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Montgomery staff presents first solar energy collection standards; councilors ask for more review of residential rules
Summary
City staff introduced the first draft ordinance creating standards for large-scale solar farms and small-scale rooftop systems; the measure directs most permitting to the Board of Adjustment and prompted councilmembers to request committee review of residential installations.
The city presented its first draft ordinance establishing solar energy collection facility standards, and councilors asked for more discussion of the residential permitting process.
The proposal, presented by Mister Smith, staff member, would create distinct standards for large-scale solar collection facilities (solar farms) and small-scale rooftop arrays, and add the rules into the city code referenced as Section 8, Appendix 6. "You have before you the city's very first solar energy collection facilities standards ordinance," Smith said.
The measure matters because it would be the city's first formal set of rules regulating siting, setbacks and review procedures for both utility-scale solar farms and rooftop…
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