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Solar panel text amendments

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The Planning and Zoning Commission took up text amendments to the Zoning Ordinance on solar panel requirements and definitions. On April 9, 2019 it voted to table the case pending staff answers on panel height, free-standing panel size and glare, and the motion carried. On April 23, 2019 it voted to approve the amendments with changes, including a lower height limit for panels on flat roofs and a size limit for free-standing panels; that motion also carried. This record does not state the vote tally. The vote is a recommendation; City Council action is not part of this record.

Documented status: Committee recommendation (recorded in draft minutes), Apr 23 2019. Evidence dated . Later outcomes require a later source.

What changed, and when did it take effect?

  1. · Public hearing · Recorded in draft minutes

    Planning and Zoning Commission tables the case

    Hearing date: Apr 9 2019. Motion to table (item III.1). Item III.1: the motion carried.

    • p. 3 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 9, 2019 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Apr 23 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 9, 2019 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Apr 23 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 9, 2019 (Draft Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, Apr 23 2019. Open the quote and source.

  2. · Committee recommendation · Recorded in draft minutes

    Planning and Zoning Commission votes to approve the amendments with changes

    Hearing date: Apr 23 2019. Motion to approve (item III.A). Item III.A: the motion carried. Condition (construction): To amend the flat roof requirement to indicate that solar panels shall not extend more than 6 feet from the highest point above the roof surface. Condition (construction): To add a limit for the size requirement for solar panels on free-standing structures by a percentage of 25% of the principal building footprint.

    • p. 3 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 23, 2019 (Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, May 14 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 23, 2019 (Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, May 14 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 1 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 23, 2019 (Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, May 14 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 23, 2019 (Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, May 14 2019. Open the quote and source.
    • p. 3 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 23, 2019 (Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, May 14 2019. Open the quote and source.

What was requested, recommended, approved, contracted, reported paid and completed?

Amounts are read from the cited pages and added up by code. A recommendation, an award or an authorized amount does not establish that money was paid.

No amount is published for this item.

Contracts, payments and completion

No contract, payment or completion record is published for this item. Approval alone does not establish completion.

Which parcels, agencies, businesses and projects are explicitly connected?

Official identifiers and exhibit listings connect records. A name, an address or distance alone only suggests a connection.

No explicit connection is published for this item.

What remains unresolved?

  • Open

    To amend the flat roof requirement to indicate that solar panels shall not extend more than 6 feet from the highest point above the roof surface

    Confirm dates with the City before relying on them.

    • p. 3 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 23, 2019 (Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, May 14 2019. Open the quote and source.

  • Open

    To add a limit for the size requirement for solar panels on free-standing structures by a percentage of 25% of the principal building footprint

    Confirm dates with the City before relying on them.

    • p. 3 · Draft minutes of APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 23, 2019 (Minutes), Planning and Zoning Commission, May 14 2019. Open the quote and source.

Open questions

No open question is recorded for this item.

What does the evidence suggest, and what would change it?

No conflicting records are published for this item.

Official source records

  1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 9, 2019 (Draft Minutes)

    Planning and Zoning Commission, Apr 23 2019

  2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – April 23, 2019 (Minutes)

    Planning and Zoning Commission, May 14 2019

Editions and corrections

Each published change is a new edition. Corrections say what changed and why.

  1. Edition 2(current)

    Edition 2: 2 revised.

  2. Edition 1Read this edition

    First edition.

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Suggested citation: GroundSignal, “Solar panel text amendments,” sources reviewed 2026-09-27, source records listed on this page.

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