(a) Solar panels are a use permitted by right on the roof of any residential building when the panel or panels, at any point, are not more than two (2) feet from the roof line and the total area of the panels does not comprise more than thirty-five (35%) percent of a single roof surface. For the purposes of this section the single roof surface shall include the area of appurtenant structures or other elements, such as dormers.
(b) Solar panels may be considered as a Conditional Use, and subject to the review procedures in Chapter 1241, when the size of the panel, or panels, are greater than the requisite roof percentage or is installed so it extends farther from the roof than the permitted standard in subsection (a), above. In reviewing such proposed Conditional Use, the Planning Commission shall consider:
(1) Whether or not there are alternative locations in compliance with subsection (a) and that all these alternatives have been adequately evaluated.
(2) Whether the proposed panel(s) and their location(s) are designed to minimize any adverse impacts to the neighborhood.
(3) Whether the mass of a free-standing structure is the minimum necessary to serve the property.
(Ord. 2010-059. Passed 3-7-11.)