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Item No: 6A <br />Meeting Date: July 9, 2013 <br />Type of Business: Other Planning Activity <br /> <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Planning Commission <br />From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate <br />Item Title/Subject: Renewable Energy Code Amendment <br /> <br /> <br />The Planning Commission has started discussion on reviewing the Zoning Code in <br />regards to renewable energy system installations, such as solar energy, wind <br />generators or geothermal systems. The City should update the City Code to help <br />promote renewable energy systems and not hinder or make it difficult for a property <br />owner to install a system. There is now a lot of information available about these <br />systems, and the City can make better decisions about how and where renewable <br />energy system installations are done. <br /> <br />DISCUSS: <br /> <br />The Planning Commission has discussed what regulations to include when creating a <br />new ordinance for the three different types of renewable energy: solar energy systems <br />(SES), geothermal systems (GSHPS) and wind energy conversion systems (WECS). <br />Staff has put together ordinance language that includes these three systems for the <br />Planning Commission to review. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br /> <br />The Planning Commission should review and discuss the proposed language for new <br />Chapter 1128, Renewable Energy Systems. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Heidi Heller <br />Planning Associate <br /> <br /> <br />Attachments: <br />1. Proposed Chapter 1128, Renewable Energy Systems <br /> <br />