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City of Mounds View 12040 Comprehensive Plan DRAFT November 26, 2019 Table 2-4: Employment Intensity LOCATION ACRES DENSITY Pending map changes PROTECTING SPECIAL RESOURCES As required by state statute, a municipality's comprehensive plan must include strategies for protection of special resources including solar access, historic preservation, aggregate resources, and natural resources. SOLAR ACCESS Minnesota Statutes require an element for the protection and development of access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. The purpose of this legislation is to prevent solar collectors from being shaded by adjacent structures or vegetation and to ensure the availability of solar access. The City of Mounds View will whenever possible protect access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems on principal structures. The City will consider solar access in the review of site plans and planning decisions. The Metropolitan Council has calculated the gross and rooftop solar potential for the City to identify how much electricity could be generated using existing technology. The gross solar potential and gross solar rooftop potential are expressed in megawatt hours per year (Mwh/yr) and these estimates are based on the solar map for each community. Developed areas with low building heights and open space areas have the highest potential for solar development within the City. Many of the developed neighborhoods and some natural areas in Mounds View have low gross solar potential due to existing tree cover. Solar suitability is mapped in Figure 2-4 and calculated in Table 2- 5: Solar Suitability. Table 2-5: Solar Suitability in Mounds View Gross Rooftop Gross Generation Rooftop Generation Megawatt hours per year (Mwh/yr) 3,970,368 543,963 397,036 54,396 10111. Solar panels on top of the Mounds View Community Center Chapter 2: Land Use 12-16