{"id":923,"date":"2011-08-02T14:18:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T19:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/?p=923"},"modified":"2012-01-31T15:57:36","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T20:57:36","slug":"cccl-publishes-draft-small-scale-solar-siting-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2011\/08\/02\/cccl-publishes-draft-small-scale-solar-siting-ordinance\/","title":{"rendered":"CCCL Publishes Draft Small-Scale Solar Siting Ordinance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia Law School\u2019s Center for Climate Change Law (CCCL) has prepared a first draft of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.columbia.edu\/centers\/climatechange\/resources\/municipal\/smallscale-solar\">model small-scale solar-siting ordinance<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 The model ordinance offers a framework that can enable municipalities to implement and enforce the effective and efficient use of solar energy resources. The ordinance would govern all new solar energy systems of up to ten kilowatts and includes provisions regarding permits, appeals, safety, and zoning for future solar access.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nWe began by analyzing existing solar siting ordinances from various New York municipalities, as well as those from municipalities in other states, identifying their common features, and seeing what types of requirements have been widely adopted.\u00a0 While designed with New York municipalities in mind, the model ordinance can be easily modified for adoption in other states.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ordinance lays out siting requirements for solar-photovoltaic systems that are mounted on the rooftops of buildings as well as those which are ground-mounted.\u00a0 It also addresses the siting of building-integrated solar-photovoltaic panels as well as solar-thermal systems. The ordinance places emphasis on safety requirements for proper solar installation while stripping away unnecessarily restrictive provisions that would limit the development of valuable solar resources.\u00a0\u00a0 It also contains numerous optional provisions that would help guide municipalities in zoning land so as to maximize solar access in the future.\u00a0\u00a0 The draft is annotated with a legal commentary that clarifies areas of potential ambiguity and discusses the benefits and drawbacks of the optional add-ons.<\/p>\n<p>We are currently soliciting comments on this draft from lawyers, planners, architects, engineers, municipal officials, and others on how to improve it. If there is sufficient interest, we may also convene one or more meetings or calls to discuss the model ordinance. Comments should be sent to <a href=\"mailto:michael.gerrard@law.columbia.edu?subject=Comment%20on%20Model%20Solar%20Ordinance\">Michael Gerrard<\/a> by November 1, 2011. The municipal small-scale solar siting ordinance accompanies the Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.columbia.edu\/centers\/climatechange\/resources\/municipal\/green-building\">model green building ordinance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.columbia.edu\/centers\/climatechange\/resources\/municipal\/wind-ordinance\">model commercial wind siting ordinance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia Law School\u2019s Center for Climate Change Law (CCCL) has prepared a first draft of a model small-scale solar-siting ordinance.\u00a0\u00a0 The model ordinance offers a framework that can enable municipalities to implement and enforce the effective and efficient use of solar energy resources. 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