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SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ORDINANCE 2016-47523-XXX <br /> <br />CITY OF HUGO <br />WASHINGTON COUNTY, MN <br /> <br />ORDINANCE RELATING TO AND REGULATING <br />ACCESSORY SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS AND SOLAR FARMS <br /> <br />TITLE: <br />An ordinance adding and amending Chapter 90, Article I, Sec. 90-1. – Definitions, Chapter 90, Article <br />IV - Zoning District Regulations, and Chapter 90, Article VI- Requirements for Specific Uses and <br />Performance Standards. <br /> <br />SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ORDINANCE: <br /> <br />Chapter 90, Article I, Sec. 90-1. – Definitions <br /> <br />Add the following: <br /> <br />Accessory Solar Energy Systems means a solar energy system that is composed of a single or multiple <br />solar panels where the system is deemed accessory to the primary land use. An accessory solar energy <br />system is intended to primarily reduce on-site consumption of utility power for an active existing <br />use/structure. Excess electrical power generated and not presently needed for on-site use may be <br />provided to the utility company. <br />Ground Mounted Solar Energy System means a solar energy system that is structurally mounted to the <br />ground, generally upon a pole or rack mount. A ground mounted system may be a fixed or tracking <br />system. <br />Roof Mounted Solar Energy System means a solar energy system that is structurally mounted to the roof <br />of a structure. These systems are generally affixed with a racking system and may be flush or angled. <br />Solar Access means unobstructed access to the solar resource on a lot or building, including access <br />across adjacent parcel air rights, for the purpose of capturing direct sunlight to operate a solar energy <br />system. <br />Solar Array means a group of solar panels wired together. <br />Solar Energy Easement means an easement that limits the height or location, or both, of permissible <br />development on the burdened land in terms of a structure or vegetation, or both, for the purpose of <br />providing access for the benefited land to wind or sunlight passing over the burdened land. <br />Solar Energy System means a system whose primary purpose is to harvest energy by transforming solar <br />energy into another form of energy or transferring heat from a collector to another mediu m using <br />mechanical, electrical, or chemical means. <br />Solar Farm means a solar energy system that is composed of multiple solar panels where the pr imary <br />land use, whether by footprint or visual impact or both, of the parcel is for a solar array. A solar farm <br />produces energy for wholesale to subscribers.