17.56.350
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Applies to all residentially zoned parcels in Placer County including agriculturalAgricultureRaising crops or livestock, generally including the structures that serve them. exclusive and farm zone districts.
Extracted standards
4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Building permit required
The system is installed following approval of a building permit.
- Solar area excluded from site coverage
The ground area occupied by the solar electric generating system shall not be counted towards the permissible site coverage for any parcel, except for parcels located within the Lake Tahoe Basin where the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency may enforce maximum site coverage requirements applicable to solar electric generating systems.
Setback
- Reduced side/rear setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. allowed
ground-mounted solar electric generating systems shall be allowed to be placed at a reduced side or rear setback, provided that the proposed system meets all of the following criteria
- SetbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. requirements based on system heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.
All solar electric generating systems shall meet the following setback requirements, as determined by the overall height of the tallest part of the system as measured from average finished grade, including the highest point to which the system may extend or move if placed on motorized tracks or any other system allowing for its routine adjustment, or as allowed by the base zone district or a combining zone district if such zone district allows for a lesser structural setback than the following: (table not provided)
From the ordinance
On all residentially zoned parcels in Placer County including the agricultural exclusive and farm zone districts, ground-mounted solar electric generating systems shall be allowed to be placed at a reduced side or rear setback, provided that the proposed system meets all of the following criteria: ... The ground area occupied by the solar electric generating system shall not be counted towards the permissible site coverage for any parcel, except for parcels located within the Lake Tahoe Basin.