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Rowan County approves rooftop-commercial solar in airport overlay with glare and maintenance rules
Summary
The Rowan County Board of Commissioners approved zoning text amendment ZTA02-225 to allow nonresidential rooftop solar in the Mid Carolina Regional Airport overlay, imposing anti-reflective coating, a 2% reflectivity threshold, SGHAT glare analysis for larger systems, PE certifications and five-year testing and corrective requirements.
Rowan County commissioners on Jan. 20 approved ZTA02-225, a zoning text amendment permitting rooftop solar on nonresidential buildings within the county's airport-zone overlay, subject to new glare, testing and maintenance requirements.
The amendment allows rooftop solar for nonresidential uses in the airport zone if panels carry manufacturer anti-reflective (AR) coating. For systems exceeding 6,000 square feet, applicants must submit a Solar Glare Hazard Analysis Tool (SGHAT) study or equivalent demonstrating low glare risk, a North Carolina-registered professional engineer (PE) concurrence on study inputs, and manufacturer model data showing the panel system will have less than 2%…
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