Solar Energy

The city's unified development code permits accessory solar collectors in all districts and incentivizes "solar subdivisions." It allows for solar collectors as accessory uses in all zoning districts (§5-2.3 et al.). It also provides for "solar subdivisions" as a sustainable subdivision development tool worth 30 points (§11-10). A solar subdivision is a development that includes at least 70% solar lots with minimum north-south dimension of 75 feet and front line orientation within 30 degrees of the east-west axis, with streets oriented within 20 degrees of east-west axis (§11-12). The unified development code also provides an administrative waiver for freestanding solar arrays (§3-11).