Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all accessoryAccessory useA secondary activity customarily incidental to the main use of the lot — a garage, a home office. solar energy systems installed in the city.
Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Decommissioning timeframe90 days
The owner shall remove all solar energy systems within ninety (90) days of cessation or abandonment.
- Ground-mounted solar not in front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.
The solar energy system shall not be placed in the established front yard.
- Ground-mounted solar max footprint25 pct
The footprint of the solar energy system shall not exceed twenty-five (25) percent of the lot area.
- Ground-mounted solar max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.12 ft
Height of the solar energy system, together with its support structures and associated equipment, shall not exceed twelve (12) feet.
- Ground-mounted solar setbacksSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.
Subject to the same side and rear yard setbacks as other accessory structures.
- Roof-mounted solar max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. above roof5 ft
The height of the solar energy system does not extend more than five (5) feet above the highest point of the roof.
- Roof-mounted solar max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. as % of building25 pct
or exceed by twenty-five (25) percent the height of the dwelling, whichever is less.
From the ordinance
No solar energy system may be installed as an accessory to a principal use until a zoning permit is issued.