Napa County Unincorporated, California · General provision

18.117.040.C

Dimensional standards

Servicing

Geographic extent
Applies to commercial solar energy production facilities.

Extracted standards

4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Glare restriction

    Concentrated reflections or glare shall not be directed at occupied structures, recreation areas, roads, highways or airport flight landing or takeoff areas. A detailed analysis of potential glare effects may be required at the time of application, and the applicant may be required to minimize glare effects by installing vegetative screens or berms, and/or by adjusting solar collector position or operation to minimize glare.

  • Ground-mounted facilities shall not exceed fifteen feet in height unless otherwise allowed by use permit.

  • Solar arrays mounted on a legally constructed building structure may exceed the height limit of the zoning district by up to two feet.

  • Underground electrical distribution lines required

    Electrical distribution lines on the project site shall be underground. This provision may be waived by the decision-making body if the undergrounding is determined to be an undue burden.

From the ordinance

Solar arrays mounted on a legally constructed building structure may exceed the height limit of the zoning district by up to two feet. Ground-mounted facilities shall not exceed fifteen feet in height unless otherwise allowed by use permit. Electrical distribution lines on the project site shall be underground. This provision may be waived by the decision-making body if the undergrounding is determined to be an undue burden. Concentrated reflections or glare shall not be directed at occupied structures, recreation areas, roads, highways or airport flight landing or takeoff areas.
18.117.040.C