City tries to shed light on solar panel ordinance
A Janesville household wants to use solar panels to collect energy, but the City of Janesville needs to clarify the rules for that sort of construction.
Gale Price, manager of building and development services, says the proposed solar panel would be built on a pole, with the ability to rotate toward the sun to capture energy. The overall height of the structure would be 21 feet. The zoning code prohibits structures higher than 14 feet in residential backyards, but the Zoning Board of Appeals could grant an exception. Price says city staff members are working on a new ordinance regarding the solar panels.
The new ordinance would take into account the size of the shadows the panels cast upon neighboring yards, to prevent shadows from interfering with neighbors' backyards and gardens.
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Jan 2, 2009 at 7:45 a.m.
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Finally it seems that someone is looking into something that we can use to start working on Green Energy! This is something that is well needed today! I do believe that we might want to look into our local University and talk with the Science Department about the beginning for the collection and use of Green Energies! They do hold the degree in this field! Also why not have the family that is looking to put up the solar panel, invite them to talk with the City Council so that other's might get not only the information but see what might be beneficial to the community as well. This way we can all work together to make a Greener future for our grand kids!
"We haven't inherited the Earth from our Parents, we are merely borrowing it from our children!" Author Unknown
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