solar energy

The Neighborhoods chapter of this comprehensive plan suggests that solar installations may be an appropriate long-term reuse strategy for vacant land with little demand for new development (p. 92).

The Green Infrastructure chapter of the plan highlights the fact that the municipal utility operates the largest solar array in the state (p. 105). It includes an objective to "allow for alternative energy approaches" (including solar) under the goal of pursuing "green leadership." Under this same goal, the plan also includes an objective to make land use and transportation decisions that reduce fossil fuel use, with a strategy to "establish the regulatory framework needed to encourage the development of renewable energy infrastructure" (p. 123).