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    • Large-Scale Solar and Agricultural Lands: Balancing Clean Energy and Food Production in the San Joaquin Valley

      January 2016
      This report is designed to help planners in California's San Joaquin Valley analyze opportunities to use plans and zoning regulations to balance solar development and agricultural preservation goals.

    • Land Use Planning for Solar Energy: Resource Guide

      2015
      by: Jessica Bacher, John Nolon, Tiffany Zezula
      This guide is designed to help planners in New York evaluate opportunities to use plans and land-use and development regulations to promote solar development at different scales and in different contexts.

    • Texas Community Solar Guidelines for Electric Cooperatives and Municipally Owned Utilities

      August 2016
      This guide is designed to help rural utilities and local government staff and officials in Texas understand utility-led community solar alternatives.

    • Solar Best Practices for Cities in the South

      Solar Initiative Policy Brief 2015
      This briefing paper presents recommendations to help cities support solar development on public and private property.

    • Model Zoning for the Regulation of Solar Energy Systems

      March 2014
      This model zoning ordinance for Massachusetts cities and towns offers various amendments to local ordinances to facilitate development of solar energy systems at small, medium, and large scales.

    • Solar in Remote Applications in the U.S.: Challenges and Implications for Local Solar Policy

      June 2014
      by: Toby Couture, Jolanta Jasina, Chad Laurent
      This briefing paper is designed to help local government staff and officials understand how solar development can increase grid resiliency in isolated communities.

    • New York Zoning for Solar Energy: Resource Guide

      2015
      by: Jessica Bacher, John Nolon
      This guide is designed to help municipalities in New York adopt zoning regulations that promote solar energy use.

    • Planning and Zoning for Solar in North Carolina

      2014
      by: Adam Lovelady
      This report is designed to help planners in North Carolina understand opportunities to use local plans and land-use and development regulations to support solar energy use.

    • Becoming a Solar Ready Community: A Guide for Michigan Local Governments

      September 2013
      This guide is designed to help planners in Michigan formulate and implement a strategy for supporting solar energy use through plans, regulations, and education and assistance programs.

    • Solar Guidebook for New Jersey Municipalities

      2013
      by: Chad Laurent, Alexander Winn, Jayson Uppal
      This guide is designed to help local government staff and officials in New Jersey understand benefits and tradeoffs of solar development at different scales and in different contexts.

    • Guidebook for Solar Photovoltaic Projects in Philadelphia

      June 2010
      This guide is designed to help property owners and solar developers navigate Philadelphia's streamlined permitting process for small solar energy systems.

    • Model As-of-Right Zoning Bylaw: Allowing Use of Large-Scale Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installations

      December 2014
      This model bylaw from Massachusetts offers zoning standards to facilitate development of large-scale ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installations.

    • Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Systems: Questions and Answers

      December 2012
      This guide is designed to help local government staff and officials understand the potential land-use impacts of ground-mounted solar energy systems.

    • Leasing Municipal and Private Property for Solar: Key Steps and Considerations

      March 2012
      This briefing paper is designed to help local government staff and officials evaluate opportunities to lease public land for solar development.

    • Lake County, IL, Solar and Geothermal Energy Systems Model Ordinance

      September 2010
      This model ordinance developed for Illinois communities addresses accessory and utility-scale solar energy systems.

    • Steps to a Successful Solar Request for Proposal (RFP)

      October 2012
      This briefing paper is designed to help local governments develop successful request for proposals (RFPs) for solar projects.

    • A Model Ordinance for Energy Projects

      July 2005
      This model ordinance offers guidance to Oregon cities and counties on siting solar and other alternative energy utility projects.

    • Manheim Township, PA, Township Code

      Updated December 2017
      The township's zoning code permits accessory and primary-use rooftop and freestanding solar energy systems in all districts, subject to standards.

    • Solar Powering Your Community: A Guide for Local Governments

      January 2011
      This guide is designed to help local government staff and officials design and implement a comprehensive strategy for growing the local solar market.

    • Plainville, MA, Town Code

      Updated December 2019
      This zoning code includes a section on solar photovoltaic facilities that allows for the creation of new large-scale ground-mounted PV facilities.

    • Oak Creek, CO, Comprehensive Plan 2015

      Adopted January 2016
      The Environment and Natural Resources and the Transportation and Infrastructure chapters of the town's comprehensive plan include policies and action items addressing solar access and development of solar and other sustainable utilities.

    • Straban Township, PA, Township Code

      Updated July 2020
      This zoning ordinance includes definitions and use regulations for Solar Electric Facilities.

    • Unity, ME, Comprehensive Plan

      Updated March 2014
      The town's comprehensive plan recommends installing solar street lights, developing a community solar installation, and creating an energy district that would allow homes and businesses to benefit from a power purchase agreement.

    • Northbridge, MA, Green Communities Action Plan

      September 2010
      This functional plan contains a set of actions, including several related to solar, needed to meet each of the five criteria to achieve the Green Community designation.

