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43 <br /> Approved 10/3/12 <br /> EXCERPT OF MINUTES <br /> Michael Harvey: We would have to amend Section 5.5.1 (a) to include some type of exemption for solar array if the <br /> arrays are going to be allowed in the front yard area. <br /> Peter Hallenbeck: We are using this phrase about side and rear portion of the property that makes me think the UDO <br /> must have definitions about front yard, back yard, etc. is? <br /> Michael Harvey: They do. <br /> Peter Hallenbeck: Does that mostly reflect orientation to the street? <br /> Michael Harvey: Yes but also portions of the yard that are perpendicular to the road or the means of access ingress <br /> because you can have a corner lot that has technically two front street areas on it because it has frontage on two <br /> roadways. You, as a property owner would designate your technical front yard is which is where you get your <br /> conveyance. You may have to observe a corner lot setback, you are designated what you want your defined front <br /> yard to be. There is an opportunity for this board to say we would like it allowed in the front yard but quite candidly, it <br /> would take a UDO text amendment to address that. That is not out of the realm of possibility but we would have to <br /> make a further modification. <br /> Larry Wright: What would happen if I wanted to put it in what was declared my front yard? <br /> Michael Harvey: You would not need a special use permit. I am hearing you ask if it is possible to amend this to <br /> allow for solar rays to go into front open space. It is but you will have to amend another section of the UDO to create <br /> an exemption. <br /> Larry Wright: Me as a property owner. Let's say we let this go through and it passes. I want to put the panels by my <br /> pond so what could I do to put those panels there? <br /> Michael Harvey: Depending on the size of the array, you would go through the established permitting process if it is <br /> less than 10 kilowatts. <br /> Perdita Holtz: If it is in the front yard, you would not be able to do it. <br /> Tony Blake: Is that front yard boundary all the way to your property line or a certain distance from the house? <br /> Michael Harvey: We have provided the definition of front open space on page 12. <br /> Perdita Holtz: In most situations, it will be from the right of way line back the distance of the road. It has nothing to <br /> do with your house. <br /> Maxecine Mitchell: If I have a house setback 300 feet from the road right of way to the setback of 40 feet but after 40 <br /> feet, I can put in solar arrays? <br /> Perdita Holtz: The prohibition is from putting the solar arrays within the first 40 feet or whatever the zoning district <br /> requires. <br /> Maxecine Mitchell: As long as it is not within that 40 feet setback. <br /> Michael Harvey: You want me to clarify setback versus yard. The only other major issue goes through Section <br /> 5.9.6a/1 b on page 41. The recommendation was that it be revised to say based on net metering allowances not to <br /> exceed 20 kilowatts. <br /> 2 <br />