[MassHistPres] Solar Panels

[Garrett Laws]

Mike / MHC,

Maybe there should be an incorporation of an energy survey to assure energy
use reduction has been achieved before generation is discussed...

Garrett Laws
Copper & Slate

On Wednesday, July 8, 2015, Dennis De Witt <djd184 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Mike
>
> MGL 40c simply says: “the commission shall also consider the policy of
> the commonwealth to encourage the use of solar energy systems and to
> protect solar access.”
>
> Perhaps someone knows of a CMR or case law strengthening that soft
> language.  I do not.
>
> On the face of it, that does not seem to trump your normal regulatory
> review including disallowing solar panels or limiting their use and
> location for cause.  As obvious examples, they might be precluded from
> slate roofs or houses more than X years old or where dormers
> and chimneys might result in a hodge podge of panels — while at the same
> time you might allow photovoltaic shingles in some cases where panels were
> disallowed.
>
> It would seem preferable (but not mandatory) to have added a section to
> your guidelines covering solar installations and skylights before a case
> comes to the commission.
>
> Dennis De Witt
> Brookline
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 8, 2015, at 7:13 AM, Mike <mikepotaski at hotmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mikepotaski at hotmail.com');>> wrote:
>
> The Town's Building Department has informed me that the Historic District
> Commission will be getting an application to install roof-top
> solar-electric panels on a building in the Historic District.
>
> Does the MGL and/or CMRs that govern sustainable energy/solar-electric
> panels contain any wording that supercedes an Historic District
> Commission's authority to preserve the appearance of the historic district?
>
> Michael Potaski
> Chairman, Uxbridge Historic District Commission
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