    • Ithaca, NY, Comprehensive Plan 2014

      Adopted September 2014
      This town's comprehensive plan includes a series of recommendations to promote solar and other renewable energy use on public and private property, including regulatory changes, financial incentives, and purchasing RECs.

    • Mendon, MA, Zoning By-Laws

      Updated June 2020
      The town's zoning code defines and permits accessory and primary-use "solar photovoltaic facilities."

    • Gill, MA, Zoning Bylaws

      Updated October 2015
      The town's code permits Large-Scale Ground-Mounted Solar Electric Installations up to 250 kW by right in a Solar Electric Overlay District; larger systems or those outside the overlay district require a special use permit.

    • Holliston, MA, Zoning By-Laws

      Updated May 2019
      This zoning code permits rooftop and freestanding accessory solar energy systems by right in all districts and small-scale primary-use solar installations in agricultural and industrial districts by right and in all other districts with a special permit.

    • Model Regulations: Alternative Energy

      Sustainable Land Use Code Project, February 2013
      This model ordinance from the Capitol Region Council of Governments covers alternative energy sources including solar energy, offering model code provisions for small accessory rooftop systems, accessory and primary-use ground-mounted arrays, and solar design and solar-ready home requirements.

    • Model Regulations: Solar Access

      Sustainable Land Use Code Project, November 2013
      This model ordinance from the Capitol Region Council of Governments establishes a solar access permit system for solar energy system owners, and offers a scale-up option that establishes automatic solar access protections in designated solar access areas.

    • Tonawanda, NY, Town Code

      Updated September 2019
      This town code defines and regulates three scales of solar energy systems based on system footprint.

    • Easton, MA, Energy Use Reduction Plan

      October 2010
      This functional plan suggests pursuing additional solar energy installations to increase clean energy use.

    • Tacoma, WA, Environmental Action Plan

      Adopted April 2016
      This functional plan encourages the city's utility to pursue community-owned solar projects.

    • Reading, MA, RMLD Four-Town Local Energy Action Plan

      Adopted May 2013
      This multijurisdictional functional plan details goals and strategies to promote clean energy development and use.

    • Solano County, CA, General Plan

      Updated May 2015
      The Resources element in the county's general plan includes several policies and implementation programs encouraging on-site solar energy use; the Land Use and Housing elements also address solar energy.

    • Southampton, NY, Southampton 400+: Sustainability Element Addendum

      Adopted December 2013
      This functional plan includes a number of specific recommendations related to supporting solar energy use on public and private property.

    • San Antonio, TX, Solar Development Plan

      April 2012
      This functional plan identifies stakeholder-recommended strategies, concepts, goals, and action steps to guide the region in deploying solar technologies and growing the solar industry.

    • Schuylkill Township, PA, Township Code

      Updated October 2019
      The township's zoning code permits commercial solar power facilities by right in the industrial district and provides standards for this use.

    • Polk County, FL, Comprehensive Plan

      Updated July 2019
      The county's comprehensive plan addresses primary-use and accessory-use solar development in its Future Land Use element.

    • Corvallis, OR, Comprehensive Plan

      Updated 2016
      The city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Hazard Mitigation, and Solar Energy collections.

    • Douglas County, CO, Comprehensive Master Plan 2040

      Adopted August 2019
      The county’s comprehensive plan includes extensive hazard mitigation policy recommendations in its Environmental Quality section.

    • Gretna, LA, Unified Development Code

      Updated June 2020
      The city's unified development code belongs to the Solar Energy and Green Stormwater Infrastructure collections.

    • Taft, CA, Municipal Code

      Updated May 2020
      The city's zoning ordinance addresses solar energy systems as well as solar generating plants, and provides design standards for solar energy systems and site design.

    • Nye County, NV, Comprehensive Master Plan

      Adopted June 2011
      The county's master plan discusses solar energy resources and offers goals, objectives, and policies that promote the use of solar and other alternative energy sources.

    • Neversink, NY, Town Code

      Updated January 2019
      The town's zoning code defines and regulates small and large solar energy systems.

    • Nye County, NV, County Code

      Updated February 2020
      This ordinance allows renewable energy generating facilities for off-site energy use in the light industrial zoning district and allows solar farms of up to 20 MW in the rural homestead district.

    • Pima County, AZ, Code of Ordinances

      Updated September 2020
      The county's zoning code permits accessory solar energy systems in all districts subject to standards and permits utility scale solar energy systems either by right or as a conditional use based on district; the code also creates a Renewable Energy Incentive District to promote utility-scale solar energy development.

    • St. Peters, MO, Municipal Code

      Updated October 2020
      The city's zoning code includes supplementary regulations for solar panel systems and permits primary solar panels systems as special uses in industrial and special districts.

    • Vista, CA, Development Code

      Updated September 2019
      The city's development code provides some regulatory flexibility to accommodate solar energy systems.

    • South Salt Lake, UT, Code of Ordinances

      Updated October 2020
      The city's zoning ordinance permits solar utilities as conditional uses in all nonresidential districts; PUD regulations encourage solar panel use and solar-ready development.
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