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Mission Viejo, CA, Sustainability Action Plan
This plan focuses on implementing energy efficiency retrofits and renewable energy generation as an important strategy in reducing community-wide GHG emissions, and lists a number of specific goals for solar hot water heater and PV installations on residential units as progress indicators.Mission Viejo, CA -
Texarkana, TX, Development Standards and Preservation Criteria for the Highland Park - Bingham Park Historic Residential Overlay District
The city's historic overlay district development standards address solar panel placement.Texarkana, TX -
Mountain View, CA, North Bayshore Precise Plan
The city's General Plan provides land use and design visions, goals, policies, and guidelines for different "change areas" within the city; those for the North Bayshore Change Area address solar and renewable energy production.Mountain View, CA -
New Rochelle, NY, greeNR: The New Rochelle Sustainability Plan 2010-2030
The city's sustainability plan promotes solar energy use in its recommendations for pursuing green building standards and renewable energy generation, and offers short-term, medium-term, and long-term action items ranging from updating building and zoning codes to identifying municipal sites for potential renewable energy projects.New Rochelle, NY -
Greater Tucson, AZ, Solar Development Plan: Strategies for Sustainable Solar Power Development in the Tucson Region
This plan offers 12 strategies for solar deployment in the region and discusses risks and opportunities, strategic partners, performance indicators, regional solar market opportunities, prioritizing opportunities, and action steps.Tucson, AZ -
North Las Vegas, NV, greeNLV
The city's Sustainability Plan lists several initiatives for use of solar panels to power traffic signals and to cover parking areas.North Las Vegas, NV -
Melrose, MA, Energy Reduction Action Plan
The city's energy reduction action plan describes solar energy installations and estimates the resulting cost savings for school buildings.Melrose, MA -
Lenox, MA, Energy Reduction Baseline Survey and Action Plan
The town's energy plan includes a goal to encourage solar installations on municipal facilities.Lenox, MA -
Evanston, IL, Climate Action Plan
This plan includes renewable energy resources as a "cornerstone" of the plan and offers a number of strategies encouraging solar energy use.Evanston, IL -
Dover, NH, Energy Action Plan
The city's Energy Action Plan includes several solar-related action items.Dover, NH -
Orlando, FL, GreenWorks Municipal Operations Sustainability Plan
The city's municipal operations sustainability plan describes a range of goals, actions, and initiatives taken by the city to use and promote the use of solar energy resources.Orlando, FL -
Minneapolis, MN, Climate Action Plan
The city's Climate Action Plan includes a range of strategies for incentivizing and encouraging solar energy installations and investment.Minneapolis, MN -
DeKalb County, GA, Long-Range Comprehensive Energy and Sustainability Plan
This energy and sustainability plan recommends adopting ordinances that support private solar development as well as exploring the feasibility of a solar farm on a landfill site.DeKalb County, GA -
Hillsborough County, FL, Government Energy & Sustainability Plan 2011
This plan references recent solar-supportive updates and initiatives, and it includes several recommendations for promoting solar energy use.Hillsborough County, FL -
Hawaii 2050 Sustainability Plan
The state's sustainability plan discusses the use of solar hot water and establishes this as an indicator.Hawaii -
West Sacramento, CA, Draft Climate Action Plan
In the city's draft climate action plan, a number of goals and policies promote the generation and use of solar energy to reduce emissions.West Sacramento, CA -
Knoxville, TN, 2012 Energy & Sustainability Work Plan
The city's Energy and Sustainability Work Plan discusses the city's solar energy development efforts.Knoxville, TN -
Green Permit Program Solar Panel - Project Submittal Checklist
This guide offers a project submittal checklist for solar panel projects as part of the city's Green Permit Program. -
West Central Wisconsin Comprehensive Plan 2010 to 2030
This plan contains an Agricultural Resources element, which recommends updating zoning ordinances to permit solar energy systems in agricultural areas. -
Minneapolis Saint Paul Solar Cities Program, Solar Ready Building Design Guidelines for the Twin Cities, Minnesota
This document defines "solar ready" buildings and offers solar ready building guidelines and construction specifications tailored to the Twin Cities region specifically and the Midwest/Minnesota in general. -
Grundy County, IL, Comprehensive Plan
The Environment and Open Space goal of the county's comprehensive plan includes a related objective supporting alternative energy generation. -
Solar Powering Sunnyside
Solar Powering Sunnyside is a new participatory planning exercise in the spirit of the comprehensive planning "chip games" that many communities use to engage residents and other stakeholders in developing preferred growth scenarios. -
Tri-Borough (Dallastown Borough, Red Lion Borough, Yoe Borough, PA) Area Comprehensive Plan
The Energy Conservation chapter in this joint comprehensive plan includes several policies encouraging alternative energy sources such as solar. -
Solano County, CA, Climate Action Plan
The county's climate action plan identifies renewable energy generation as a primary strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and includes a range of strategies and action items relating to solar energy use. -
College Place, WA, Comprehensive Plan
The Land Use Element of the city's comprehensive plan includes a goal and policy that promotes solar access protections. -
Valley County, ID, County Code
The county's land use and development code permits attached solar panels in all districts and requires conditional use approval for detached systems greater than 8 square feet in area. -
Taos, NM, Code of Ordinances
The town's building and zoning codes include a solar rights declaration protecting solar access to existing solar energy systems; design standards encourage incorporation of solar features into local architectural styles. -
Albany, CA, Code of Ordinances
The city's subdivision regulations allow the city to require the dedication of Solar Access Easements for each parcel. -
The Commissioner — April 2014
In The Commissioner's April 2014 issue: "Solar Energy Use: Local Planning Issue," "Composition and Function of the Planning Commission," "Communicating in an Electronic Age," and more.List price$5.00Members & subscribers$0.00
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