Solar Energy

This model ordinance provides a template to help municipal planners in York County, Pennsylvania, draft land-use and development regulations that permit solar development at different scales and in different contexts. Provisions address roof/wall-mounted and ground-mounted accessory solar energy systems. For ground-mounted principal use solar energy systems, standards address minimum lot size, setbacks, height, impervious coverage, stormwater, screening, security, access, and earth disturbance.