainability initiative.

    • Central Point, OR, Muncipal Code

      Updated January 2020
      by:
      The city's municipal code requires solar orientation in TOD districts and for planned unit developments. The city’s flood damage prevention regulations exceed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s minimum requirements.

    • Providence, RI, Providence Tomorrow

      Adopted November 2014
      The city’s comprehensive plan includes extensive hazard mitigation policy recommendations across multiple chapters.

    • Racine County, WI, Code of Ordinances

      Updated February 2020
      The county's subdivision ordinance addresses solar design, encouraging solar orientation for streets, lots, and buildings, allowing for solar access easements, and encouraging tree plantings that minimize solar access impacts. The county’s zoning code also includes floodplain development regulations that exceed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s minimum requirements.

    • Pinellas County, FL, Comprehensive Plan

      Adopted 2010
      The county's comprehensive plan includes goals, objectives, and policies that address solar energy use and group housing.

    • Maricopa County, AZ, Zoning Ordinance

      Updated May 2017
      These regulations belong to the Group Housing, Home Occupations, and Solar Energy collections.

    • Henderson, NV, Development Code

      Updated July 2019
      The city's development code belongs to the Group Housing, Marijuana-Related Uses, and Solar Energy collections.

    • Petaluma, CA, General Plan

      Updated January 2012
      This comprehensive plan belongs to the Green Building and Solar Energy collections.

    • Broward County, FL, Comprehensive Plan

      Adopted March 2019
      This comprehensive plan belongs to the Green Building and Solar Energy collections.

    • West Hollywood, CA, Municipal Code

      Updated August 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Green Building and Solar Energy collections.

    • Culver City, CA, Municipal Code

      Updated June 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Green Building and Solar Energy collections.

    • King County, WA, Comprehensive Plan

      Updated October 2018
      This comprehensive plan belongs to the Built Environment and Health, Food Systems, Social Equity, Solar Energy, and Transfer of Development Rights collections.

    • Scottsdale, AZ, Code of Ordinances

      Updated September 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Green Building, and Solar Energy collections.

    • Gladstone, MO, Comprehensive Plan

      Updated February 2011
      This comprehensive plan includes belongs to the Green Building and Solar Energy collections.

    • Iowa Solar Siting Resource Guide: A Roadmap for Counties

      February 2020
      by: Cody Smith, Kerri Johannsen, Jordan Oster
      This guide is designed to help county planners in Iowa draft and implement zoning regulations for community- and utility-scale solar development.

    • Amplifying Clean Energy With Conservation Part One: Pollinator-Friendly Solar

      October 2020
      by: Cody Smith
      This report highlights opportunities to combine large-scale solar installations with native vegetation to provide habitat for pollinators.

    • Large-Scale Solar Development: A Playbook for Southwest Virginia

      December 2020
      by: Ed Gilliland, AICP, Avery Palmer
      This guide is designed to help communities in Southwest Virginia updated plans, regulations, and programs to facilitate large-scale solar development.

    • Model Ordinance for Larger-Scale Solar Energy Projects in Virginia

      December 2012
      This model ordinance provides suggested language for consideration by Virginia localities in framing their own local solar ordinance for larger-scale solar energy projects.

    • Model Ordinance for Smaller-Scale Solar Energy Projects in Virginia (By Right Permitting)

      2012
      This model ordinance provides suggested language for consideration by Virginia localities in framing their own local solar ordinance for smaller-scale solar energy projects.

    • Stillwater, OK, City Code

      Updated October 2017
      This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation and Solar Energy collections.

    • Lansing, MI, Code of Ordinances

      Updated February 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation and Solar Energy collections.

    • Irvine, CA, Zoning Ordinance

      Updated February 2019
      This regulation belongs to the Active Transportation and Solar Energy collections.

    • Claremont, CA, Municipal Code

      Updated September 2019
      by: City of Claremont Planning Div
      The city's municipal code permits solar energy systems by right in all districts and establishes certain solar access protections.
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