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b. Placement: <br />1. Ground mounted SES shall be treated as accessory buildings for the <br />purpose of maximum height, maximum lot area coverage, location and <br />setback requirements. <br />2. Ground mounted SES shall be <br />possible without reducing their <br />walls, fences or landscaping. <br />screened from view to the extent <br />efficiency. Screening may include <br />c. Notification. Prior to the installation of a SES, the operator must provide <br />evidence showing their regular electrical service provider has been invormed <br />of the customer's intent to install an interconnected, customer -owned SES. <br />Off -grid systems shall be exempt from this requirement. <br />d. Feeder lines. Any lines accompanying a SES, other than those attached to <br />on-site structures by leads, shall be buried within the interior of the subject <br />parcel, unless there are existing lines in the area which the lines <br />accompanying an SES can be attached. <br />e. Commercial. All SES shall be limited to the purpose of on-site energy <br />production, except that any additional energy produced above the total onsite <br />demand may be sold to the operator's regular electrical service provider in <br />accordance with any agreement provided by the same or applicable <br />legislation. <br />f. Restrictions on SES Limited. No homeowners' agreement, covenant, <br />common interest community, or other contract between multiple property <br />owners within a subdivision of Mounds View shall restrict or limit solar <br />systems to a great extent that Mounds View's renewable energy ordinance. <br />g. Mounds View encourages solar access to be protected in all new subdivisions <br />and allows for existing solar to be protected consistent with Minnesota <br />Statutes. Any solar easements filed, must be consistent with Minnesota <br />Statutes, Chapter 500, Section 30. <br />Subd. 3. Abandonment: A SES that is allowed to remain in a nonfunctional or <br />inoperative state for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months, and which is not <br />brought in operation within the time specified by the City, shall be presumed <br />abandoned and may be declared a public nuisance subject to removal at the <br />expense of the operator. <br />