SOLAR ACCESS SETBACK 14.870 14.876 [Repealed by Ordinance 00-09, enacted May 1, 2000] – SOLAR ACCESS PERFORMANCE 14.880 Purpose. Sections 14.880 - 14.888 of the Solar Access Ordinance, apply to new development activities related to the creation of subdivisions involving ten or more lots. The purpose of the Solar Access Performance Standards (Sections 14.882 to 14.888), is to provide a reasonable amount of solar access in new developments at the design stage, wherever feasible, so that the economic value of solar radiation falling on those properties will be preserved, investments in solar equipment will be secure and the option to use solar energy will be preserved and encouraged. These provisions require that most lots in new residential developments have useful solar access due to their size, orientation or other features. Similar provisions apply to habitable structures in multi family development in which there will be more than one structure per lot. If a subdivision or planned unit development provide more solar access than required, it may exceed the density ordinarily permitted in the zone. [Added by Ordinance 6535, enacted August 17, 1987] 14.882 Applicability. (1) A residential subdivision creating ten or more lots or a multifamily development on one lot in a residential district, comply with the provisions of Section 14.884, except as provided in Subsection (2). (2) The Planning Director shall exempt a development from Section 14.884 (1)a (2)a, to the minimum extent necessary to preserve maximum allowed residential density. In order to qualify for an exception, the applicant must show that complying with the applicable standard or Section 14.884 will: a. Reduce the density below that planned and permitted in the underlying zone; or b. a substantial cost increase to provide roads, site drainage, utility connections or other infrastructure requirements; or c. Prevent construction of structures of a size and height comparable to residential structures in developments
SOLAR ACCESS SETBACK 14.870 – 14.876 [Repealed by Ordinance 00-09, enacted May 1, 2000] SOLAR ACCESS PERFORMANCE 14.880 Purpose. Sections 14.880 - 14.888 of the Solar Access Ordinance, apply to new development activities related to the creation of subdivisions involving ten or more lots. The purpose of the Solar Access Performance Standards (Sections 14.882 to 14.888), is to provide a reasonable amount of solar access in new developments at the design stage, wherever feasible, so that the economic value of solar radiation falling on those properties will be preserved, investments in solar equipment will be secure and the option to use solar energy will be preserved and encouraged. These provisions require that most lots in new residential developments have useful solar access due to their size, orientation or other features. Similar provisions apply to habitable structures in multi family development in which there will be more than one structure per lot. If a subdivision or planned unit development provide more solar access than required, it may exceed the density ordinarily permitted in the zone. [Added by Ordinance 6535, enacted August 17, 1987] 14.882 Applicability. (1) A residential subdivision creating ten or more lots or a multifamily development on one lot in a residential district, comply with the provisions of Section 14.884, except as provided in Subsection (2). (2) The Planning Director shall exempt a development from Section 14.884 (1)a (2)a, to the minimum extent necessary to preserve maximum allowed residential density. In order to qualify for an exception, the applicant must show that complying with the applicable standard or Section 14.884 will: a. Reduce the density below that planned and permitted in the underlying zone; or b. a substantial cost increase to provide roads, site drainage, utility connections or other infrastructure requirements; or c. Prevent construction of structures of a size and height comparable to residential structures in developments
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