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Committee approves annual permit-fee waiver to incentivize residential and small commercial solar

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Summary

The Community Affairs Committee approved a capped annual fee waiver—first 15 residential and first 5 commercial solar permits—to encourage solar installations and support Wauwatosa’s 2020 energy resolution goals; the motion passed 6-0.

The Community Affairs Committee approved a program to waive annual city permit fees for a limited number of solar installations to promote residential and commercial rooftop solar.

The program, proposed by Megan Conway, sustainability manager in the Department of Public Works, would waive the $150 permit fee on a first-come, first-served basis for the first 15 residential solar permits and the first 5 commercial solar permits each year. Conway said the waiver is…

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